These weekly videos are generally good - this one is outstanding! Jason's right: if you are a decorative concrete contractor looking to downsize, but you don't have the heart to fire anybody, you can just sell a bunch of strip-and-reseal jobs and your people will just quick because THAT WORK SUCKS! Just to add to this, I have a solution if you find yourself with an interior floor with acrylic to strip (first of all, shame on anyone installing acrylic indoors: interior floors ought to be diamond polished so they are serviceable). Anyway, in major cities there are companies with truck-mounted deep cleaning systems that use super-heated water that will strip acrylics. Cintas is an evil empire that you should never get uniforms from (5-year deals nobody can escape where they will sneakily ratchet up the cost 100s of %), but they have a "deep-clean" division that is incredible. It's not as good as sandblasting because it drives a bunch of water into the concrete, but indoors it is hard to beat (fully contained and re-claimed).
Well you local franchise in Richmond should review this video. We had them redo a stamped patio and porch last year and they now look worse than before the project. Clearly over applied sealer on the porch , before sufficiently dry as it is now turning white. The Patio application is "peeling off"....just terrible to look at.
Please my question is how do you re antique before sealing. Please can I get a better explanation on how to apply the liquid antique the is taking from the bucket. Is it mixed with water or something else?
Yes, the antiquing is mixed with water, then applied with a brush. It's a pretty easy process, I'll leave a link to our how-to video on it. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!! ua-cam.com/video/F0Vk_1sHTLg/v-deo.html
After sand blasting, do you have to antique and seal the same day, or can it wait a day or two? Also, if it rains after sandblasting, how long should you wait for the patio to dry before antique and sealer?
Thanks for the comment! You do not need to antique and seal the same day as sand blasting, you can wait a day or two, or even a week if you want. After the blast, you should thoroughly wash/rinse the surface with water. You can apply the antiquing as soon as the standing water has dissipated, then give it at least 24 hours of dry time before sealing. If it happens to rain in the mean time, just treat it the same way; 24 hours of dry time before sealer. The rain will not hurt the antiquing as long as it's dry before the rain starts. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!!
THanks for the video, but--easy to say all this about stripping and drain-off or sandblasting on an outdoor surface. What if someone needs to do this on an interior residential floor?
Hello. I live in Sydney Australia. Do you deliver to Australia ? Is there already a similar product already in Australia that you know off that i could source ? I have recently seen a stamp job that turned white in areas. I will have it soda blasted tgen re sealed, but discovered the re antiquing while researching your videos. Very interesting and thorough explanation, well done. Niko
Thanks for the comment! You can purchase products on our website, and we do ship to Australia. Once you know what you're looking for, you can email alexm@deco-cretesupply.com for a quote on shipping. I'll leave a link to our website below. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!! www.deco-cretesupply.com/
I just had a company do a new patio and the antiquing job is horrible! They used a paint roller not a brush to apply the release and it shows pooling, spill spots and way too much product. The concrete owner went ahead and sealed it without my approval knowing the owner and myself had great concerns. Is sand blasting the only way to get back to the original, proverbial 'clean slate' or if he uses muriatic acid to remove sealer he could then address correcting the release issues - any help would be much appreicated! I can send pics if that would help.
Thanks for the comment! Sand blasting is defiantly the best way to get back to a clean slate. Muriatic acid will not remove concrete sealer, but we do have product that would. It's just a long, messy process and it's hard to rid of all the sealer by chemically stripping. I'll leave a link below to the page on our website so you can check it out. Sand blasting is the most sure fire way to get all the sealer off in short amount of time. Hopefully, this helps! