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The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo, The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde
by Michael Connelly
Amazon Price: $9.99
Customer Review: This compilation is of the first three stories that Michael Connelly wrote with the fantastic Los Angeles Police Department detective Hieronymous [Harry]Bosch. Mr. Connelly is always contemporary, r...

Concrete Countertops Made Simple (Made Simple (Taunton Press))
by Fu-Tung Cheng
Amazon Price: $14.93
Customer Review: I have two of Cheng's books and they have some overlap, but also new information. This book is very good and gives a good explanation and photos to describe the steps. I think it could use a few more,...

The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch)
by Michael Connelly
Amazon Price: $7.99
Customer Review: I love this story. And it is a great piece of writing. As a lawyer, though, I have to downgrade a star because Connelly seems out of his element in the courtroom aspect. No judge, especially the by...

Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden: Making Pots, Planters, Birdbaths,...
by Sherri Warner Hunter
Amazon Price: $16.47
Customer Review: Excellent Book, good recipes and good instructions, It has a good reputation anyway as a top notch book, I agree, Would recommend.

Decorative Concrete: Expanded Edition: Recipes for Finishes Indoors and Out (...
by Jeanne Huber
Amazon Price: $13.57
Customer Review: This is a surprisingly comprehensive overview of the potentials and techniques of creating concrete projects for the average homeowner. It shows both process and end product for a number of highly cre...

Decorative Concrete Molds Article

Stamped concrete is concrete that is patterned and/or textured to resemble brick, slate, flagstone, stone, tile, wood, and various other patterns and textures. Stamped concrete is commonly used for patios, sidewalks, driveways, and floors. The ability of stamped concrete to resemble other building materials makes stamped concrete a less expensive alternative to using those other materials. There are three procedures used in stamped concrete. The pattern reflects the shape of the surface of the concrete before the concrete is stamped. Spray-on color release is a non-adhesive used to prevent the concrete stamps before the concrete is colored by spreading the color release on the surface of the stamped concrete. Concrete stamps are placed on the concrete after the color release on the surface of the concrete is stamped. Spray-on color release is a non-adhesive used to prevent the concrete stamps from sticking to the concrete. The color hardener can be applied in one of two procedures; cast-on color release or spray-on color release. Cast-on color release is a procedure where liquid color release is sprayed on the bottom of the concrete is dyed the base color. The surface of the concrete stamps from sticking to the concrete. The color release can be applied in one of two procedures; integral color or cast-on color. Integral color is the secondary color used in stamped concrete. The accent color is produced by adding a color hardener to the concrete truck, and allowing all the concrete in the truck to be dyed. Cast-on color is the primary color used

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Stepping stones in the landscape - Examiner.com

2 Jul 2009 at 3:12pm 

Examiner.com

Stepping stones in the landscape
Examiner.com
Or you can pour concrete to make large stepping stones in a variety of designs. The concrete can then be stamped, textured or colored for additional ...

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Louisville Antique Mall closing - Louisville Courier-Journal

24 Jun 2009 at 12:47am 

Louisville Antique Mall closing
Louisville Courier-Journal
The mall's concrete floors are still stacked with antique wooden chairs, statues, decorative wrought iron and picture frames. Elvis Presley records share ...

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Fine design increases home value - The Daily News Online

22 Jun 2009 at 12:16pm 

Fine design increases home value
The Daily News Online
As an easy and inexpensive alternative, you can build a new concrete path using manufactured molds, such as the Quikrete WalkMaker building forms. ...

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Stone Image Decorative Concrete Introducing Two New Colour Systems ... - PR-U...

17 Jun 2009 at 6:17pm 

Stone Image Decorative Concrete Introducing Two New Colour Systems ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
Stone Image prides themselves in being on the leading edge of decorative concrete solutions in Toronto to meet all their customers custom concrete needs, ...

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Step Stones - Garden Walkway Alternatives

15 Jun 2009 at 11:25pm  Despite the best efforts of landscape planners, sometimes parts of a garden are used for purposes for which they were not originally designed. If you notice tracks or worn patches on a lawn, or, worse...
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Roof Installed-Roofs Made Of a Number of Materials

14 Jun 2009 at 6:44pm  The houses in Brooklyn can contain roofs made of a number of materials ranging from roofing option made of vegetables and soils known as eco roofs, roofs made of engineered rubber or plastic, a combin...
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Durable concrete can add warmth - 24 Hours Vancouver

12 Jun 2009 at 12:27pm 

Durable concrete can add warmth
24 Hours Vancouver
"We can pretty much do whatever the imagination wants," says Damian Angelozzi, co-owner of Pantheon Decorative Concrete Products. He says concrete flooring ...

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