Thread: Coloured Concrete

Originally Posted by PhilMcCrackin

Hi

I am thinking of using coloured concrete in front of my new shed as a show off finishing touch.

There are many options, as I understand, but I am more interested in the stuff that comes coloured batched from the plant. eg boral colori

Has anyone had an experience with this stuff? Is it just as easy to finish as normal concrete? How does it wear?

just like normal concrete, nothing special needs to be done.

Our drive's been there five years now if you want to pop down the hill and check it out.

If you use a clear sealer it'll stay a bit "brighter" for longer, but the sealer needs re-doing annually.

Apart from that, darker colours do fade a bit. We've got a bit of black which was intended to look charcoal and it does.

Cheers,

P

Mineral pigments (powder) are supposed to be more durable than liquid. Either way, though, blue is particulary susceptible to fading in sunlight.

Joe

I was going to polish my slab and used a colouring pigment called silver at a cost of an extra $60 per cm. Ended up looking the same colour as normal concrete so I was very disappointed.I didn't polish the slab anyway so it was a wasted and expensive exercise. I was just glad I didn't use Wedgewood I think the colour was called - it added $980 to the cost of each cm. Stay away from silver and Wedgewood.