Rio Grande is having a BBQ and open house May 26th 2010

RIO GRANDE CO welcomes you  to our open house and BBQ. We are going to be feeding all our customers and employees and you are invited. We will set up in our yard right in front of the silos and have a great time. Join us for food, drawing / giveaways, and fun on Wednesday May 26th, 2010.

Rio Grande Co Concrete Patching and Repair solutions training May 21, 2010

You are invited to an innovative training class for patching and repair solutions for Concrete. This class will have a hands on portion as well as a classroom presentation. This class will be led by Patrick Lynch of US SPEC. The class is scheduled to run from 10am to 2 pm and will include lunch for all participants. Please RSVP to Vince Mattei at vmattei@riograndeco.com to reserve your space today.
We look forward to having you join us in this great training opportunity.

Masonry Cleaning and Water Repellent Seminar a huge success

We were finally able to hold our Masonry Cleaning and Water Repellent systems class today. We had 15 people here for the class and consider that a huge success considering that we had to schedule three times due to inclimate weather. It has been a tough spring to get these types of things done outdoors. This class had a classroom portion to go over the Prosoco powerpoint program identifying the reasons that it will be hard to clean in the future the same way we will now. The reality is that we will not be able to use chemical cleaning products for much longer. This is going to cause the masons and cleaning contractors to find new ways to make sure their masonry looks sharp when they are finished. In reviewing the appropriate steps to get this cleaning done, Ed Nagel, Prosoco representative was very helpful and instructional. We worked on substrates built of smooth faced block, ground faced block, brick veneer, and manufactured stone. With all the different needs of each of these individual products, Ed was careful to show which ones best suited the needs of that application. Color and bleaching are always issues when using chemicals to clean with as well as the color of the mortar in the joints.

The food and weather were great and we are glad that we were able to host this fantastic and informative class. Thanks for all those that were behind the scenes and put this together!

Rio Grande Co presents our new Decorative Concrete Brochure

Rio Grande Co is pleased to announce that our new Decorative Products Brochure is now available. You can see copies of that brochure here. This piece highlights the different decorative products that Rio Grande Co has available to assist with all your needs in concrete work. We have a full line of Color Hardener and Release by Roca. We also have a full line of sealers and coating products. If you are looking for a stone look then stamping the concrete is a great option. We have a full inventory stamps for sale and rent. We have stamps in our inventory from Brickform and Proline and they are made up of all the popular patterns and sizes. If you find that we do not have a pattern that you are looking for, let us know and we will see if we can add that pattern to our rental fleet. You can find all the daily rental rates for the stamps in the following pages of this Decorative Concrete Products Brochure. We also have a full line of all the tools you will need to finishing your concrete and making your decorative or gray concrete job look perfect. We can supply you will all the reinforcing you need, from rebar, wire mesh, chairs, and dowels, to drill bits and dobbies. We can also help you with your forming products with a full fleet of product for sale and rent. We can provide full foundation forms or curb and gutter forms, with all the stakes and accessories. We have a full line of retaining wall block as well as pavers and sand. We have a full compliment of aggregates to help you get any project that you need done. We have concrete and masonry sand, river rock, pea gravel and others. We also have bagged cement (47lb, 94lb, and 2500lb sacks),  lime, admixes, surface retarders, cures, sealers and many other products. Rio Grande Co can also help you with delivery of all the materials that you need to your job site. We are your one stop shop for everything that you need to get your decorative concrete job done and looking fantastic.