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Brillovol said:
So did you do the concrete finish work yourself? I would assume you had help even if so. Stamped and colored concrete is next level stuff.
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No, I didn't. Above my pay grade. I did most of the forming. I have a buddy with a bobcat that owed me a favor and he came over for a couple of days for a few hours each day and helped spread out the gravel. I have a tractor and fine tuned with it. My buddy had a guy that he works with that finished the concrete and stamped it. I think he charged me $1500 which is really cheap. You order the concrete with whatever color you want. They actually add the dye at the site by adding a powder. You also get color from the mold release powder they use when stamping.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
No, I didn't. Above my pay grade. I did most of the forming. I have a buddy with a bobcat that owed me a favor and he came over for a couple of days for a few hours each day and helped spread out the gravel. I have a tractor and fine tuned with it. My buddy had a guy that he works with that finished the concrete and stamped it. I think he charged me $1500 which is really cheap. You order the concrete with whatever color you want. They actually add the dye at the site by adding a powder. You also get color from the mold release powder they use when stamping.
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We used to do some cool stuff polishing and staining, but that stamping they do that looks like grained hardwood is beautiful stuff. I like it for decks around water because it has some good traction properties. The hardwood stamped concrete I have seen had been stained to look even more like wood.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
We used to do some cool stuff polishing and staining, but that stamping they do that looks like grained hardwood is beautiful stuff. I like it for decks around water because it has some good traction properties. The hardwood stamped concrete I have seen had been stained to look even more like wood.
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that sounds like what I would want right there.
 
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85SugarVol said:
Bet Chief goes about 5’9” 245 lbs, bald, with a lazy left eye
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InVOLuntary said:
No, I didn't. Above my pay grade. I did most of the forming. I have a buddy with a bobcat that owed me a favor and he came over for a couple of days for a few hours each day and helped spread out the gravel. I have a tractor and fine tuned with it. My buddy had a guy that he works with that finished the concrete and stamped it. I think he charged me $1500 which is really cheap. You order the concrete with whatever color you want. They actually add the dye at the site by adding a powder. You also get color from the mold release powder they use when stamping.
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Perfect time to cash in an IOU. That probably saved you about $2-3k. And getting the coloration in the concrete mix itself is great for long term maintenance. Bravo, good sir.
 
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mrmax86 said:
Hey guys, I (and others, I'm sure) have an e-mail subscription to this thread, can you stop arguing with each other so I don't have to keep dismissing e-mails that have nothing to do with Mr. To'oto'o?

Yours truly,
mrmax86
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Umm...no...As a matter of fact saying that is a sure way of getting a few dozen meaningless posts just like this one of mine..just to piss you off more...cause VN. 😁
 
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