Relieve the Pain of Shipping Costs | One Company’s Efforts

Concrete Dust wrote about a blog post at Groov-E-News, official blog for Engrave-A-Crete that addresses the issues of increased shipping costs.

The main shipper, UPS, has changed some size regulations and the associated rates.  This move mostly affected the templates that Engrave-A-Crete produces for customers who are engraving as decorative concrete.

The templates must be cut into pieces for reasonable shipping at any time; someone noticed that by planning the cuts, the pieces could avoid falling into the oversized, premium category and be shipped for significantly less.  Meanwhile, when they get to the engraving site, they are still easy to assemble and use.

That’ good business to be thinking ahead for the benefit of customers.

Easy, Regular Decorative Concrete Equipment Maintenance Pays Off

Groov-E-News has a blog post about the benefits of regular, but simple maintenance for the tools.  Checking the brushes on the motors is something that can get missed, yet cause so much trouble.

Developing an oiling routine and a dusting schedule that is all part of the day was another recommendation.

Over at Concrete Dust, the take is a little more to the girls’ side of things with references to a make-up routine.  Something the engraver girls can relate to easily.

Tips for Using Inside Epoxy | Decorative Concrete

Concrete Dust wrote about a blog post on Groov-E-News regarding how to apply Inside Epoxy in decorative concrete projects.

The tip is to use a butter knife as an every day measuring gauge to get the proper thickness for the epoxy.  Too little epoxy can lead to flaws in the decorative concrete project and too much is just expensive and wasteful.