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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.

A Pictorial Guide to Acid Stained Concrete

Tips & How-Tos Vol. 4 No. 2 - April/May 2004 Staining & Coloring Concrete by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

If you want an all-encompassing guide to staining concrete floors, check out “Bob Harris’ Guide to Stained Concrete Interior Floors,” written by Bob Harris, founder and president of the Decorative Concrete Institute in Temple, Georgia.

Awesome Acrylic Stains for Concrete

Vol. 4 No. 6 - December 2004/January 2005 Staining & Coloring Concrete by John Chandler Comments are Disabled

Acrylic stains are finding new uses among decorative concrete artisans, both on their own and as companions to acids.

Broaden Your Knowledge with Concrete Techniques

Concrete Repair & Restoration Bridges, Roads & Highways Training & Education Vol. 5 No. 6 - December 2005/January 2006 Staining & Coloring Concrete by Richard Smith Comments are Disabled

Having many techniques in your arsenal can bridge the difference between your client’s vision and the reality of a project. Today’s clients are more sophisticated. They expect more. Plain gray concrete is no longer good enough for them.

Soy-based Concrete Stains

Vol. 6 No. 1 - February/March 2006 Staining & Coloring Concrete by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Using soy-based materials to strip, stain and seal concrete can be about as healthy as it gets. Concrete artisan Dana Boyer is selling the soy-based line through her concrete contracting outfit, Concretizen. Developed by friends of hers at New Century Coatings and sold by several "private label" resellers, the products have been personalized by Boyer to fit her vision.

Mike Miller a.k.a. The Concretist Inc.

Featured Contractor Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 7 No. 1 - February 2007 by Christina Camara Comments are Disabled

Mike Miller, a Benicia, Calif., artist, calls his work "sensory concrete."

Effects with Reactive Stains on Concrete

Tips & How-Tos Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 7 No. 8 - December 2006/January 2007 by Shellie Rigsby Cordell Comments are Disabled

There are unlimited opportunities to create fabulous effects with reactive acid stains. Acid stains are most mutable from the time they are sprayed onto the concrete until the reactive color change develops.

Concrete Contractor Fixes a Botched Stencil, Stain and Sealer Job

Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 8 No. 2 - March/April 2008 by David Searls Comments are Disabled

When you’ve just created art on 256 square feet of concrete entryway, you do not want to have it described as a "horse with a rash" two days before the opening of your client’s new retail establishment. But that’s what Tony Victor and partner Ben Washburn were up against in October 2007.

Reactive Stain on Concrete

Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 8 No. 3 - May 2008 by Michael Miller Comments are Disabled

It’s possible for concrete to have stone-like qualities without trying to be stone. It’s possible for concrete to be random and variegated like the knots and grain in wood without trying to be that wood. It’s possible for concrete to develop a visually active graphic patina like copper without it being, you guessed it, copper.

New Surface Treatment Formulated to Keep Ground Cool

Technology Building with Concrete Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 9 No. 7 - November/December 2009 by Emily Dixon Comments are Disabled

As part of its effort to improve the environment through green product offerings, L.M. Scofield Co. has developed Solachrome Integral Coloring Treatment for High-SRI Concrete.

Hand-Shaped Faux Stones Made to Look Like Tin Foil

Concrete Overlays & Toppings Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 10 No. 2 - February/March 2010 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Ryan Neal of SBR Concrete was hired by a former client to create a basement floor that had to be not only easy to clean, but also unique. The end result was a floor made with hand-shaped rectangular "stones," each individually colored so that no two would look exactly the same.