Can you put PAINT in CONCRETE to color it?!
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- Can you put PAINT in CONCRETE to color it?! I wanted to try a more unconventional method of coloring concrete that doesn't include dye or your regular boring concrete colors. Lets see if this is a viable solution to coloring concrete!
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Been in concrete industry for 27 years , there are well over 100 color choices of dye designed for use in concrete ... latex paint will deteriorate the integrity of of concrete , and mortor ... out door exposure to direct sunlight , freeze and thaw must be taken into consideration, mortar no strength when poured as thick as you present without reinforcement ... very cool form mold you chose ... concrete dye is much less expensive than latex paint ... color dusting to contrast colors could also be implemented... concrete and reinforcement would increase structural value and longevity... clear concrete sealers could be applied during the curing process because concrete is porous and c an endure freeze and thaw ... your finished product is beautiful !!!
i been in the comment industry for 37 years, there are well over 100 comment choices for replying to designers ... sarcasm will deteriorate the integrity of your comment and motive ... nerdy exposure to direct facts, wikipedia and google must be taken into consideration, comment no sting when sarcasm as thick as you present. very cool meme you chose ... comments are much less expensive than mailing letters ... concern trolling to contrast facts could also be implemented.. comment and facts would increase sentence value and longevity... clear comments about facts could be applied during the commenting process because comments are pious and can endure facts and testing. your finished comment is beautiful!
This killed me
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@__shifty 😂😂 I don't know where you pulled all that funny out of, but im glad i stumbled on to your comment
With all the comments on here about what you could do instead of using house paint, the answer is still "yes, you can use Paint in Concrete to color it". Your shamrock clover looks great, and the epoxy coat really does bring out the color. Great project.
Michael, I’ve watched a lot of your videos. This one is one that I can really take to heart. Years ago, my family encouraged me to make tombstones from concrete. Tombstones are expensive, but the main reason I was encouraged to do it was because of my artwork. My family thinks I’m talented. I’m not sure I agree, but I’ve done several for members of the family, and a couple for other people. My problem is that when I paint, then clear coat the artwork, I wind up refurbishing it every ten years or so. You, in your infinite wisdom, have given me an idea on how to make them more resilient and weatherproof. Thank you. If it works out, I’ll wind up redoing all I’ve done, but if it makes the family happy…
Resin Coating them would definitely help! I recommend you check out Steve McDonald’s UV experiment showing how much some companies can yellow over time from UV damage! It steered me to sticking with only JDiction products for my own projects, because it didn’t even slightly change color after a year in his backyard. There’s a few other ones that did great too, but some were HORRIBLE and would cost you even more money/time refinishing them waaaay faster than every 10yrs!
I agree though, Headstones are ridiculously expensive and there needs to be a better priced solution for it! I’m working on some of my own designs this way too, concrete absolutely being one, because making a repeatable Form/Process to knocking them out cheap will be ideal. Same with some of the new EcoPoxy or Resins out currently. Though just fully clear, opaque, or semitransparent Resin with things that the Deceased loved embedded in with them…I think that would be awesome, plus they could be made to light up at night via LEDs or Phosphorescent powder like my favorite Lit from Culture Hustle! 3D Printing them in some highly durable weatherproof material has also been made possible at this point! Plus they can then have crazy amounts of detail and customization built right into them. You could even Electroplate them and then have faux Metal versions on the cheap. 🤷♂️😁😍❤️🙏🤘
@@MakerAcreNinjaNetwork thanks. You’ve given me lots to think about. If my ears weren’t already smoking, they are now. 😂🤣 I’m kinda excited to do yet another new project now. Wish me luck. 🤞🤞I think I’ll do something for my favorite sports team first.
@@thundervalley9766 That’s awesome, and truly the best of luck with it and all future projects!! ❤️🫂🤞🙏🤘🍀 Always happy to share ideas and spread creativity! It’s actually why I’m in the process of creating my own Network of channels on here! Maybe you should think about documenting your own on this next piece for your team! Same with your Headstones! I bet there’s gotta be a bunch of other people too who feel the same way as us, and would love to see your method for making/decorating them! Especially since it’s been for family, so it’ll be very touching and from the heart…something sorely lacking in the World these days sadly! ❤️🫂😁🤷♂️🙏🤞
@booguwu4540 thought about making my own too. I’m just afraid I’d need it before the concrete cured. 👈😳🙏😂
@booguwu4540 that's awesome! I'd go AlumiBronze or Nordic Gold, for that extra shine! But I love the ease of Sand or Plaster casting Metals! Definitely lots of great options there for making sweet designs cheaply. Especially with say Aluminum, given current scrap prices.
you can buy powder pigment. The same as what they use in the paint or what they use in concrete. Just buy pigment, in any color.
