Join Nathan Giffin’s Rock-Crafting Class
Learn how to easily carve vertical concrete
Place: The Stamp Store
Oklahoma City, 121 NE 40th Street.
Lunch: Provided daily.
Reservations Required
Call: 800-848-0059 or 405-525-2426.
 Vertical Stamps available
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Vertical System
SS Vertical Stamping System is a revolutionary system that consists of a unique, lightweight, Vertical Stamp Mix along with specially designed tools and colorants. SS Vertical Mix bonds to most surfaces, is water resistant, and unequalled in flexural and compressive strength. The Stamp Store also carries a large variety of natural fossil and animal track stamps, along with reusable concrete counter edge, cantilever deck, and step forms.
SS Vertical Mix provides the total package need for any project; commercial, residential, interior or exterior. SS Vertical Mix easily transforms imagination into reality. Virtually any vertical surface, inside or out, is a good candidate for this vestal application. It will change the way you view decorative concrete.
The System: Unlike concrete overlays on slabs, the SS Vertical Mix is a custom, light-weight concrete material that can be applied up to three inches thick and stamped within minutes after it is laid on. By using SS Vertical Mix with vertical Stamps, you can achieve the deep texture normally associated with decorative flatwork - on fences, interior or exterior walls, pillars, you name it.
Vertical Mix: SS’s lightweight concrete mix is engineered to adhere to wall board, plaster, dry wall, paneling, brick, stone or existing concrete. The other important component is the highly concentrated SS Polymer used for bond coat and to reconstitute Vertical Stamp Mix.
Application: SS Vertical Mix is best applied using a hawk and trowel. Unlike regular concrete, troweling the surface is not necessary or recommended. The mix is ready to stamp immediately after you lay it on. All necessary touch-up and detail work is performed the next day using carving tools.
Vertical Stamping: Stamping vertical surfaces calls for special stamps. Smaller in size with additional tools for stamping single rows and corners, The Stamp Stores vertical stamps offer the flexibility necessary for stamping vertical surfaces, plus the aggressive texture and durability associated with floor stamps.
Coloring: Staining vertical surfaces requires a slight adaptation of common coloring applications. The preferred method is Natures Pallet stains.
Training: June 23-26 Nathan Griffin will be at The Stamp Store to offer a three day hands on course to teach the art of hand carved vertical concrete. More information can be found on the Events page. We would recommend you start by going to www.verticalartisans.com
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