Concrete Placement for the Do-It-Yourselfer

Artesano Decorative Concrete Gaithersburg, MD
Artesano Decorative Concrete in Gaithersburg, MD

Enough about pre-pour factors, let's talk about concrete placement. Talk to any professional concrete installer, and they will tell you that placing and finishing concrete is as much art as it is technique. It takes years to even get a handle on the basics, let alone get good at it. Take it to the next level and add in stamping, and you just increased the learning curve by another 3 to 5 years. Placing concrete, while often overlooked as the easy or less important part of stamping, is actually very critical. If concrete is not placed properly it can cause failure within the first year of its life. Consider that water to cement ratio is the biggest issue with color development, as well as surface strength and durability. Place concrete with too much water and you not only end up with washed out color, but concrete that can spall or scale within the first year.

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