Based in Central New Jersey, Duraamen run by Victor Pachade is a manufacturer of stained concrete floor products as well as specialty coatings and moisture remediation products.
Products include:
- Perdure MVT - Moisture remediation for flooring.
- Perdure AO3 - Acrylic sealer for long term protection of hard surfaces including pavers, masonry, brick and Saltillo tiles.
- Perdure U45 & U46 - polyurethane with high abrasion resistance
- Perdure P70 - High performance advanced techology coating with fast cure and rapid turnaround for all concrete surfaces.
- Endura - High performance epoxy coatings for garage floors, commercial kitchens, industrial flooring. 100% solids, high impact and chemical resistant.
- Sgraffino - decorative skim coats, can be stained and dyed.
- Pentimento - creates a high polished look. Unique high end finish for homes and commercial properties.
- Concrete Dyes - full line of stains and dyes
For more information about Duraamen or if you need a skilled professional contact Victor Pachade at
1-866-835-6595 or Visit
www.duraamen.com 
Before AfterMetallic epoxy coatings are hot! This project based in the Hoboken New Jersey area (right across the river from NYC) looks similar to a stained concrete floor.
Garage and Beyond based of Englewood NJ has developed a specialized skill using metallic epoxies that come in a variety of colors. This one was applied over an old very porous marble tile that the owner was planning to remove.
Fernando Franco owner of Garage and Beyond provided an ideal, cost saving solution. Rather than remove the tile they were able to apply the epoxy right over the surface. To add another degree of customization, custom hand drew, saw cut and grouted the sunbursts.
The final project saved considerable time and money time over removing and replacing the tile. Looking for a solution to your flooring issue? Contact Fernando Franco at
866-565-5611 or Visit
www.garageandbeyond.com
Picataway New Jersey based Wine Chateau recently chose a metallic epoxy rather than staining concrete floors in their flagship location.
Wine Chateau.com is an online retailer of fine wines in addition to their brick and mortar retail stores.
They chose the metallic epoxy for a few reasons. First they wanted an environmentally friendly product applied to their floors. Second they needed a durable seamless surface that would handle excessive foot traffic and was easy to clean without dirt and bacteria growth. Finally they wanted a unique decorative surface.
Metallic epoxies have a varied look like stained concrete but with tremendous depth. Garage and Beyond based in Englewood New Jersey was the applicator.
Contact Fernando Franco at 1-201-304-3606
www.garageandbeyond.com
San Diego based Concrete Solutions has a two day concrete garage floor coating system available in a pigmented or clear coat.
Ultra Surface color system can be applied with or without a topical epoxy moisture barrier. A clear coat can be added over a stained concrete floor opening up the opportunity to create an artistic decorative floor with an extremely durable non-slip finish.
The clear system can be used on a garage floor and withstand the abrasion of hot tires, chemicals, dirt or sand. It's also a superb system for high traffic retail stores, restaurants, commercial kitchens, air plane hangars or warehouses.
Concrete Solutions provides training or you can purchase their instructional DVD on the website
www.concretesolutions.com For additional information or for the appropriate contractor for your project contact
Gerry Sadler at
619-987-4721
Concrete Solutions based in San Diego holds 6 classes throughout the year teaching how to stain concrete floors. Classes are held at their facility in Las Vegas.
Each class is two days teaching floor prep for acid staining, protecting walls from damage during the process, tools, techniques, graphics and sealing.
Concrete Solutions is one of the largest decorative concrete manufacturers and distributors in the country with an impressive network of applicators worldwide.
Visit
www.concretesolutions.com to register or contact Gerry Sadler at
619-987-4721
Here's stained concrete flooring using Engrave A Crete equipment. Extraorddinary what can be accomplished with the right tools and experience in what started out as a gray floor.
The video shows the EngravaCrete Mongoose in action with precision cuts. All it takes is some practice and patience.
Engrave aA Crete based in Missouri manufactures a full line of concrete engraving tools. Visit
www.engraveacrete.com
New Jersey stained concrete floor distributor, Duraamen, carries a full line of specialty concrete products.
Their product line includes the following overlays:
- Sgraffino - a sandstone finish, thin overlay about 1/16th inch thick, ideals for resurfacing existing concrete floors
- Pentimento - a polished finish, about 1/8th inch thick
- Param 5500 - self leveling concrete 1/4 - 3/8 inch thick
- Endura - this is a self leveling epoxy system
Each sysytem has their own unique characteristic and can be finished with concrete stain or dyes with a choice of topical sealers.
Contact Victor Pachade for information about products, contractor training or for a contractor for your project.
866-835-6595 or
www.duraamen.com
Stardek based in Tampa holds workshops each week teaching how to stain concrete floors, apply overlays, epoxy systems, stamped overlays and non slip floor coatings.
