[Greenbuilding] semantics, concrete

Clarke Olsen colsen at fairpoint.net
Thu Jul 28 13:32:25 CDT 2011


Like the way real estate agents presume to sell "homes", when all  
they can really move are houses.
In political speech, the way "people" have become "folks". "We the  
folks.."?

Concrete story: I did a floor that I stained by adding 250 pounds of  
powdered dye to 19 yds of concrete. Yeah, I had five 50 # bags,
1 orange, 2 red, 1 burnt umber, i sienna.... The interesting part is  
this: It didn't seem like enough, because an entrance step,
cast with the excess, was an uninspiring pink, but the actual floor  
was a nifty terra-cotta! The concrete contractor said it was the
action of the power trowel which darkened the pigment! Almost totally  
happy with the floor, I went over it (green) with a vibrating
sander, using a large "ScotchBrite" type pad, to minor, but  
noticeable, effect.

Question: on a recent floor, we decided no stain, just sealer. Is wax  
recommended?

And: blue chalk-line powder makes an interesting concrete dye. In  
quantities too small to turn it blue, it make concrete even
more like.. concrete. If you like concrete, you'll love concrete  
plus. Kind of pops it out, you might say.


Clarke Olsen
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at fairpoint.net




On Jul 28, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Corwyn wrote:

> On 7/28/2011 10:02 AM, Alan Abrams wrote:
>> language continually evolves...
>>
>> http://www.mapleblock.com/detail/maple-butcher-block-countertops-25/
>
> It does.
>
> However given that they say this "Wood Welded Maple Butcher Block  
> is the most traditional of all Butcher Block products."  I don't  
> think they are evolving the meaning, I just think they are getting  
> it wrong.
>
> And that's the crux of the matter of evolving language issue isn't  
> it? If we don't allow any changes, we can't communicate given the  
> changes in the world; If we allow any changes, we can't communicate  
> since there is no commonality.  So, the metric I use is, is the  
> change beneficial to communication.  In this instance, perhaps a  
> case can be made.  As always letting advertisers make these cases  
> is fraught with peril.
>
> Thank You Kindly,
>
> Corwyn
>
>
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