This would be my go to. Using MICA automotive paint colours, the same stuff is used to colour resin. The stuff is pretty expensive, and I don't know how much you would need, but I don't see it being as much of an issue to the strength of the concrete. Paint turns to plastic more or less, so it's certainly going to affect the integrity to some degree.
@@ShadowNuke I used dont know witch brands but local car paint shop made the color paste that goes into the paint and for 15€ i got enough to make rich 60ml pour of brass and still had plenty left over. Would not get swirls like with other pigments used for epoxy but easy local way to get any color i want. Other is acrylic paints i have been mixing in, though if you add too much it might become slightly rubbery so test to make some decorative project before committing into larger pour. Mind they can only mix the minimum amount in the car shop so ask what is the minimum, given that is usually meant for 0.3 liter pain can.
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Actually, oxides also chow the reinforcing. When wet, oxygen rusts oxides.
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Adding the resin clear coat took it to the next level , chefs kiss. I'm not even Irish and I want to make one .
A solvent based acrylic concrete would have darkened it even more
Concrete sealer
I had NO idea that there was anything for concrete that was rapid set flow control! That's a game changer for me! I'm an artist and I work in nearly every medium you can think of ... with the exception of concrete. I have an outdoor project that I want to do and this will make all the difference!
make sure it is rapid set concrete. Won't work on portland cement based concrete
It’s a plasticizer. It’s added to concrete mixes ALL the time. And they do work with Portland cement based mixes. A little secret: regular dish soap is almost the same chemical make up and it’s a lot cheaper.
@psidvicious dish soap is added to concrete as an air-entrainment. Normally to improve thermal performance in cold environments.
Also, latex paint is not a modified admixture for concrete. It doesn't render plasticized concrete, latex is not a plastic.
Latex is a rubber, often found in condoms.
There are readily available products that do all of this better.
Add some chopped glass fiber too. For a mold like this, pour in a thin layer of concrete then add the fiber for the rest of it. Use a big spoon or ladle to carefully apply the concrete with fiber so it doesn't push through the layer without fiber. You don't want any fibers showing on the surface. After you have a thick layer of fibered concrete over the face layer, the rest can be carefully poured in.
How good is the glass fiber at preventing cracks? Next to my shop is a building with a parking apron that was put in circa 1992. 32 or more years with not a single crack.
@@greggv8 there is fibered concrete ready to mix. The stuff I use the fibers just dissappear into the mix as I'm floating with it.
Spec mix, scratch & brown fibered concrete.
I only use spec mix products if I can and demand it for certain applications.
We need a video on how you made the mold!
🙏🏻 please
That's absolutely amazing. Can't wait for thee next 100 videos. I wonder how glow in the dark pigment would look.
Good someone already commented. Glow in the dark would look really cool. especially for a pathway. Or you can even mold edger bricks to go alone a path
@@the_allamerican7057 Also add UV pathway lights to make the whole thing glow. let's just pour glow in the dark pigment + resin over the existing.
When it first came out the mould I saw a big lucky charms marshmallow.
Looks sick with the epoxy 🔥💯
Morning! As an Irishman, and having watched your videos from the start; thank you for your mad content, and giving me the courage to do stuff that I might not have otherwise done. Happy St. Patrick's Day to you and yours. Keep up the great work.
WOW.. you literally just gave my yard projects a WHOLE new perspective.. thank you VERY much for answering a major question I'm sure all of us have had..
and GREAT to see you still growing with your channel..
I wouldn't imagine that the paint would take away from the strength of the concrete too much, if at all, if it's latex paint. There is a latex additive that's used in thinset and stone adhesives. It increases adhesion, strength, and shock resistance while also reducing water absorption. You could do some tests 😁
I guess it's just impractical to add paint to the concrete when you can just paint the outside and repaint it every once in a while when it gets too sun bleached.
@@matt92hun I'd always mix the color into the material, painting the outside leads to additional upkeep, which I'm not a fan of, I have enough to keep me busy as is. 😁
@@GregHallArtWould it look duller than surface painting and get sun bleached away on the surface in a couple of years?
