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The Interesting Science on Epoxy Coatings

You can trust science when it comes to epoxy coatings! Studies have demonstrated the value of epoxy coatings for protecting concrete. Here is just one example of such research.

Laying New Concrete?

Recycle the Old Concrete! Recycling is a byword in modern society. Where possible, we recycle old products to reduce the amount of resources we use to make new products. Recycling concrete is no different. When clients start a new concrete project, they often break up and discard an old concrete project. Make sure to recycle […]

Major Website Recommends Epoxy Garage Floors

If You Do Vehicle Maintenance, This Floor is For You! A major home renovation website recently stated that “if you perform extensive car repairs and maintenance work in your garage, a waterproof and abrasion-resistant epoxy…may be a better option.” A better option than what? And what are you protecting against? Let’s learn more about how […]

Who Uses Cement?

What Happens to All That Concrete? Cement production is an incredibly important industry in the United States. About 14,000 people are employed around the nation making cement. They work at 96 different plants that create the most important ingredient for what becomes concrete. Add to the cement industry all the people involved in making concrete […]

Unbelievable Ancient Desert Concrete

The Hidden Water Cisterns of the Nabataeans A number of articles on our website have discussed the importance of quality concrete in the ancient world, especially for the Roman Empire. Even before the Romans’ great projects, however, the desert-dwelling Nabataeans were making large, hidden cisterns in dry, inhospitable places. How did they make concrete quite […]

Protect the Concrete First!

A recent article in The New York Times pointed to concrete deterioration as a potential cause of the June 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex in Miami, Florida. A 2018 consultant’s report detailed the need for repairs at the decades-old building, pointing out significant “concrete and rebar damage — most of it […]

Versatile Cement and Greenhouse Gas Production

Should you feel comfortable using concrete for home renovations when another product will do? It is true that the cement industry is often accused of being a large producer of greenhouse gases. That is because significant amounts of carbon dioxide are released when cement is made. Part of it, about sixty percent, comes from the […]

Good Questions About Concrete Kitchen Floors

There are some questions about concrete floors that we at California Custom Coatings hear on a fairly regular basis. When a customer is thinking about using a color stained concrete floor in the kitchen, for example, they are usually comparing it to what they might experience with a tile or vinyl floor. So here are […]

Perfect Locations for Designer Floors

A Design for Every Type of Floor Epoxy flooring works for any type of flooring, whether it’s the basement or the rooftop. If it was just about protecting the concrete, California Custom Coatings could just apply a clear protective urethane layer and call the job done. But that’s not what most people are after. The […]

Tired of the Mud?

Try Coated Concrete Floors! With the winter rains in Northern California comes the wet and the mud. We combat the damp in our entryways by using mats and rugs, mops and brooms. How much easier it is when the floor itself repels mud and moisture, fighting half the battle for us! You can get that […]