Project Highlights: Freshly poured, new concrete, stamped with a texturing skin

Decorative concrete walkways through the Morton Aboretum help create a sense of place by creatively interpreting themes to help visitors recognize different areas within the extensive four-acre park.
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This project, in Murfreesboro, Tenn., is a walkway from the pool to the house. The homeowner wanted a stamped sidewalk that was safe and decorative. A brush finish with stamped slate borders and a proline compass was installed. It was acid stained with multiple colors.

This balcony needed carpet removed, glue scarified and various loose patching repaired, as well as an overlay, stain, & seal. After scarifying, epoxy pebble was discoverd below the glue, which also needed to be removed. The surface was scarified and a two stage overlay applied. Afterwards, the balcony was stained, engraved and sealed for a decorative look.

Get this look using an old granite seamless cleft stone texturing skin, from Proline Tools, Brickform's color hardener in pecos, and Brickform's release agent in walnut.
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This walkway was brought to life with the application of a 1/4" thick stamped concrete overlay using Elite Crete Systems Texture-Pave stamp mix and an "Italian Slate" seamless patterned stamp set. The partially cured overlay was carved into randomly sized tiles the next day and then hand painted with Ultra-Stone water based antiquing stain. Last we sealed with 2 coats of CSS high solids acrylic sealer.

On this project, most people think that a truck delivered pieces of slate and they were then hand-placed. When in fact, this in an inlaid slate deck. The concrete slab was pressure cleaned. Then 1/8 of gray color cement was laid down (to create the look of a grout line base). The pattern was laid out with duct tape, and a small rubber roller was used to press on the duct tape. Then about 3/16 of color cement was applied with acrylic mix. After two hours when the concrete had set enough to be walked on, the tape was pulled off. Each slate part of the pattern was stained. The veins were handpainted to give it a little bit of a marble effect in some areas. It was then sealed.

Get this look using a PermaCrete Overlay in Beach Sand and Engrave-A-Crete's Concrete Resurrection dyes in Mocha.
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Dominic D’Assis, owner of Wine Country Coatings, repaired and brightened the bike path at his children’s school. The concrete path had settled, and the two year old kids could no longer use it. Each parent contributes a number of hours per year helping at the school, so D’Assis asked if he could fix up the path. He began by prepping the surface for an overlay material. After completing the first coat he used the overlay with 1/8th washed pea gravel and filled in all the settling issues. Using a tuck pointer blade on his 4 1/2 inch grinder, he proceeded to engrave the pattern.  After all engraving was finished, he used the now sectioned off areas like a paint-by-number picture. After filling in all the colored areas, he sealed everything. After the sealer dried, he scored all the lines again and cleaned them up. Then using black grout in conjunction with cement modifier, he grouted all the engraved lines and sealed again.

Ashlar slate stenciled concrete entry.

This existing concrete walkway and entryway was enhanced with Elite Crete's Thin Finish Polymer cement. The base coat was integrally colored with desert beige. The stone pattern and brick border were hand taped, and then colored with a darker intensity of desert beige, and a combo of chocolate and brick color. The project was sealed with Elite Crete’s solvent-based acrylic sealer (CSS).
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2008 Cemstone® Residential Exterior Grand Prize Winner
Color pattern and texture of concrete complimented and enhanced the stone and piers. Concrete helped define the walkway. Excellent attention to detail!
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This concrete walkways blends naturally with the colors of the home. The job included a solid concrete stoop and stairs in one monolithic pour, with stone textured cantilever edges and then a cultured stone finishing touch.

This concrete walkways blends naturally with the colors of the home. The job included a solid concrete stoop and stairs in one monolithic pour, with stone textured cantilever edges and then a cultured stone finishing touch.

John Schimmel of John's Cement in Milford, Mich., likes to share with his clients unique and simple ways to personalize their concrete projects. This patio was 600 square feet with a series of steps leading down to it. Schimmel helped create a free-form design suitable to accommodate the client’s activities which included installing a fire pit at one end.
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The front porch and steps features an Ashlar slate pattern stamped in new concrete. The walls of the porch and the posts were covered with GorgeStone manufactured concrete stones.

This business courtyard, Terra Center, in Sioux City, Iowa replaced existing pavers with stenciled concrete. Because of the many maintenance issues with pavers, stenciled concrete was an economical option to install providing a similar look with better performance.
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This commercial walkway was a new poured concrete surface with dusted on color and, it was stamped with a small and large sandstone pattern.

This stamped concrete walkway was colored with dusty rose and terra cotta.

Shops at La Cantera in San Antonio, TX: Integrally colored concrete in Autumn Beige, rock salt finish, scored to create a large tile design

This decorative concrete walkway was created for El Cortez Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas. 21,000 square feet of concrete were poured leading up to the entrance of the hotel. The concrete was stamped and colored. Rollers and sprayers were used to apply acid stains. Tile was placed in bands throughout the concrete, and green borders were stained around the edges of the tile. After successful completion of this project, ArtCon was asked to work on the valet and interior floors at El Cortez Hotel & Casino.

Stained concrete was choosen as the material of choice for bot the exterior and interior of this outlet mall, Philadelphia Premium Outlets™ .
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This stamped walkway was created using an Ashlar slate pattern and colored with light gray and smoky blue hardeners. A 9 foot half circle in a cobblestone pattern was stamped at the driveway end and a 5 ft half circle was stamped at the porch end both were colored with a brick red hardener. A light gray release agent was used over the whole walkway for contrast.

Decorative concrete walkways through the Morton Aboretum help create a sense of place by creatively interpreting themes to help visitors recognize different areas within the extensive four-acre park.
Read more about how decorative concrete was used in this project.

Read about how this concrete walkway and driveway project was created.

Read about how this concrete walkway and driveway project was created.

Farmer's Bank and Trust concrete walkway, painted with Smith Color Floor water-based stains. Sealed with three layers of Flexmar's two-part polyurea rolled on with H&C Shark Grip slip-resistant additive added for safety.
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This residential walkway was created using multiple patterns to stamp the concrete; a seamless Italian slate texture and ribbons stamped using a London cobblestone. The concrete was colored with a cream beige hardened and contrasting walnut release.

The prominent Bomacron pathway, only one of the several decorative concrete areas completed by Musselman & Hall for the Legends project, was done with a yellow liquid pigment, white cement and 12x24 Running Bond Granite pattern, connecting the seven pedestrian plazas, courtyards and corridors. Out of the total 750,000 sq. ft. location, over 198,000 sq. ft. of decorative concrete was installed by Musselman & Hall.
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