@@matt92hun as you see in the video, when you add the paint to the mix, it will usually end up lighter than you expect, but to me that's a good thing. If you want bold, bright color then paint it after. But, sometimes, depending on where you live, the weather can cause havoc on it, freezing and thawing with just a tiny amount of liquid getting between the cement and the paint can cause it to start popping off, which leads to stripping and repainting. I'd rather mix in the color and accept a little possible fading, depending on how much sun it gets.
Great to see you again, Michael! I’m so addicted to your content 😊
I never would have thought to add paint to concrete. GENIUS!
I think you're probably better off just adding straight pigment to make sure you avoid any issues with weakening the concrete. Not a terrible idea for something that's completely non-critical though.
There are tons of concrete colorants.
There are also latex admixes for concrete.
Both can be had cheaper than paint, and both outperform it when used in concrete.
You shouldn't. You add pigment.
Brilliant
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Happy 100th.
Have been with you from the beginning. 😢😊
My Grandmother achieved a permanent red gloss finish in a concrete patio in the 1950's . The concreter said it was impossible but she insisted that he do it her way. It stayed shiny and smooth even as the stairs wore over the decades.
I wish I could remember how she said it was done.
Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 👍
Thats cool. We are going to do something along that line for our outdoor side walks and for the interior floors of the house.
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Hope it works out well for you.
Cheers from Australia
Awesome! You've answered the question I have thought about for a long time. I have mixed mortar mix with a water based acrylic driveway sealer to make asphalt driveway repairs. When repair and re-coating asphalt, the most expensive components are not the sealer emulsion, but the crack fillers and divot fillers. With mortar mix added to the driveway sealer, it can be poured or squeezed into any cracks from 1/16th inch to 1/2 inch wide or it can be poured to fill any depressions. Adding a clean "play sand" to the mixture can thicken the mixture to trowel grade that can be applied to deep divots or wider cracks. After the cracks and divots are filled, then the whole driveway is sealed with sealer with just a small amount of mortar mix to provide a non-slip surface. My 95 foot driveway, that was installed in 1962, looks like it was installed new last summer.
First video of yours I've watched!
I'm so happy with how the epoxy brought out the swirl effect! Looks really awesome!
When I was a kid, there was house next door that had all the concrete dyed sort of a pink color. It was built in the late 40's. I was told that the owner wanted to make the concrete look like red brick. The story I got was that he hand mixed all the concrete, including the driveway, the porch, the steps, and the foundation which was made from self-made solid concrete blocks, all dyed red.
By the time I came about in the 60's the once red concrete had faded to a Pepto-Bismol color. The mortar he had died black had turned to an army green color. The old guy who built it died long before we lived there and his widow grew old there, so I never saw it when it was new.
What I did notice, was that a lot of the concrete was spalling and cracking, the driveway was almost completely broken up, as was the surface of the 12x20 or so porch.
The rest of the houses there all had solid concrete, we always figured that either the paint he added to the mix weakened the concrete or caused it to age poorly or it may just have been poorly mixed concrete.
The real problem was thought that the paint faded and got so much lighter fairly fast. The place was maybe 15 years old back then, and by the 70's they were doing repairs and removing the external concrete in favor of all new masonry. The foundation got repaired and painted to hide what by that time had become mostly mildew green streaked faded pink with most of the mortar missing between the blocks. In the 80's they jacked up the house and rebuilt the whole foundation with new block work and a proper floor.
Congrats on the 100! many more to comes! Love your videos!!
Yes. Cool video. We have done a few thousand cooking videos.
Let's get #cooking with the #chefs .
I had a friend when I lived in FL, that colored cement for a living for a cement company. He said they used a dry powder to color it. And just a little tip, you can put some car wax on the form first, then spray it with gel coat. Wait until it dries a bit, then pour in the cement. This is how we made cultured marble counter tops. When you remove it from the mold, if you did the wax right, it will release smoothly and give it the same look at the epoxy. Then, buff it to the shine you want. But, that looks great! I'll bet people would buy those.
Was hoping for a strength test, but the resulting decoration is GORGEOUS.
Latex paint is not a concrete admix. Even though there are concrete admixes with latex, it's never the main ingredient. Even if it's called a latex admix.
Also using paint is 2x the cost vs a concrete colorant based off math.
Also paint/admix should be added to the water, then into the powder.
Pigment powders should be dry mixed, then fluid added.
It's all about consistency!
I'm a 68 year old woman I love your show I'm learning so much I can't wait to try some of your tips. Fantastic I'm excited I can hardly wait to try.
