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Economical Luxury — What You Get with Concrete Resurrection Polychromatic Stain.

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Concrete Resurrection Polychromatic Stain in four colors

Economical Luxury: Sounds a bit like an oxymoron, doesn’t it?  Concrete Resurrection’s newest product  — Polychromatic Stain does offer economical luxury.

The Luxurious part lies in the beauty of the finished project.  Concrete surfaces shimmer with a luminescence expected from natural pearls.  This pearlescent feature in the Copper, Gold, Silver or Bronze colors create a dazzling effect altered by the texture of the finished surface.  Trowel marks transform from clumsy concrete scars to glowing beauty marks..

The Economical aspect comes in two forms.

  1. This ready-to-go stain provides the shine and polish commonly expected from epoxy but installs with only a single application step which translates into less labor costs.
  2. Concrete Resurrection Polychromatic Stain comes in two formulas. One for interior work and one for exterior projects. The two options make Concrete Resurrection Polychromatic Stain an adaptable product to use throughout a project whether working inside or outside. And the interior formula is less expensive than epoxy.

There you have it.  Now it is your job to put the unusual combination of Luxury and Economy to work.  Let your customers bask in the lustrous luxury of beautiful opalescent concrete while you enjoy the economy of lower effort and lower expenditure.

Call 800-884-2114 today to learn more or place your order for Concrete Resurrection Polychromatic Stain.  Or you may use the online store available 24/7 for your convenience.

Since We Missed Shark Week – Here’s a Shark That Viciously Decorates Concrete

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Except for the annual Shark Week, we seem to only think or talk about Sharks when one attacks, then we’re angry at a fish that bites.

Listen now to the tale of a new and unusual species of SHARK.   As a leading member of the Kaleidocrete System team (along with Barracuda and Wasp),  the Shark decorative concrete engraving tool has 64 heat treated impactor ‘teeth’.  Its appetite is limited to concrete.

Kaleidocrete Shark’s bite isn’t a huge chomp that destroys concrete, but as the impactors strike the concrete more than 2000 times per minute, the Shark takes a tiny bite, quickly eating a detailed pattern cut.

Nature controls the Great White and other sharks in the oceans, but you control Kaleidocrete Shark to determine the depth of the cut (1/32 in up to ¼ in. deep).  To keep the concrete dust created by the action of the Shark out of the line of view, an adjustable air-flow nozzle is aimed at the teeth with gentle blowing action (powered by the same compressed air running the tool at 8 CFM and 90PSI that powers the tool).

With just over twice the number of impactors as the popular Barracuda, Shark works well with larger templates.

Shark is available as a single tool or as part of the Kaleidocrete ProPack.

To learn more call 1-800-884-2114 or visit the Engrave-A-Crete website where you can request information at your convenience 24/7.  Someone will respond to your request promptly.

Center Pivot with Stand On Base Helps Make Dream Machine Cobra a Better Dream

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The Cobra, known as the engraver’s dream machine, can cut beautifully when used solo. Paired with the Center Pivot and accessories, Cobra will cut a groovy decorative concrete design of bricks that all march along in place with no spaces for weeds or grass to pop through.

WARNING: Cutting circular brick without a center pivot is a nightmare!

Keep your customers’ dreams of bricks in the circular design sweet by making sure you have the Center Pivot and other accessories as part of your Cobra tool set.

You can purchase the Cobra cutting unit as the leading component of A Standard Kit or Pro-Pack with the center pivot and necessary accessories included. Or, if you already have a Cobra, you can order the center pivot and other accessories separately.

Call 800-884-2114 today to place your order or you can use Engrave-A-Crete’s convenient and secure online store available 24/7 for your convenience.

Engrave-A-Crete’s Discovery and Training Seminar  includes hands-on training for the techniques of working with the Cobra and its accessories. The next session is September 14-16, 2011. That session is the last one planned for 2011.

Barracuda Bites Decorative Concrete

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All Barracuda’s bite, but KaleidoCrete System’s Barracuda bites decorative concrete fast, using more than 2000 tiny bites per minute to eat the concrete surface. Those bites remove the concrete bit by bit, cutting just where you want the detailed design.

Barracuda is a favorite with engravers because of the beautiful precision assembly of billeted aluminum, hardened tool steel and nickle plated steel.  Twenty-nine replaceable, heat-treated impactors carry the decorative concrete engraving work load. It can be used with Engrave-A-Crete’s re-usable templates for designs with fine details. Some engravers have used their Barracuda in freelance designs.

Barracuda has two essential accessories. The Barracuda Vacuum Attachment and the Barracuda Stand Up Conversion. Dust control is an important selling point for your engraving work — appealing to the customers, the neighbors and your lungs. The Stand Up Conversion accessory will draw appreciation from your back.

For a limited time, the Barracuda is sale priced at $699.75. You can add the Vacuum accessory for $149.95 and the Stand Up Conversion for $169.95. With this economical investment in quality equipment, and a selection of template kits, you will be ready to offer inside and outside decorative concrete to people. You can call 800-884-2114 to order or order online at Engrave-A-Crete.

Students at Engrave-A-Crete Discovery and Training Seminar get hands-on experience with Barracuda and all of the other Engrave-A-Crete tools.

The Basketball Concrete Court Creator Kit From Engrave-A-Crete

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You can’t be a real baller if you don’t have a court.

Imagine being able to promise your customers a regulation basketball court right in their own driveway. Permanently engraved, handy for a quick game, or a neighborhood tournament.

There are always days when:

  • The public courts are full
  • The in-house basketball star needs some extra practice on a regulation court,
  • The in-house former basketball star wants to show off a few moves from the past.

Now you can install a court into your customer’s existing concrete driveways, slabs, patios, wherever there is a basketball goal installed.

The kit includes:

  • Mongoose concrete engraving tool.
  • Wasp concrete engraving tool.
  • Four 60” connecting tubes.
  • Basketball court template kit.
  • Pencil holder.
  • Layout instructions.
  • Layout worksheet.
  • Online instructional video.

It will be nice to know your kids and you are able to have outdoor exercise in the safe environment of their own home territory with one small investment that keeps on playing for years to come. The kit’s tools will be yours to engrave other game inspirations on your driveway like hop scotch or pickleball.

Your investment in the Concrete Court Creator Kit can be returned with the installation of just a few basketball courts, and then, if you want to expand from just courts, you can install all kinds of designs with just the tools that come with the Concrete Court Creator Kit.

  • Tile Designs
  • Perfect Circles
  • Perfect Arcs
  • Straight Lines
  • Slate / Block
  • Random Ashlar Slate
  • Random Ashlar
  • Offset Block
  • Random Block
  • Geometric Designs
  • Straight Line
  • Squares
  • Triangles
  • Rectangles
  • Multi-Sided Shapes

Can all be performed with the tools in the Kit, plus concrete stain, and a few other supplies.

The Concrete Court Creator Kit is the perfect way to get started in the decorative concrete engraving business.

The Engrave-A-Crete Basketball Court Creator Kit is available at our secure online store or you may call 800-884-2114 to order.