The Importance Of Concrete Coloring

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By Linda Ruiz


Looking a plain floor is like looking on an empty surface, boring and a dead place. However, once you color the area, it seems alive again and full of joy.Once you polished your floor, it also provides several benefits that will become one of your favorite projects in the long run. So, you have to prepare everything and prepared to have a warm, beautiful and elegant polished concrete floor.

There are lots of ways how to color your concrete floors. But, it always depends on your preference and style. Today, concrete coloring could be a way to make the flooring more beautiful and attractive. A pearly gray polished floor is true beauty. However, its popularity has been gone for a long time. Today, lots of choices for concrete are widely available like imagination and dreams. Specifically, in using polishing, coloring can give a translucent gel like effects.

There are various ways to color the concrete. The integral coloring is usually considered by many individuals. The powder or the liquid is commonly called the colorants and commonly combines in producing uniform colors. Most of the integral colors are useful for new installation and huge monochrome areas. An integral color is expensive, because you have to color the entire slab.

The shake on color is usually applied and used by many people. This is composed of fine ground components and dry cement that are used to broadcast in the solid materials. These powder substances can also work effectively with a solid place during a bullfloating procedure. It is usually based on water, so they can be suitable for a fresh surface.

The third one is the acid stain. This is a formula of acid, water and metallic salts. The acid can chemically react to the minerals present in the concrete that can create a unique and colorful effect that is durable like the wear zone. Most of the acid stains are harmful materials and usually requires all safety precautions to acidic products.

The acetone dyes are usually applied to an installation or a restored project because it has an ability to dry faster in a short time. An acetone product is also a reduction solvent consist with toxic and odorless materials. It is also impractical to be used in any occupied areas. These colors can be applied after polishing the floor.

The water based dyes provide several advantages. Aside from its safe and easy application, it can also easily dry up. Lots of colors can be mixed together in creating effects or striking patterns that are applied to both large and small areas. If all hardening, densifying and polishing are mixed together, the water based stains also creates a gemlike and translucent effects.

Now, the big question is what to use for your project. The answer lies and depends on you. If you have a new installation, any of the products can be used. If it is a restoration project, then you can only use water based dyes, acid stains or the colored densifiers.

But, if you want to use a safe and environmental friendly materials, then you can use the water based materials. It is better to choose the right color application. After all, you will be the one to enjoy its benefits and the advantages. Once you have chosen the best one, you can also avoid problems in the future.




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