Laticrete expanded its Spartacote line of resinous floor coatings for decorative and protective applications with an all-new, industry-first Spartacote Universal Pigment System. The revolutionary, first-of-its-kind color system is compatible with all clear Spartacote epoxy, urethane and polyaspartic products. Also, it’s formulated with highly concentrated pigments, providing improved color customization, vibrant […]
Tag: Integrally Colored Concrete
Concrete is a Hit at the
New Texas Rangers Ballfield
Work on Globe Life Field — the Texas Rangers’ brand-new retractable-roof baseball ballpark in Arlington, Texas — was nearing completion when BEAM Concrete Construction, the decorative concrete subcontractor, hit a snag, color-matching concrete. Try as it might, the company couldn’t produce integrally colored concrete that would match the expanse placed […]
Prosoco Launches Liquid Integral Colors for Concrete Overlays
Repair contractors, architects and building owners now have a safer, more consistent option to integrally add color to concrete flooring overlays. Prosoco’s new Integral Color for Overlays is a pre-measured, concentrated liquid. Prosoco designed it to integrally color cement mixtures for overlays and polishable overlays. Available in nine colors, Integral […]
Set Realistic Expectations
for Integrally Colored Concrete
When choosing to use colored concrete on a project, there is very often a discrepancy between the owner’s expectations and the reality of the finished job. Two major reasons for this are that manufacturers’ color charts cannot possibly show the true color, and most contractors fail to adequately explain this to the customer.
Keeping Integral Colored Concrete Consistent
Placing and finishing concrete to maximize the visual appeal of integral coloring starts at the bottom— with a well-draining, compacted aggregate and consistent subgrade. It’s well worth the time and effort to get it right and give decorative concrete a great start to standing up to the elements.
How Much Color Should I Use in My Concrete?
Integral colors are calculated by loadings based on total cementitious materials used per yard of concrete. Common loadings are 1 percent, 2 percent, 3 percent and 4 percent.
Integral Color for Concrete:
The Inside Scoop
Greg Hurst still recalls the first time he used integral color for a concrete installation project. It was 2010 and the founder/owner of Alabama Decorative Concrete in Birmingham had been hired to install a 12,000-square-foot driveway that would be stamped throughout.
Integrally Colored Concrete at Fort Worth’s Skateboard Central
The concrete in a skate park must be completely smooth to accommodate a skateboard’s small, hard 40 to 55 mm urethane wheels, yet also be nonslippery.
Why Is My Integrally Colored Concrete the Wrong Color?
We just had a large stamped concrete patio completed, and we chose a light buff integral color with dark tan release powder. The resulting color of the concrete surface looks entirely different from the color we chose — it’s more like an antique rose color.
Seven Tips for Installing Consistent Integral Color for Concrete
Maintaining consistent color in integrally colored concrete is crucial during a project using multiple truckloads.