Stardek has been in the decorative concrete business for almost 40 years with more trained applicators than any company I know of.
The training covers not just prduct knowledge and application techniques but how to build a business as well. The busniess opportunities are vast with products that apply to virtually every type of real estate.
Opportunities exist in the expanding garage floor market, swimming pools, restaurant floor and wall applications, retail stores, arenas, theme parks and public buildings like schools and hospitals.
There is a small training fee that is applied to the first order of product. For more information contact Lou at
800-282-1599 or visit
www.stardek.com
Fernando Franco based in Englewood New Jersey specializes in concrete garage foor resurfacing for both residential and commercial properties. The photos of a few of his completed projects shown here are epoxy coatings.
If you're looking for something unique for your car collection or a simple functional floor for high traffic everday use, Fernando has numerous options.
Your options include decorative chip or quartz, or like the photos below which are metallic epoxy coatings. Metallic epoxies have a unique style and are a "Green" alternative to staining concrete floors.
For more information about concrete garage floor coatings in Bergen County New Jersey you can reach Fernando at 866-568-5611 or visit his website
www.garageandbeyond.com
Duraamen based in Edison New Jersey is a distributor and manufacturer of products for stained concrete flooring.
Owned and operated by Victor Pachade, they carry a full line of stains, dyes, overlays, epoxies and sealers.
Overlay products include
- Sgraffino - This is a thin skim coat with unlimited versatility. Applied at 1/16th of an inch thick it has a slight sandstone finish. It can be integrally colored using iron oxide pigments or topically stained and dyed. Great for both interior or exterior surfaces and walls.
- Pentimento - Slight thicker coating than Sgraffino at about 1/8th inch thick it produces a polished concrete finish. Beautiful results but only in the hands of highly skilled applicators and artists.
- Duram 5500 - This is a self leveling prodcut that is applied at 1/4 - 3/8ths inch thick. It can go right over tile.
- Endura Epoxies - This is their line of high perforance epoxy coatings.
- Sealers - Duraamne has a line of urethanes and acryllic sealers.
- Stained Concrete Flooring - Full line of water and solvent based dyes.
Duraamen has a vast network of contractors and artisans throughout the tri-state area for residential and commercial applications. For information contact Victor Pachade at
866-835-6595 www.duraamen.com
Rick Ogden Concrete Tables With Flattoo SystemStaining concrete floors in Arizona has unlimted artistic potential with Surface Gel Teks Flattoo system.
Surface Gel Tek based in Mesa has a patented line of gelled acids that combined with her Flattoos (graphics), enable anyone to create works of art on concrete.
This system has opened up a world of business opportunities for concrete entrepreneurs. Retailers and restaurants nationwide have customized graphics on their floors.
Rick Ogden, Vietnam Veteran has been creating military logos and seals on concrete tabletops. The national concrete canoe association competitors have used Flattoos to customize their crafts. Gaye Goodman has been using the Flattoo system for years for staining concrete floors.
Tamryn Doolan, the inventor of the Flattoo system, created Caribou Art, a line of outdoor wall art using the Flattoo system. Tamryn maintains a network of artisans around the country who use her system. For more information contact Tamryn at
480-970-4580 or visit
www.surfacegeltek.com 
Learning how to stain concrete floors now includes the garage. Why put one of your most expensive assets in an unattractive room.
Take a look at the photos here. Any of these floors can become your concrete garage floor. Workshops learning these applications are available in San Diego or at training facilities in Las Vegas.
Garage remodeling has become one of the hottest growth areas in the residential home market. Advancement in Concrete Solutions clear coat Ultra Surface Epoxy provides chemical and hot tire resistance while showcasing the beauty of stains and dyes.
This opens up a new market for the decorative concrete market. A concrete garage floor is no longer limited to the industrial look of a gray epoxy.
If you interested in this growth market or looking for an artisan contact Gerry Sadler in San Diego at
619-987-4721 or visit their website
www.concretesolutions.com
These projects were created by stained concrete flooring artisan Dana Boyer who services Phoenix and the entire state of Arizona.
Dana is a well known artist and has traveled nationwide utilizing her unique talents on residential and commercial floors and walls.
The images here, all works by Dana, were created utilizing the Surface gel Tek "Flattoo" system. Surface Gel Tek based in Mesa Arizona developed an artistic system for stained concrete flooring.
Once a floor is stained "Flattoos" (custom graphics) are applied to the concrete surface. Gelled acids are painted over the Flattoo where they start pulling stain out of the floor. The gels do not bleed under the Flattoo leaving nice crisp lines. After 10 minutes or so the gel is wiped clean with a wet rag.
