A few colors of dye, some common butcher paper and a little creativity are all it takes to get this handsome mottled finish.
Staining & Coloring Concrete
Concrete’s natural color can be altered with powder or liquid stains, dyes and colored hardeners, as well as aggregates such as ground glass and stone.
Color Your World with Integrally Colored Concrete
Choosing integrally colored concrete offers lasting color and design options with the right materials, tools and techniques.
Repairing Concrete Cracks by Making Them A Part of Your Design
Repairing cracks properly is one thing, making them a part of your design concept is becoming a popular alternative.
Brilliant New Concrete Color from QC Construction Products
Here’s a design truth retailers understand: before customers make the decision to purchase, they make the decision to enter the store. This showroom floor has proven irresistible to shoppers, with show-stopping color from QC Construction Products.
Accounting for Concrete Color Change with Acid Stain Application
Many comments, instructions, warnings, and confused looks surround the numerous ways acid stain colors can fluctuate from one concrete slab to another. Even under the tightest quality controls, concrete reacts with chemical stains differently every time. However, the sometimes-unpredictable reactions are exactly what produce the interesting and beautiful results one can achieve from acid stains.
Concrete Contractor Finds Success In Stamped Concrete
A former computer software developer makes a career change and finds success in stamping concrete.
Decorative Concrete Techniques: Acid Etching Concrete
From start to finish follow these techniques to achieve the perfect acid etched concrete design.
Integrally Colored Concrete Building: Los Angeles Cathedral
The Los Angeles Cathedral proves that integrally colored concrete can be used with confidence on even the most demanding architectural projects.
Acrylic Stains for Concrete: A Colorful Alternative to Acid Etch
Contractors choose acrylic stains over chemical stains for a variety of reasons. Acrylic stains offer an array of colors that chemical stains cannot. Designers and applicators are no longer limited to the eight colors commonly available with acid-based stains.
Con Color Offers Permanent Alternative to Bright Concrete
There is no question that applicators can achieve a wider and brighter range of colors with acrylic stains than can be achieved with chemical stains.
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