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Hiding Future Stains by Using Colored Concrete

Most driveway, parking lots, and other parking areas are light gray concrete and soon become stained with oil and grease, tire marks, and dirt.

Many property owners will add a dark integral color to parking area concrete and then expose the aggregate in the concrete by sandblasting (medium to heavy) or by using a surface retarder. Roll curbs can be treated the same way. The lighter salt and pepper grays of the aggregate blend with the dark gray matrix of the cement paste.

Grease and oil stains will be much less apparent, lost in the different shades of gray. Tire marks also do not show as bad on exposed aggregate.

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