How To Make Concrete Look Like Slate Stone
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Traditional concrete stains are acid based and work by causing a chemical.
How to make concrete look like slate stone. Before you re ready to paint any concrete surface to look like stone you have to select what colors the stone will be. Emulate the look of a slate tile floor or patio by painting the base concrete color in a grout shade such as light gray. This is the diy for you. Once the base coat dries apply strips of thin masking tape in a grid to lay out a tile design.
The desha blog details exactly how to make your entertaining space look like this. Look at an actual piece of slate or an image of it to best emulate the colors and color variations with paint. The first thing i did was power wash all the concrete so that i d start with a clean slate. Errr make that clean faux slate if you ll pardon my pun.
Got a crack in your concrete. In order to make it look like real slate i couldn t just buy a solid paint color and roll it on. In nature nothing is ever a single flat color. You can also paint the concrete white beige or dark brown to look like tinted mortar.
With the help of some craft paint sealer and airstone i was able to make the hearth look like it perfectly belongs with the new stone fireplace. Turn a plain concrete floor or patio into an imitation of natural stone by blending two or more colors of concrete stain. Leave space between each faux stone pattern where the concrete will remain unpainted to resemble mortar.