JCY

Hello Experts!

I have planned to expand my business to the Stamped Concrete Industry. I need to buy the machines and equipments to start. Can anyone tell me which brand of machines is the best in terms of quality, durability and cost effectiveness?

Thanks

-John

Sample Floor Result of a Stamped Concrete Machine:

Cdat

For what? What are you looking at buying?

JCY

Its usually for outdoor areas like driveways, covered walk, perimeter fence and etc.

Too bad i cant post sample pics of some finished project because im new to this forum

Cdat

Are you talking about a sprayer to spray an overlay?

JCY

Im looking for the complete machine and equipments to make the flooring of the picture below:

Cdat

They make a machine for that? I must be doing something wrong as I use stencils?!

joasis

That is an ashler slate pattern...and the concrete in that case looks like the color was floated in, and an antique powder release was used.....

I can only guess by "machine", you are assuming this is a mechanical process? There are rollers for this, but they didn't do what you posted...this was done with stamps, and you can rent them or buy them...do an eBay search "concrete stamps" and see what you find.

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Cdat

Now, if you are talking about etching, I can point you to a decent company and 'machines' to assist you in 'blasting' some layers off of the concrete to get a nice look.

Bud Cline

I think you may need a better understanding of how these processes are done before you jump into anything.

Some concrete impressions are done with rubber mats/stamps that you can literally stomp on to impress the design. Another technique is etching or engraving and there are tools for this process but I know of no "machine" that does any of it like I think you are suggesting.

The surface formation in that picture is a "stomp job" using a rubber stamp.

JCY

Nice info there Bud Cline... Do you know where I can buy the mouldings for this? I saw a demo of the roller, but the designs are too limited though.

JCY

Cdat, which company is decent when it comes to etching?

Cdat

http://www.engraveacrete.com/catalog/equipment.php

JCY

Thanks Cdat.

genecarp

wow, that mini trailer package is sweeeet.

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Cdat

I only bought the 8000 dollar set but that 56k trailer is very tempting. I'd have to quit my other job and do this full time, if I wanted to buy it. I'm not quite ready to give up my full benefits though.

yes.itsconcrete

the engrave-a-crete equipment is, imn-s-hfo, extremely well designed, engineered, & built,,, however, anyone, again mn-s-hfo, buys their pkg sells himself short,,, we've been in the craft for over 5yrs & haven't found anything that not do-able w/std conc equip,,, what's not mentioned in the sales pitch ??? not all conc's suitable for engraving w/o extensive prior work,,, thankfully we had 35yrs exp in conc repairs.

btw, to my knowledge, there isn't any ' equipment ' that extrudes stamped conc,,, perhaps that's why its come to be knows as ' stamped ',,, ebay's usually got some stuff for sale by those who thought otherwise,,, just my $.03.

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JCY

wow thats a nice info. thanks