Every commercial property owner wants their property to look as attractive as possible. One way to add a decorative touch to a building is by hiring commercial decorative concrete contractors. These contractors specialize in decorating concrete by adding textures and designs.
However, not many people have thought of concrete decorative services. Hence, if you want to learn more about commercial concrete decorative services, here are four services these contractors can provide.
1. Integral Coloring
A standard method of decorating concrete is by using paint to dye or stain the concrete. But, dying and staining is not an ideal decorative solution because the color is bound to scratch or fade. Hence, you need to regularly re-dye or re-stain the concrete to maintain its aesthetic appeal, thus raising maintenance costs.
However, commercial decorative concrete contractors provide a better solution called integral coloring. Integral coloring involves adding pigmented particles to the concrete during the mixing process. The pigmented particles integrate with the concrete providing a colorful appearance.
Unlike dyed or stained concrete, integral colored concrete doesn't lose color or fade. Therefore, you don't need to replenish the colored pigments regularly. Hence, integral colored concrete has fewer maintenance costs than dyed or stained concrete.
2. Concrete Stamping
Concrete stamping involves adding designs or patterns on freshly paved concrete.
Commercial decorative concrete contractors provide several patterns or designs to choose from. But, if you have a unique design you want on the concrete, the contractors can create a stamp mold or mat for the design.
A key benefit of concrete stamping is that you have the option of making the concrete resemble bricks, tiles, or any intricate design you can think of. You will be spoilt for choice when it comes to concrete stamping designs.
3. Concrete Texturing
If you are not interested in concrete stamping, you can opt for concrete texturing instead. Concrete texturing involves using aggregates to create a textured concrete surface.
Commercial decorative concrete contractors first add the aggregates during the mixing process. After paving the concrete mixture, the contractors use various techniques such as sand bathing to reveal the aggregates. The revealed aggregates then provide a beautifully textured surface on the concrete.
4. Concrete Stenciling
Concrete stenciling is like concrete stamping because it adds designs to the concrete's surface. But, commercial decorative concrete contractors use a stencil instead of a stamp mold or mat. However, stencils provide a wider variety of intricate designs and patterns.
Two significant benefits of concrete stenciling over concrete stamping are: