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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.

Old World Beauty Emulated in New Concrete Floors

Concrete Polishing Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 19 No. 7 - October 2019 by Stacey Enesey Klemenc Comments are Disabled

When it came to installing floors at his new decorative concrete training facility, concrete guru Bob Harris chose to emulate the old ways of Venetian artists.

When Hand Brushing Borders on Concrete, Don’t Stop at Intersections

Tips & How-Tos Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 19 No. 4 - May/June 2019 by Rick Lobdell Comments are Disabled

Many of us are tackling more intricate designs, such as 3-D tile patterns with multiple borders. With patterns like that, there’s no concrete (pardon the pun) stopping point for hand brushing. Expansion joints help create stopping points but outside of that how can we brush large designs without the glaring brush marks?

How to Use the Cartesian Coordinates to Plot Points for Designs

Concrete Art Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 17 No. 5 - July 2017 by Rick Lobdell Comments are Disabled

One of the most influential theories of math is called the Cartesian coordinates. The adjective, Cartesian, refers to the French mathematician and philosopher René Descartes who published this idea in 1637. Cartesian coordinates are the foundation of analytic geometry.

Advantages of Water-based Acrylic Concrete Sealers

Concrete Sealers Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 16 No. 4 - May/June 2016 by Steve VandeWater Comments are Disabled

First hand experience from a concrete veteran about his experience with water-based acrylic sealers and how the compare to solvent-based acrylic sealers.

To get this polished concrete looking floor add color to the concrete sealer prior to applying the concrete sealer.

How Adding Color to Concrete Sealers Creates Beautiful Effect

Vol. 2 No. 2 - April/May 2002 Concrete Sealers Staining & Coloring Concrete by Craig Park Comments are Disabled

Creating Beautiful Effects Takes Knowledge and Practice One of the least expensive and most practical ways to add decorative effects to a concrete project is to add a color to the finishing sealer. While many contemporary projects are using integral coloring or color hardeners, tinting sealers offer an alternative that […]

Concrete That Looks Like Wood

Stamping & Texturing Concrete Concrete Overlays & Toppings Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 15 No. 5 - July 2015 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

New Iberia, Louisiana, located 130 miles from New Orleans, has an elevation of only 20 feet. Wood floors are fine, but in this area prone to flooding, concrete floors are even better. And Keefe Duhon of Concrete Revolution has developed a specialty of concrete floors that look like wood planks, and he’s become known for it across the country.