How to convert Concrete to Bricks with Masonry Stains
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- I recently visited Nawkaw's facility near Athens, Georgia. They showed me their whole range of masonry stains that can convert concrete to bricks, stone, wood- finishes.
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This video and the last one about the mobile concrete printer seem to be missing a lot of the skepticism that I appreciate from this channel. Things like the brief 2 second splash from the power washer, the assertion that DIY folks cannot mix pigments on their own, and the general lack of consideration for competing products or pros/cons leave me feeling more like I watched an advertisement than the well-researched pieces I'm used to.
I have to agree. While it's good to show new and innovative products, I'd hate to see too many product pitchmen on an otherwise excellent channel.
@@WinstonSmithGPT Well that and trying to get Nye to "officiate" a bet about a scientific paper.
Didn’t feel like a pitch. Seemed like genuine optimism for the tech. But with optimism comes bias and maybe she could’ve elaborated on the cons a bit more
Basically going in the same direction that Risinger went. You can only talk about so much evidenced based building tech/methods before you run out of content and just start taking anything you can. I don't mean that to sound mean, just the way it eventually goes.
Then why don't you go out this comment on that video
@Belinda I like your videos. This one feels more like 100% advertisement.
I worked on a Ranch back in the late 70's and the Ranch Owner decided to pour a concrete sidewalk. We used a concrete stain mixed into the concrete before we poured, to color the sidewalk and then used a welding rod bent in a more or less "S" shape to make a design in the sidewalk that imitated stone and it turned out great!
I love the look of red brick buildings
Yeah, I'm kinda not digging the new look of those examples. Red bricks looked better IMO.
So glad you are discussing this issue! Three brick houses on my street have been painted, I just smh...
As a property manager I am most interested in this info. We paint every house in Trinidad...every 2-3 years 🤦♂️ Thanks, Belinda
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I painted brick 12 years ago and its still like New
Thanks! This great information! 🥰
Lime works by capillary action to pull moisture out of the substrate making it better, cheaper, diy and incredibly versatile aesthetically.
This is amazing!
I like the concrete idea for faux wood like look for high humid areas for flooring.
Nobody at home depot knows about this. You go to the paint dept and tell I need to paint masonry, "here's masonry paint" thanks Belinda
Thankyou fot drawing attention to the dangers of painting brick. While staining is the better option, it is worth noting that you can safely paint bricks if the building was constructed right. Modern practice for a brick veneered building in north America is to put weepholes at the base of the wall and a 1" airspace behind the veneer which is open into a vented soffit at the top of the wall. This allows for moist air not build up behind the bricks. If the weepers are there and the airspace isn't filled with mortar there is little concern over the bricks spalling or failing. If the building is older and doesnt have weep holes, or the weepers are plugged, or the airspace is insufficent, then painting the bricks is almost guaranteed to end in disaster. The moisture will find it's way through the bricks and be stopped by the paint. If you are in a climate with a freeze thaw cycle, when the moisture freezes it will expand destroying the structure of the bricks.
I'm a bricky in canada. I generally discourage people from painting bricks.
To anyone who watches construction videos on youtube, make sure to take the climate of where you are into account. Some things which are best for one area would spell disaster in another.
It is also good to keep in mind that just because the product exists doesn't mean it is a good idea, or in some cases even allowed by building codes, but they will still sell it to you.
TLDR yes, staining bricks is generally better then painting them as paint traps moisture and stains breath, but that may not be a concern depending on how the wall was built.
@@sandymacdougall76 change the location of your post, should be on the main thread. My house in particular in cbs with paint on the outside. Inside are always very humid
Thanks!
IDK what kind of paint they are using, but I've seen lots of painted bricks that have lasted 50+ years..
And you definitely wont blast those paints off with a pressure washer..
fyi no link in description
Are there similar options for stucco sided houses we have in the West?
I would feel pretty bad about myself if I thought I couldn't do what Mr 26 years experience did. As for mixing colors, that does come with practice.
Love your videos.
👍👍
What about plain brick walls without paint or any other cover; any chance we have a future video comparing that?
nice very nice!! just horrid looking at all the painted block wall fencing, this is a much better option!!
An interesting vid as we don't often see much on this sort of thing. As John Small (below) mentioned, the powerwash splash seemed a bit unrealistic to me although paint will start to move quickly once you get under it. Based on this, it might be wort an extra vid or two whilst wearing your skeptics hat. I believe there could be a substantial market in the near future for a reliable, cost effective and relatively easy product for this particular niche. Thank you for your time in looking at this.
I find this interesting, as I plan to build in the northeast with ICCF block and apply a stucco finish. This stain may just be the answer for applying the final color for the structure.
Dude don't do ICF, your getting raped. Look up theromass and rent some commercial concrete forms. I uses Helix micro rebar and Xypex to make it waterproof, exposed concrete inside and out. The cost using those expensive products cost less than just the price of the block. Any stucco finisher can cover the walls inside and out with a coating
You should do one on these new Bricks. That dont seem like real bricks anymore. Ive having an issues finding Real Bricks now. It seems like the are Pressed or something. Look very week and feel a lot lighter. Shape a little smaller too. Im afraid to use them as I do not think they last that long.
