Inexpensive ideas for stained cement
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Sharon
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I need ideas to camouflage my stained cement in my back yard. Every year the noses from the trees and assorted leaves and berries fall and stain my cement. We usually have to power wash then paint and the paint chips and it's a vicious circle. We can't afford to get rid of the cement there's just too much of it any ideas
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What process was used for painting the cement ?
As written, it seems like you're just painting the cement. You really need to do a lot of prep by getting really clean, then use a primer. Then stain the cement (or concrete) and seal it well. This article explains it more fully.
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/paint-a-concrete-deck-in-5-steps
Good luck!
Good Evening Sharon, I don't know what the colors are that your cement is being stained with, but I do know there ARE stains you can use on cement to "dye" it. I don't see why you couldn't spray a second or even a third color on it to give a "tie-dye" look so the colors from stains that you get every year will sort of blend in with your acid-stained concrete ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSlzelQYEOU
In case you may be thinking about more than one color, instead of buying 1 gallon each of several colors (that each cover 200 square feet) the following link offers a kit of 10 different colors at 4 ounces each with a sample of (sigh) water-based sealer in the SMALL kit (I know the video says to use an OIL based sealer) or 10 colors of one quart each in the LARGE kit ...
https://www.directcolors.com/product/concrete-acid-stain/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CSE&gdffi=0e43425fe3f24a65964876743d2ecf95&gdfms=2A937CCA99804230AA6243C54099732E&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8LiI8Lr91QIVpr_tCh2bdAMaEAYYASABEgLHv_D_BwE
and the link below from CONCRETE CAMOUFLAGE offers 23 colors!
(you will find them all listed in the link for the starter kit)
https://www.concretecamouflage.com/cat-artist-grade-concrete-acid-stain.cfm
below is a link with TONS of pics of stained concrete, some "normal" but most are fantastic multi-colored, swirly, almost like mural-like, different, beautiful:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/373869206544707677/?lp=true
So, good luck, Sharon, and thanks for asking HOMETALK for help ;)
This is very pretty and budget friendly and comes in a few colors
I agree, I would stain the concrete and seal it, so its not so much work.
first we acid washed the area then power washed then when everything dryed used cement paint