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About Dreamcrete Studios Concrete
- Dreamcrete Studio's products are all hand crafted in the USA by skilled artisans
- Each product is either templated and installed locally or "built to spec" and shipped nationally.
- Each product is put through a thorough quality control check prior to leaving our facility
- Dreamcrete Studio's concrete mix is an extremely high-strength GFRC mix utilizing super water reducers, glass fiber reinforcement, pozzolanic material, and mix additives to increase the early and overall strength of our concrete products.
- Concrete compressive strength is above 8,000 to 10,000 PSI
- Concrete tensile strength without reinforcement is 1,500 PS
- All products are heat & wet cured after casting
- All our concrete is fire-resistant
- All of our concrete is sealed with 3 coats of an industrial topical coating that acts as a protective layer while enhancing the color of the product
- Our sealer is 100% reactive and is VOC compliant
- Standard uses for the product: countertops, table tops, other surfaces, sinks, indoor and outdoor wall cladding, floor and field tile
- All of our concrete waste is recycled back into aggregate for creating asphalt
- All of our casting materials are reused as crating and shipping materials
Why does concrete show variation on the surface and edges?
Dreamcrete Studios takes pride in superior quality control - especially with regard to our casting process. All of our concrete products are heat cured for over 12 hours. We use a very low water-to-cement ratio and a considerable amount of mix additives to ensure you are getting the best high-strength concrete on the market. Our batching, weighing, and casting process is extremely consistent, with all ingredients being measured to the 100th of a gram. Dreamcrete Studios is and always has been dedicated to perfecting the art of casting amazing concrete products.
Even with all these processes, structures, and protocols in place, completed concrete projects will exhibit variations and random markings. So why does your concrete appear "imperfect"?
There isn't one particular reason why concrete products show surface and edge variations. The first step to understanding “why” is to understand that this material is the finished product of a chemical reaction called hydration. A lot of chemical reactions occur within the concrete during the curing process which affect the final surface as well as the integrity of the product. Moisture and heat escape the concrete, leaving behind a visual story on the surface and edge of your project. Two other factors that have a huge impact on the product's appearance are the casting process and the artisan's touch. Both add their own chapters to the concrete production story.
What you may consider an unacceptable blemish is merely the evidence of the story in which your concrete project was created. If that variation was not present, the product would be void of the integrity to what it is… Hand Made. Sometimes you just have to accept that concrete is hand made and has variation to it that we can't control.