What about just paint tints? You answered a question I've had for some time but didn't have the courage to try! Your content is so fun. Thanks!
As long as it's for water based
I was wondering that as well. Might be able to get it a deeper color with just the pain tints.
This is my first video of yours… You enthusiasm is contagious! Your talent is obvious as well… I totally dig it.
Cool video :) everyone says to use different die and paint is not good enough. Well... did everyone not underestand this video? Question was, can you use regular paint? Yes. For fun small project. Not for building a bridge.
I had a feeling this was possibabble
Congratulations on your 100 video and many more to come my friend. Mahalo Nui Loa 🤙❤️
You can colour concrete mortar or sand and cement any colour you want there is a cement dye that comes in powder form you just add to the mix its been around a long time .
I haul raw cement and the plants sometimes add some strong powder dyes when they make specialty concrete I’ve only seen blue, red, green, and black. I’m sure you could request dyed concrete from local companies
Mortar mix is not concrete
True, I work for a mason from 85 to 2012 and I get tired of explaining the difference between mortor and concrete and cement and concrete, even worked at a home improvement store and people argued with me that they are all the same.😵😵😵
As an Irish subscriber of yours, this video brought a huge sense of pride and joy to me! Keep up the great entertaining videos 🇮🇪🇮🇪🍀🍀
Congratulations on 100❤❤and many more teachable ones ❤❤
This dude, Michael, seems to be genuine, kind hearted and sooo spontaneous! Innocent, too... Probably smart and creative, havent seen other videos by him yet...
The local university's team colors are a sort of kelly green and white. About 1970, my grandfather poured a rebar-reinforced green driveway for one of the local fraternities using powdered malachite as the dying agent. I seem to recall he also spread a fair amount of dry powdered malachite onto the surface before and after screeding to saturate the colour at the surface. As far as concrete goes, it was very green when finished. The fraternity moved to a different building about 1996, but the green driveway is still extant at the old address but is definitely a lot less green than it was in my childhood, although considerably more green when wet from rain.
Malechite is a pigment, not a dye.
Congrats on 100 videos. Although I’m a woodworker and just jumping into CNC, your channel is one of the few outside that I sub to. And incredibly, the one I have saved the mist videos to attempt. This is no exception! WTF!!! How do you come out with unique projects! Guess this video will need to be saved as well!!!
Will it work? Yes. Will it last? No. Just use the powered dye designed for this use. It's not significantly different in price (maybe a few cents more or less depending on location and market fluctuations).
I felt that excitement when you demolded! Holy crow that was AMAZING!!!
I’ve been subscribed for a long time…and I have to say your videos have come a long way. Glad to see you grow man
Love your experimental viewpoint!
Results can lead to new ideas 😊
For smaller decorative pieces and/or vibrant colors I would look into white cement. It's a bit harder to find, but not super expensive for smaller volumes. You can also get white sand and perlite for the larger aggregate - and your whole mix will be white (and lighter also). With that white base you can easily add any color you want. Adding color to normal gray mix you will have a very hard time producing a vibrant color if that's what you are aiming for, you get more muted gray'ish pastels. This video shows that pretty well. Pastels can be nice, don't get me wrong - but a white base certainly makes hitting the final color you want much easier.
I've always done this for scale models of houses, some times and some paints act as a resin and gives better finish and strength. For the end result having vivid colors you need to apply stone or concrete varnish otherwise it will appear washed out, resin also works.
For real use concrete i'd buy pigments.
Btw oldtimers in Europe used PVA glue as resin in terazzo floors, and some mixed water based paints in stucco.
Congrats on 100!🎉
I've been mixing dry and liquid pigments to concrete, mortar, and grout for decades. By using pigments only, the properties of the mix aren't affected. Using paint, latex, acrylic, or acrylic latex DOES change the properties. Sometimes, these changes are beneficial, sometimes not so much. Experiments to determine what is best for your application is probably a good idea. For the application you used it, properties are likely beneficial.
I know it's not the same, but, I have been wanting to do foot stones with different types of leaves.
My dad used to spread hay, or straw onto the surface of very fresh concrete, and it made a pattern.
Like Latte drinks, after the initial pour, add strings of color then swirl it inside the concrete a little for a good bind. WHOOO-YAHHH
The high strength mortar mix should retain enough strength. Polymers have been added to concrete or decades for various pour enhancements, using acrylic paint is a clever idea, though you can get concrete stains in any color you dream up. You won't find those colors at a home center store. Add a clear finish to the piece, it will bring out the color.
