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SERVING
SANTA CRUZ &
THE ENTIRE
BAY AREA

SINCE 1928

CA LIC #736486

P.O. Box 2310
Santa Cruz, CA 95063

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(831) 426-0342

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  Interiors
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Levitt House Pleasure Point:
Santa Cruz CA

Panoramic views, great waves, awesome concrete.

Close up of the Levitt floors with blended acid stains, aquarium sand, and seashells for a natural looking finish.

 

The concrete floor with veins of seashells, beach glass, aquarium sand, and blended acid stains. Here the craters in the concrete were created to match the rocks on the beach in the background by placing drops of retardant in some areas with a turkey baster.

 

 

Concrete stairs with stainless border to retain stained mortar seeded with
glass, shells and aquarium sand.
 
On the left the concrete walls are seen through a stainless steel stair rail. The wall has beautiful natural fissures constructed to resemble the oceanside cliffs.
     
 

Zlatunich Home
San Francisco CA

Acid Stained with Padre Brown 4500. Radiant heat coils for a cozy interior.

 
 
     
 
 

Koi Pond Interior
San Jose, CA

Ashton Floors. Natural burnished concrete with Koi Pond in a lavish living room setting.

 

 
     
 
 
 

The Koch Residence:
Bonny Doon CA

This floor featured a Davis Brick Red integral color with a Scoffield dark red dust on color. It was later sealed with lacquer and then had an acrylic wax placed on the floor.

     
 
     
 

Eckhardt Floors:
Soquel CA

2" thick concrete with deep score joints 2' on center over radiant heated floors with multiple acid staining to produce Soltiel Tile like concrete floors.

       
 
       
 

 

 

The Sandkule Residence: Corralitos CA
This is a natural grey floor that was hard troweled and poured over radiant heating tubes. The floor was later stained with Antique Amber and Sealed with a lacquer and then waxed.

     
 
     
 
 
Goldsobel Floors:
Los Altos Hills CA

These Pictures feature Purple Colloidal Dyes from Richard James, Antique Amber, Fern Green and Terra Cotta Acid Stains, Copper pieces were placed in the concrete floor and Liquid copper was placed in the deep score joints and the Masonry was done with an Italian stone interspersed with a black acid stain.
     
 
     
     
 

Uyeda Pool Room Floors: Pasatiempo CA
Davis mesa buff integral color hard troweled with deep contraction joints and a water based sealer.

     
     
 
The Joseph Kitchen:
Scotts Valley CA

Pecan tan base with oysterwhite flash color, and a sprinkling of frost blue dust on colors; two part epoxy sealer finish at floors.
     
     
 
Ashton Floors: Carmel Valley Carmel CA
Dining room floors with Koi pond and water fall with natural concrete deep saw cuts machine troweled floor with acrylic wax sealer.