The final step is mixing stains and dyes into a gel (without acid) and applying to the concrete floor. The gels prevent the stains and dyes from bleeding under the Flattoo. In the hands of a gifted artists like Dana, the results are extraordinary.
For more information contact Tamryn Doolan, owner of
Surface Gel Tek at
480-970-4580
Outside Portland Oregon in St Helens, C4 Coatings completed this stained concrete floor with a polished surface.
This was at Bings Restaurant, a 2,500 square foot project. The floor had to be ground down using 40 grit diamonds blades, then polished with a series of diamond blades. At about mid point in the polishing process the floors were colored with a black dye , then a densifyer was applied before continuing the polishing process.
The stained concrete floor came out a dark gray charcoal with a high polish finishing with a 1,500 diamond grit. Not visible in the photo are accents of red and blacks at the bar areas.
You can view additional projects in C4 Coatings portfolio by clicking the link here.
www.cf-coatings.com or contact Denis Wryn directly at
503-719-7073
Engrave A Crete formely based in Florida has moved to a new location in Missouri where they teach stained concrete flooring and engraving.
As an owner of Engrave A Crete tooling, I'd say they are excellent. If you are in the decorative concrete floor business you should own at least a few of their tools. I own the Mongoose, the Wasp and Barracuda. I can live without the Barracuda, but the Mongoose and Wasp will enable you to make precision saw cuts.
I've used them to make custom tile, about 4 foot square. Visit
www.artezans.com and view the radiant floor images to see the photos.
I particularly like using the Mongoose to create tile shapes. Stained concrete flooring has a lot of variation. This variation can be unpleasant to some clients. However when you make saw cuts in tile shapes it makes the finished product look natural.
Check out the video and visit
www.engraveacrete.com
Stardek based in Tampa has been in the stained concrete floor business for over 35 years. Their products have been installed nationwide and overseas at thousands of commercial and residential properties.
Training workshops teaching product application techniques, business development and ongoing support has enabled them to build one of the most successful decorative concrete networks in existence.
To keep up with the demand by entrepreneurs looking to get into the business they run workshops every week. Each class held at their tampa headquarters teaches stained concrete floor applications, concrete overlays, stamped concrete and vertical resurfacing.
More information about the opprtunities with Stardek products are avaialble their website
www.stardek.com or contact them at
800-282-1599
If you are looking for a NYC stained concrete floor applicator or artisan contact Duraamen of New Brunswick New Jersey.
Duraamen has a line of specialty decorative concrete and epoxy products for residential and commercial flooring.
They have 2 thin skim coats, Sgraffino and Pentimento, Duram 5500 which is a self leveling product and Endura, which is their line of epoxies. Each product has a different result based on function or design.
Sgraffino produces a slight sandstone finish and Pentimento, a polished natural result. Their self leveing product has a smooth finish, for floors where height and adding thickness is critical. NYC stained concrete floor design and products by Duraamen.
Contact Victor Pachade at 866-835-6595 or visit
www.duraamen.com
Here are a few stained concrete floor photos in Mesa Arizona by Surface Gel Tek.
Surface Gel Tek is the inventor of a line of Gelled Acids that make it possible to do artwork and logos on flooring. Gelled acids applied over Surface Gel Tek "Flattoos" (custom graphics) will enable you to customize a stained concrete floor.
Flattoos can be created in any size or shape, then applied to you floor. The adhesive backing sticks to the concrete, the the gelled acids are painted on your floor. Let sit for a few minutes and wipe off. The Gels pull the stain out of the surface without bleeding under the Flattoo. The result is nice and crisp.
If you leave the gels on for just a few minutes and wipe off you'll get an antiqued look. Leave on for up to 15 minutes and the gels pull your colors out of the floor completely. The you can mix colorants into "Stain Mule" for adding colors back into your artwork.
Visit
www.surfacegeltek.com for more information or call
480-970-4580 and speak with Tamryn
In this stained concrete flooring project Denis Wryn of C4 Coatings in Portland Oregon added a nice touch. The home owners, Wisconsin natives, went for their alma mater logo in their floor.
Denis had a custom Flattoo made for the floor by Surface Gel Tek who specializes in custom graphics for concrete surfaces.
The floor was first grinded smooth then colored with concrete acid stains and sealed with an acrylic sealer. Click the link here to view more projects completed by
C4 Coatings or contact Denis Wryn at
503-719-7073
This is a acid stained concrete floor in a basement of a residential home in Portland Oregon.
As is typical of C4 Coatings projects, the floor was first grinded to a smooth surface, eliminatiing all impurities in surface. Denis Wryn, owner of C4 Coatings uses a Sase concrete grinding and polishing machine for the main part of the floor and hand held grinders around columns.
The floor color is Padre brown. Denis Wryn of
C4 Coatings specializes in Decorative concrete and can be reached at 503-719-7073
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