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Part 1 in a Series on Coating New Concrete New construction means new concrete. Many types of renovation and remodeling also redo the concrete foundation or construct a larger floor by expanding the concrete surface. Can this new, or green concrete, be coated with...
Are you enjoying the Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo? If you have pulled all your clothes from the closet, dishes from the cabinets and books from the shelves and only kept the ones that “spark joy,” your house is now feeling much lighter. And if you...
It happens all the time when people visit a business that hired California Custom Coatings to cover their concrete floors with a custom epoxy coating. First the business owner, a worker, or even a customer, sees the floors improved and protected with a beautiful...
When you compare a commercial workplace that has a traditional concrete floor with one that has epoxy flooring added, the visual benefits are undeniable. Many business owners in the greater Sacramento area install epoxy flooring because it solidifies the look and feel...
One of the benefits of epoxy floors is that they do not require a lot of maintenance to look shiny and new. Nevertheless, like any surface, they still require cleaning. In this series of articles, we will look at how you can maintain that shine and tackle problems...
When customers select the colors they want for their epoxy floors, they often go with simple choices — something without much color, from white to grey to black, or a modest beige. Other clients prefer vibrant color, and that is certainly possible with epoxy coatings....
Epoxy coatings used for concrete flooring can be measured in fractions of inches, like the term one-quarter inch. In the epoxy industry, however, a common measurement system is based on the mil. One mil equals one-thousandth of an inch. How wide is that? Comparing...
Cracks in concrete can be measured on a spectrum of severity. At the worst end, you have the kind of crack that forms when the ground settles underneath a slab and part of the concrete sinks far below the rest of it. That’s a serious crack and entails a major repair....
Lately California Custom Coatings has discussed various substances that cause damage to concrete with consistent exposure. For this article, we focus on chlorides. The Portland Concrete Association writes: “No other contaminant is documented as extensively in the...
Sixth in a series about common causes of concrete deterioration. Sewage is one of those things we do not want to see or smell, but dealing with it properly is essential for a healthy, functioning society. That’s why we have rooms and buildings dedicated to...
Fifth in a series about common causes of concrete deterioration. Most of California is fortunate when it comes to freezing weather. In Southern California, for example, freezing weather is seldom seen. In Northern California, a number of sub-freezing days are...
California Custom Coatings only uses superior concrete epoxies on every job we complete. Our current epoxy primer is made by Versatile Building Products (VBP), a thoroughly tested product known for its strength and adhesion capabilities. For example, here is a...
Polyaspartic topcoats are used by California Custom Coatings when a fast-curing surface is desired. Depending on the application, a polyaspartic coating can get you back into a space late on the same day or sometime on the next. Since this is obviously beneficial,...
California Custom Coatings creates epoxy floors in just about any room with a concrete foundation. Commonly this means the garage, a washroom, or perhaps around the pool. Warehouses, professional kitchens, hospitals — these are all additional places where you often...
The Do-It-Yourself movement is powerful in America and there are plenty of videos on YouTube to prove it. Millions of hits are registered on videos explaining how to do this or that for restoring, improving or coating your concrete. One product you see in stores and...
