RE: Finishing Concrete Slabs

[ths.fisher@cstone.net (Environmental Design Collaborative)]

Concrete slabs can be embossed to look like tiles or stones with 
press-on forms.  There are also colored admixtures available for tinting 
the concrete.  (Soleri has done this alot at Arcosanti)

I have some manufacturers literature if you are interested, but your 
concrete supplier should have info as well.

The last home in the 2nd Strawbale Video used this technique.

It's also possible to add polyethylene fibers to the concrete in lieu of 
wire mesh.  This helps keep the slab from cracking and thus more 
attractive if it is going to be exposed.

I'm  also hoping to find  anyone who  has used the fiber admixture in 
stucco in lieu of chicken wire. Anyone.

(Jorg, do you have any info on toxin levels for polyethylene fiber 
admixture?)

Tom


On 1/24/97 you wrote:
        Anyone have any experience finishing gray cement slab floors 
inside a house? I do not want to use toxic substances. Would like a do 
it yourself project that would look old and funky so we can dance on it? 
Thanks
        Jackie Wilson
        Strawbale Dreamer