I don't understand what was wrong with the bricks in the makeovers... Aesthetics is culturally learned. Fashion is a scam...
Art! … very interested in the yellow gold your holding at the end??? Goes to website
Am I the only one thinking “don’t look at the camera please” during the interview ?
I instinctively didn't like the idea of painting brick. Cool to have an explanation now .
I can see it taking 26 years of experience to mix 4 colors of stain with predictable results, but the last example, with a simple base color and a speckle accent should be within the capabilities of a DIYer. I'm sure it take persistence, but for those with more time than money, it may be worth it.
Nicey nice.
Poor man didn't know where to look. 😂😂 You can tell he's not used to cameras.
Belinda should have insisted he talk to her. Use cameras to cover the angles, one for the pair and others more or less ove the shoulder for the individuals.
Can you stain a dark masonry wall into a lighter color?
This raises a concern for me. Certain highway bridge supports on new projects here in Texas utilize re-usable forms to create a faux block column feature to concrete supports. These raised features are then sprayed to produce a contrasting "stone" color. I'm now wondering if the spray is a paint or a stain. If it's a paint, is the long-term concrete integrity compromised?
This is a very great video which I have learned why not to paint brick. What about staining concrete blocks?
It's the same story with concrete blocks. (The script probably could have emphasized that more.) Concrete blocks need to "breathe" by equalizing humidity between itself and the surrounding environment. Most paint traps moisture which will eventually cause chemically undesirable reactions that weakens the block and causes flaky chips in the surface.
@@dustinbird2090 I know that one Summer Dad painted the inside surface of the basement concrete block walls since our base had flooded a couple of times in the Spring when the heavy snow fall during the heavy Winter snow melted. A few years after that my Dad hired a company to go along the concrete block walls of the basement & force a rubber type of product to coat the outside surface of the concrete blocks to further prevent flooding in the future at that time. What are your thoughts about that? The basement never flooded after that.
@@donaldhollingsworth3875(*guesstimating*) It'll probably be okay for 60-80 years before it would become a problem. Might cause noticeable surface flaking in 30-45 years... Unless you mean the rubberized coating was put on the exterior surface under the ground--then it'd be okay as long as the rest of the house was still standing. The difference being, protecting the concrete blocks from the groundwater vs trapping the blocks to be in contact with the ebb and flow of rising and falling groundwater saturation.
Heavy amount of assuming and guesstimating on my part though.
@@dustinbird2090 Thank you for your reply. I learned a lot.
@@donaldhollingsworth3875 Cool! Glad I could help inform. However, note that my input is well informed by building science educational courses but should not be considered professional expertise. I have worked with professional contractors, which include masonry services, for a few years but I am not a mason by trade. Have a good one!
My exposure to acid staining concrete suggests it only works well on brand-new concrete. Old concrete, and previously painted concrete, do not hold the acid stain. It was never totally clear in your video that this process only applies to concrete. Do their stains work on bricks, which are typically made of clay, not concrete?
I thought both stains and stains use resin as bonding agents. If not, what are the bonding molecules?
Speaking of weird painting trends.. Could somebody tell me why people paint bathtubs? That absolutely baffles me.
Whatever happened to 'of the surface' as opposed to 'on the surface'?!
All the subjects I wanted to be covered, and they are covered with a scientific methodology.
I don't know why I keep postponing my watching time... I should do this first thing in the morning.
(Morning starts roughly around 1p.m.)
So my question is about the "blending" of FRANK and NawKaw.
Is it possible to have FRANK layout a house and then have forms pressed into the exterior walls simulating brick. Then later have NawKaw come thru and stain the exterior walls into a brick facade?
I ask because I'm not sure about settling the form FRANK would layout with a brick form in prep of having a company stain with NawKaw stains.
Or did i just think up a new business idea?
Thanks,
Tim
link pls
Thank you for the info, what do you think or how would you go about cracked concrete that need to be sealed and stained? Any advice would be great. I have several projects that I’ve been procrastinating on to make sure I go about them the most effective way. After this video I’m going to return some rubber concrete paint after I just returned some flex seal a few weeks ago… so many options, I can’t seem to settle on one.
Can you stain a brick more than once? If so, can it only go darker or can stain a stained brick lighter?
Is the stain available in India?
Would this be appropriate for hardie board and other cement board siding?
For your next video, how to avoid the rising damp epidemic if building in Bali? Every home I've lived in has a damp problem. Most builders also fail to install roof tiles without leaks.
Please do something innovative with this stuff. Changing concrete to fake bricks is so lame.
Or bricks to fake concrete
wtf would you paint brick???? is it to protect it?
0:38 hilarious how she and the guy are so uncoordinated
they don't know whether to look at the camera or each other
I love your practical ways 😉 - Platonically of course
There is a similar thing to this that is easier to do that is done in australia usually on roundabouts. Apply the first layer which will determine the "grout" colour. Once that fully sets/dries/cures apply a thin layer of a different colour on top, this will become the colour of the "brick". Then they use a pencil and ruler to mark out the shapes/patterns and another tool to scrape off the thin upper layer. The end results looks great
Try epoxy coating like in garages floor. Acid etching prior to application. 😉
Great info
Thanks for your product reports. I'm a house painter and hope to use this product in the future.
This channel is so informative!