Dude! That turned out amazing, what a great idea! This opens up a world of colors now!
My wifes grandfather had a house built in the 1960s and had the basement concrete died a felt green to match his pool table... so i know it's been around a long time and in more than the 3 colors you said.
YT just recommended this- it’s my first Michael builds vid! So cool it was your 100th- you got me hooked! Well done!!
I've been wondering about this. We made an outdoor kitchen using your method and I want to use it for the indoor kitchen in our new house.
Dude you put great content out and make it fun. I feel like I’m watching a fun show and not just a channel. Keep having fun!
I did same thing with drywall plaster. Made it wet. Then used vacuum blower poured into airstream. Splattered the wall. 20 years later still awesome
You can add a small amount of acrylic paint but not really enough to get a solid bold colour, add too much it will crumble after curing.
Ive tried with concrete pots pretty hard to get vivid colours, helps to start with a white cement, pigment powders are the only real way and even then it weakens the concrete (for bold colour).
I'm dealing with the same problem. I can't get bright colors in concrete products with dry pigments. Maybe you can advise me how you solve this problem?
If you don’t have rapid set flow control powder, you can use a palm sander without sand paper on it to vibrate the concrete form and get all the air bubbles out.
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Congrats on your 100th video and your, much deserved, success! I look forward to watching, and learning from, your videos.
Best creative thing I've seen on RUclips. Love it👏👏👏
I go about it an entirely different way, but I've been using acrylic paint to make marble looking concrete sinks and countertops for years. it gets really fun when you start adding different types of metallics and flakes in there as well. 👍
I love your enthusiasm and personality. The back ground music was perfect for the mood of the project. LOve your work. This was my first, sorry I haven't seen the other 99.
When I worked for a stucco manufacturer we added pigment to it instead of painting it after spread. That way the building owners would never have to paint again.
Hmmmmm....about 40 years ago my dad made a diamond pattern patio with cement. He added a powdered pigment to each batch. We had vibrant yellow, red, blue, green and white. It was very cool.
When i was living and working in south Africa they would color the concrete with a special pigment powder they would make whole bathroom floors and sprinkle green red yellow and blue on it and float it in it makes it waterproof as well
Most concrete/stone/tile sealer products would give it a permanent bright green color like it looked when it was wet.
I put latex in concrete many years ago. Probably at least 8. It worked. Color is still there but it’s in a heavily shaded area. I would think the sun would bleach out the pigment over time. Also it takes a crap ton of paint depending on the color. I found it more effective to pour the concrete and then scrub the paint into the top most part of the surface before finishing it. Made the paint go further.
Nice job , I have concrete in my blood , so to speak , I was a redi/mix driver for 21 years and did plenty of side jobs mostly flat work . My first thought would be the science to this product chemically bonding to itself my not take place with all the particulates being coated with the paint .I mixed 10 yards with the powdered dye in one shot in my mixer many times andI don’t know if the paint will act the same way.on the other hand for being exposed to weather outside the paint may make it more resistant by not having the tiny holes for moisture to get in . If you continue your project I would love to hear the results . It
looks really good ,concrete is truly an amazing product to build with . Thanks again !
What a trip. And your project turned out really sweet. Glad you did the acrilic coat to finish it off. Really sweet finished project!
Pretty neat. Would make for some fun stepping stones to the garden. Especially if you used proper concrete dyes instead of household paint. Could also be a fun activity to do with kids, say you have some leftover paint and want to make something small and fun for kids to help make.
Powdered paint like the ones you worked with as a kid in art class works quite well to colour concrete
Color me impressed. That is looking so good.
That was pretty cool! I didn’t think it would set.
Hi im a paint technician and quite enjoyed this video its really not far of using paint as a tint due to the acrylic acitate bonding agent of the paint which is used as a normal bonding agent in plaster mixes i should add appox 3x textile strength to the mortar it should also add a little moisture resistance aswell just don't use PVA poly vinyl acitate its not as strong 😁😁
It’s about what you could do.. exploring possibilities.. not the best way to do it.
He even says he doesn’t know how the strength will hold up. But it looks cool af
You did a great job on it 👍 thanks for sharing and the good to know info. Stay safe and blessed 🙏
The green shamrock was a cool idea, you probably should have added a wire mesh for strength but it looked good. If you are interested, paint dye is available for purchase, and that could have made that color really pop
Happy St. Patrick's day! congratulations on 100 videos, looking forward to the next 100!
