FAQ?
What would you like to know? Let's take a walk down the yellow concrete path and talk to the wizard himself.
WHAT ARE MY STYLE OPTIONS? Our most popular finish is GFRC (glass fiber reinforced concrete). Our back coat mix is sprayed into the mold. Followed by a glass reinforced mix, followed by a topping mix. This process allows us to make products thirty to fifty percent lighter, without compromising strength.This method imparts natural mottling, very much like natural stone. Next is SHAKE AND BAKE.WE fill the mold to the top, turn on the vibrator, and let it shake. By adding water, we hydrate the cement which gives off heat, thus baking it. Last, but not least, is the PRESSED VEIN TECHNIQUE.It was made famous by Buddy Rhodes, the guru of artisan concrete. We hand pack the mold with intentional voids, then back fill them with a similar or dissimilar color. The effect is striking.
WHAT COLOR CAN I GET? "Any color you want, as long as it's black." Henry Ford said that. "Any color you want." I said that. "I'll let you be in my dreams, if I can be in yours." Bob Dylan said that. Anyway... We have twenty base colors to choose from. For an additional charge, you can choose any color you want from the Benjamin Moore color chart, and we will match it.
CAN I GET ANY SHAPE? Yes you can! If you can imagine it, you can have it. Since we make the molds, and wet concrete is malleable, it goes with the flow. We can embed it with just about anything, allowing you to make a further statement of your own.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? How much would you like it to cost? It is more than formica and less than granite. And everything in between, depending on color, shape, edge treatment and blockouts.
IS THIS A FAD? No. The Romans built the Acropolis, the Parthenon, and had radiant infloor heat using concrete as the medium of choice in the fifth century B.C.. In my own backyard, Frank Lloyd Wright demonstrated the diverse functionality of concrete at The Darwin Martin Complex in 1905 in Buffalo, NY. Concrete has timeless beauty and elegance. Although it looks hard, it's humble.