Stamped Concrete

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A decorative form of concrete that gets imprinted with rubber mats to resemble brick, flagstone, wood, or other stone designs is how stamped concrete is described. Stamped concrete comes in many different colors and designs, including in regular grey colored concrete for an affordable stamped concrete option.

What designs can I choose for my concrete?

How do we change concrete from grey to colored?

Changing the concrete's color comes to down 3 ways.

The FIRST way is mixing bagged cement pigment into the concrete truck. Which is also known as integral colored concrete.

Check out the color options - dry-color-card.pdf

The SECOND way is by using color hardener. A "powder", which consists of pigments, sand and fine aggregates, that gets applied onto concrete when bull floating.

Check out the color options - Brickform-Standard-Color-Card.pdf

The THIRD way would be staining the concrete. The concrete gets stained with an acid or water-based formula. Which is then sprayed, rolled or a combination of both onto the concrete.

Check out the color options - Brickform-Standard-Color-Card.pdf

Ask us about the water-based Smith colors!

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Sample Board

Here's a sample board from our vendor Rocky Mountain Decorative Concrete Supplies in Denver, CO. Squares shown are stamped concrete colors and designs together.

F.A.Q. about Stamped Concrete

How much more expensive is stamped concrete compared to regular concrete?

Stamped Concrete tends to be 1.5-2.0x times more expensive than getting regular concrete installed. For example, if you received a quote to get a patio done for $5,000, getting it done in stamped concrete would cost about $7,500. But a lot of other factors affect the price too such as more site preparation before the concrete gets poured, darker and lighter concrete color choices, more designs or phases, ETC.

Why is stamped concrete more expensive?

Stamped concrete is more expensive as it requires more work than regular concrete. There are more steps, and more materials needed when it comes to getting stamped concrete installed. Is stamped concrete slippery?No. Stamped concrete can only become slippery when wet if traction-grit additive was not added into the sealer when applied. We mix in a traction-grit additive into the sealer before the sealer gets applied onto the concrete's surface for every stamped concrete project to make sure of no slip and falls but also preserve the life of the concrete by having sealer applied.

How is stamped concrete done?

Once the concrete is placed in the forms, the concrete then gets bull-floated and finished as regular concrete would. Next, we place a color hardener or an antique release agent on the concrete's surface. If a color hardener is placed to add color, the bull-float process is then repeated to work the color in. Once the antique release agent is on, rubber mats with designs on them are then placed onto the concrete's surface one at a time and get "stamped" or pressed in. But not just stamping as it goes or at any moment, the concrete can't be too soft or too hard either. We also hand tool the details (lines and borders) in better as the stamping is done. Our professionals in our team all have the details and steps memorized for every stamped concrete installation.