It’s a fact we have to face — everything ages. And colored concrete is not immune. Sometimes it fades to a soft, mellow color, but often it just becomes dull and lifeless. Or worse, later repairs and additions don’t match.
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.
Solving Color Problems in Concrete
Colored concrete is beautiful, but laying it down can be an ugly business. So many things can go wrong — the weather turns, supplies run out unexpectedly, batches of cement vary in shade. Getting decent results often means spending hours or days compensating for circumstance.
Decorative Concrete LIVE! Wowed Attendees
Two of the participants that wowed the crowds with their talents share some insights on how they work their magic through texture and color.
Creating Color Designs with FloorMaps’ Stencils
Complex and intricate designs can be applied to concrete surfaces very accurately using adhesive-backed vinyl stencils. They offer control, precision and, if needed, repeatability. Stenciling is a very old technique from the world of paint, but as it evolves in the concrete world, it’s becoming very modern, thanks to people […]
Film-Forming Concrete Sealers and Their Effect on Color
If you think clear sealers won’t affect the color of concrete, you’re right in some instances and wrong in others.
Brickform Redevelops Pro-Dye as a Liquid Formula
After listening to suggestions from contractors and distributors, Brickform, a division of Solomon Colors Inc., has redeveloped its popular Pro-Dye as a liquid formula.
Exposed Aggregate Meets Imprinted Colored Concrete in a Waterfront Walkway
The decorative surface was going to be troweled and stained. But after Brock was hired, he made another suggestion: a stamping job instead, using the Coquina Stone With Sea Shells feathered texture mat from Proline Stamps. Impressions of shells, sea horses and assorted sea life would improve traction and complement the seaside setting.
Concrete Art in Publicly Funded Building Projects
An artist and a decorative concrete contractor team up to get grants for work in publicly funded building projects.
An Environmentally Friendly Way to Seal and Stain Concrete
Indiana-based C2 Products Inc. offers an environmentally friendly, durable way to seal and stain concrete with its flagship products, The Bean and The Jelly Bean.
Recipe: Easy Antiquing on Polished Floors
Ideal for distressed floors with lots of cracks, pits, chips or gouges, this versatile technique can be used to turn a fixer-upper into a masterpiece.
