Delineating Concrete for a Visual
Perspective
...As contractors develop more and
more techniques for decorative concrete
work, manufactures try to match that
by developing more progressive equipment,
according to Darrel Adamson, president
of Engrave-A-Crete in Sarasota, FL.
His decorative concrete grooving
and engraving equipment has been
cutting circular and straight bricks,
tiles and cobblestone as well as
concrete, since 1991.
“We’ve seen a great deal
of growth toward more and more decorative
concrete work, and we’ve been
coming up with new tools accordingly,” says
Adamson. “Our new Mochton stylus
engraving system can do things such
as cut intricate Celtic knots into
concrete slabs - or even cut a life-size
figure from a photograph.”
Adamson says the Mochton stylus engraving
system can cut the pattern into the
concrete much more quickly than is
possible with the tools currently
used to cut intricate details. The
new system is typically used to cut
patterns the thickness of about two
pennies into stained or colored concrete.
While the cuts can be filled flush
with the rest of the floor using
colored grout on epoxy, the grooves
are usually left as is, appearing
as if they are mortar joint...
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