You know I have watched every video you have made!! You're the reason I started making firetables and embracing the take it a step further as always! Congratulations on all your success my friend! I'm pumped to get back from vacation to try this out!
Michael, I always appreciate your enthusiasm. And your experiments. 💚
Well was scrolling thru new to me content and had to subscribe right away
Great shamrock design
Now I have to watch thee other 99 videos
Let the projects begin 👍🏽
Congratulations on your 100TH video... It was a good one!!!
if you wanted very dark green, I'd have painted the mold with the pure paint just before filling the mold with the concrete so the concrete would have absorbed pure paint on the right side. it would have been tinted mortar with a thin peel of paint. I don't know if I am being clear here.
I love the result.
this being said, when you listed the natural tincture one can put in mortar you forgot a lot of them. natural paint need natural tincture and a lot of mineral tincture are used in construction. you have all the rainbow colors, you definitely can paint your mortar the color you want.
but:
as the mortar id naturally grey, I'd put some white to brighten the colors.
thanks for sharing!
Love the finished result. If I owned a bar I would definitely buy this from you.
Sure, some folks recommend concrete dyes, which is excellent idea! But watching you (and folks comments) make this contagious video worth it
Awesome! Never thought about using paint to colour concrete!
You can buy pigments for concrete pretty cheaply though, and then you aren't altering the amounts of water needed.
Also, for larger molds, I've seen people do a double pour. A thin/runny layer with pigments (start with white cement, white fine sand so it gets in all the details and has no bubbles, and you aren't working against the grey colour already there) And then a firmer "backfill" with aggregate, fibre, mesh, reinforcement, whatever. Doesn't have to be pretty, because it is never seen!
I couldn't tell if you were very nervous or just excitedly happy. I hope happy. I got to say, that looked like a work of art by the end. If you wanted, you could keep it to show it off to folks or sell it to Guinness or some artsy collector or some bar or give it away as a channel prize for some contest it looked that good.
This is the first time I watch one of your videos. I love what you did with paint in the concrete. It turned out beautiful. You’re a fun guy. I will be looking at your past videos.
It’s gorgeous. Incorporate that in a bar room counter top.
The fact that you have gathered hundreds of thousands of subscribers in just your first 100 videos, really says A LOT about you, and the very high quality of your videos, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! What did you use to make the inlays????
I did rhubarb and hasta leaves for my mother years ago. Was a great addition to the back steps
That turned out awesome, love it
OMG that came out sooo awesome I love the end product,,,
In the Caribbean where I live, 'mortar' is not 'concrete'. The portland/sand mix is different + concrete always has aggregate in the mix. Still, what you've made here is both beautiful and inspirational ! ❤
Interesting project. I can see doing this for non-structural concrete applications. It turned out great. But for structural applications (e.g. a garage floor, sidewalk, etc.) I would have some strength tests done first to see if it will still meet the code. Concrete doesn't just dry. It cures. It creates chemical bonds as it cures. It is quite possible that regular paint could somehow interrupt the chemical bonding, thus weakening the concrete. A chemist would know more details of the curing process.
Ed Schultheis, PE
Mechanical design engineer and manufacturing consultant for 35 years
Oh my god that shamrock looks absolutely stunning! I love it! 💚👍🤘
Congrats on the 100th. Love your videos. Working on my driveway. Thanks for the great advice too. Love when you casted the two geckos with the flexible sealant
BTW a tip...if using a HD bucket to mix mortar/cement (I mean, who hasn't?), wrap a layer or two of duct tape around the bucket to add some strength. Else the risk of your electric mixer cracking a side is a possibility. Happened to me more than once!
My first though was that there must be a chemical reaction altering the bond structure of the cement thus altering the strength. You could always add glass fibre shards for added strength.
But for a decorative piece man it looks boss.
Wow I need to do this on my channel but I will be using loxon xp is for stucco walls but great idea thanks for the video
The smeared colour really makes the thing. Looks like a water colour painting.
To get it darker use a color darker than you wanted because as it’s mixed air is incorporated making the color lighten up.
I'm untesting yet absolutely certain that you can add serpentine-(darker-green) olivine-(lighter-green) garnate-(wine-color) obsidian-(reflective-black) and cinibar-(ruby-red[toxic]) to any concrete top-layer for notable tints.
Unbelievably cool, SHAMROCK COOL!
One of the most FUN cement vids I've seen. 😂❤