Adding epoxy coatings or concrete stains to concrete will beautify and protect. Concrete stains, however, are much like wood stains β bringing out the best.
“Paint” It or Stain It?
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Take Advantage of Radiant Floor Heating with Concrete
Concrete is one of the best substrates for use with radiant floor heating. To make the concrete look good, choose durable epoxy coatings to guarantee results.
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...
Major Website Recommends Epoxy Garage Floors
If You Do Vehicle Maintenance, This Floor is For You! A major home renovation website recently stated that βif you perform extensive car repairs and maintenance work in your garage, a waterproof and abrasion-resistant epoxyβ¦may be a better option.β A better option...
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...
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...
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 consultantβs report detailed the need for repairs at the decades-old...
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...
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...
Perfect Locations for Designer Floors
A Design for Every Type of Floor Epoxy flooring works for any type of flooring, whether itβs 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....
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...
Hold Back Messy Winter with Epoxy Coatings
During the late spring, summer and early fall, California gets very little rain. A car that is well-maintained may never drip a drop of grease, oil, coolant or fuel on your garage floors. So why worry about stained concrete? But then the rainy season finally makes its...
An Ancient Wonder in Concrete – The Roman Pantheon
As mentioned in a previous article, Roman concrete is very durable and many structures built by this ancient society survive to this day. Amongst them is the world-famous Pantheon, built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian in the early second century. When tourists...
Using Superior Concrete Penetrating Stains
There are a number of techniques for adding color to plain concrete. At California Custom Coatings, we believe in using the best solution possible, and for us that solution is water-based penetrating stains. Penetrating stains are safer and more durable than other...
Five-Star Feedback on Our Garage and Concrete Floors
Richard K.
December 2, 2020
PERFECT! The previous owner had built a structure in the garage and put bolts in the floor which left some holes about 4-inches across. A pretty major mess. However, my Team of Kyle and Igor did an amazing Job of filling the holes to absolute smoothness and the Epoxy floor they installed is perfect--doesn't get any better than a 100% recommendation from me.
Wesley C.
September 18, 2018
John replied within minutes to my request for a quote. In fact, of 5 contractors I reached out to, he was only one of two to return my call, period. After dealing with a fair share of renovations to our house, it was so refreshing to work with an individual/company that is so responsive, fair, and professional.The project itself was a restoration and coating for our garage floor, which is in all likelihood as old as the house (approx. 70 years). Anthony took on the task of grinding that old slab, applying a new epoxy coating, and mending some pretty sizable cracks. It looks absolutely awesome. And he worked so clean. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the clean work and attention to detail.We're in the process of working out additional jobs we were so happy with the first. Can't recommend Cal Coatings highly enough.