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Creating images with dyes prior to acid staining

Place objects on the floor to create abstract shapes.
 Colormaker Floors Creating Abstract Tip 1
Spray water-based dyes on the whole floor. The objects act as resists for the dyes.
 Colormaker Floors Creating Abstract Tip 2
Remove the objects and then spray acid stain on the whole floor, allowing all the colors to mingle with each other.
 Colormaker Floors Creating Abstract Tip 3
By putting the dyes down before the acid stains, you can open up a much wider range of color than if the acids went down first.
 Colormaker Floors Creating Abstract Tip 4

Thanks for this tip go to Victor Pachade of Colormaker Floors.
 
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Concrete Decor, Vol. 5, No. 1
February/March 2005
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