In 1920, Scofield moved the company to Los Angeles, with the belief that the southern Californian market would be open to decorative concrete. Its products contained color hardeners like cement, color wax, aggregate broadcast (to aid in coloring and hardening the surface), chemical stains, and sealers. Scofield, made a permanent mark in the history of decorative concrete. To meet the growing need for pigments, in 1915, Mason Scofield, a young engineer, started manufacturing colors to make decorative concrete. Contractors wanted a mixture that would not only mix evenly with concrete, but also form a permanent bond in cement paste, for a long lasting finish. The introduction of colored concrete highlighted the need to produce it in batches. Some even maintained recipe files to mix and create various colors. While some manufacturers chose to mix pigments into fresh concrete for casting, others simply dunked the entire casting into solutions that were similar to chemical stains.Ĭoncrete craftsmen also started blending pigments to add color to plain concrete. Among these were pre-cast builders, who used colors and stains to enhance the look of plain concrete. Between 18, concrete manufacturers started producing innovative building facades.
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