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CONCRETE
A SELECTION
GUIDE FOR
SURFACE FINISHES
Athol Gudgeon
Manager, NSW
EPM Concrete Pty Ltd
PRECAST
• water-washed exposed aggregate;
• chemically retarded exposed
aggregate;
• sandblasted exposed aggregate;
• acid-etched finishes;
• polished reconstructed stone;
• honed or polished and acid-
etched;
CONCRETE
• polished and sandblasted finish.
These finishes have been selected
as the most useful group of finishes
that the precaster can offer to archi-
tects and clients. The list is obvious-
ly not intended to cover all finishes
nor is it intended to suggest limita-
tions in developing new finishes.
Mix design, careful selection of
materials and the need for practical
and innovative mould design are of