Decorative Concrete

The American Concrete Institute has many of the industry's best-selling publications on decorative concrete available for purchase. Highlights include:

Bob Harris' Guide to Stained Concrete Interior Floors, Published by ConcreteNetwork.com, 2003, 100 pp. 
Order Code: GSCIF.EM
This is a full-color resource with valuable, detailed information, including tips and tricks for staining concrete interior floors. This guide provides the knowledge to take your floor-building skills to the highest level. Detailed information includes specialty methods for applying stains, such as using concrete dyes, sandblasting, or creating faux finishes; the tools needed and where to get them; how to maintain concrete floors; and creating intriguing effects with torn paper, cheesecloth, fertilizer, sawdust, or cat litter. $35.00

Bob Harris' Guide to Stamped Concrete, Published by ConcreteNetwork.com, 2004, 144 pp. 
Order Code: GSC.EM
This guide teaches contractors the skills necessary to produce quality stamped concrete, but also shares Harris' professional knowledge of taking stamping to new levels of originality. From incorporating architectural finishes into the stamping design to blending a multitude of colors that mimic natural materials, this guide provides an in-depth account of how to go from ordinary to extraordinary with stamped concrete. $45.00

Finishing Concrete with Color and Texture, Published by Portland Cement Association, 2004, 72 pp. 
Order Code FCCT.EM
This full-color publication is a guide for planning and constructing decorative concrete surfaces on concrete slabs. While intended primarily for concrete contractors, it also will be useful to concrete finishers, concrete finishers' apprentices, homebuilders, general contractors, architects, engineers, landscape architects, homeowners, vocational education students, specification writers, inspectors, and many others. Readers will learn how to create decorative surfaces on cast-in-place concrete slabs. Over 210 photographs illustrate the rich variations in color and texture that are possible. $30.00

Prices do not include postage and, if applicable, tax. Expedited delivery (overnight or two-day) is available, contact ACI for appropriate shipping fees and tax (if applicable) or order online.

For additional information or to order these publications, visit ACI's online bookstore at www.concrete.org or call ACI's member services department at 248-848-3800 and mention the relevant order code(s). To learn about becoming a member of ACI, visit www.concrete.org and go to "members." ACI does not offer discounts on industry publications.

Phone: 248-848-3800
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Online: www.concrete.org

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