How easy is it to stamp concrete and then apply an acid wash color?
Question:The project will consist of a sidewalk to a landing at the front stairway, the sidewalk is offset from the front door to the street. Then the sidewalk will 90 around to a landing at a side door, it will continue to the back of the house and 90 into a patio area.
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In most areas, I think you will find you can hire someone to do this one cheaper than you can do it yourself. Plus you would have (hopefully) someone with experience on the job.
Having said that, it is not really that much more difficult than any other finishing method, although it does take a bit more time. Screed the concrete as you normally would and float once. I have used powdered concrete colorant, which would be applied at this point, followed by another float.
The trick is knowing when the concrete is set enough to be stamped. If you stamp too early, the pattern will slump back out, wait too long and it is hard to get a good impression. Also, laying out the pattern correctly takes some thought. I watched several before I did a small project on my own.
Renting the stamps will be the expensive part, which is why you can almost pay someone for the same price. I borrowed a set from a fried in the business, which is how I came out ahead.
i have seen it done not for a do it your self er needs to be done when poring the concrete they pour level throw on the color [[cost more if color is added to concrete while in truck ]]after leveling and adding color they put in the pattern and stamp it in they put the next one down and one more then the go get the first panel when finished the come back and acid wash it off
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