When to Use a Concrete Dye

Concrete dyes can further enhance your chemical staining projects and open up a whole new set of design options. Harris says that the primary reason for using dyes is flexibility to obtain colors not possible with chemical stains. "When concrete dyes are combined with chemical staining, there are no limitations from a predetermined color palette," he explains.

But dyes have a multitude of other applications as companions on chemical staining projects. Artisans have used them to:

  • Enhance stain colors in areas of a slab where the stain is not reacting with the concrete and the color needs to be intensified.
  • Add visual texture and depth to a concrete surface or cementitious topping.
  • Shift color from subtle earth tones to vibrant hues.
  • Build layers of color.
  • Soften areas where the chemical stain has produced an overly bright tone.

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