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If you were building a home, would you leave your walls unpainted and simply choose to stare at the eye sore that is bare, unpainted drywall? Of course not! Walls can be painted in any color, with any effect, and any pattern you please. So why not do the same for your concrete?

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It is easy to stick with the same old products and do what every other builder is doing in the neighborhood.  What is hard, is to find what people are going to like and make it the new trending design!One idea we had at UBQ industries was to overlay a Corian countertop with plain grey stampable overlay, stain and seal it. It came out beautiful and everyone loves it.  Easy to clean and unique in design! Before After Step 1 - Shut off water supply and remove faucetStep 2 - Mask or tape off everything you don't want overlay or...

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Choosing colors for a project can be very stressful for the client and frustrating for the contractor.  Take the pressure off both parties by delaying the final choice of color until after the sample area has been completed.  In other words, let’s get the job moving and decide on colors when we have the ultimate color chart done…the sample area! No matter how accurate a color chart is.…it is difficult for a client to envision the color on the entire project.  Many factors influence the look of the color such as lighting, surrounding wall colors, type of sealer to be...

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Employers are starting to take an active part in making sure workers are properly hydrated so they can communicate effectively to customers and co-workers. Even mild dehydration (loss of 1% total body weight) can cause workers productivity to fall by 12%             Being 2% dehydrated or more can cause visual motor tracking issues, short-term memory loss, attention problems and heart efficiency to become impaired.             In 2014, according to OSHA, over 2,630 people suffered from heat illness and 18 people died from heat stroke. Read more here

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Watching the decorative concrete industry for 20 plus years, I have noticed if you want in the game you have to be a distributor of someone’s product. It is hard to find a company that just wants to sell equipment, products or supplies without you distributing for them. Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying that distributing for a company is bad. If it works for you and what your business plan is. Go for it. However, what happens if you are just a contractor who needs products, materials or equipment to do a job. You just want to...

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