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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.

Designing Concrete That Is Maintenance Free

Concrete Maintenance Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 9 No. 4 - June/July 2009 by Michael Miller Comments are Disabled

Maintenance is something that torments most decorative concrete contractors, unless, that is, there is a significant maintenance profit center to their business. In the case of The Concretist, there is not.

Hotel & Resort Design Ideas using Decorative Concrete

Concrete Repair & Restoration Building with Concrete Vertical & Carved Concrete Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 10 No. 7 - October 2010 by Emily Dixon Comments are Disabled

Check in and check out three examples of decorative concrete at its finest, in Georgia, Tennessee and California.

Restoring Color in Previously Installed Concrete

Concrete Repair & Restoration Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 8 No. 5 - August 2008 by Chris Mayo Comments are Disabled

Integral colors don’t fade, but over time, integrally colored surfaces can start to look dingy. Understanding why, and what to do about it, is just the beginning of getting a handle on color maintenance.

Recipe: Rustic Chic Stamped Concrete

Recipes Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 11 No. 8 - November/December 2011 by Kelly O'Brien Comments are Disabled

A bluestone-stamped field trimmed with richly stained faux beams, this technique is perfectly suited for any room with an upscale rustic theme.

Differences Between Integral Colors and Color Hardeners

Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 13 No. 1 - January/February 2013 by Bart Sacco Comments are Disabled

Contractors often discuss which is better, integral color or color hardener. Contractors’ creative abilities can really flow once they have mastered the use of both products. This allows them to produce unique, realistic-looking stone, brick or tile and there is absolutely nothing wrong with selecting either or both for decorative concrete work.

Tamryn Doolan from Surface Gel Tek may have come up with a new use for her etching gel: neutralizing and cleaning up spilled acid stain on concrete. She sent us a couple of before and after images along with the story.

Using Etching Gel to Clean Up Spilled Acid Stain

Concrete Repair & Restoration Staining & Coloring Concrete Online Exclusives by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Tamryn Doolan from Surface Gel Tek may have come up with a new use for her etching gel: neutralizing and cleaning up spilled acid stain on concrete.

She sent us a couple of before and after images along with the story.

Volunteers from the ASCC Decorative Concrete Council traveled to Hanson, Ky. to work on the hardscape of what is to become a therapeutic garden at the Ballard Western Kentucky Veterans Center. Three students from the Concrete Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University also assisted on the project.

ASCC Volunteers Create Concrete Hardscape for Veterans

Staining & Coloring Concrete Online Exclusives by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Volunteers from the ASCC Decorative Concrete Council traveled to Hanson, Ky. to work on the hardscape of what is to become a therapeutic garden at the Ballard Western Kentucky Veterans Center. Three students from the Concrete Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University also assisted on the project.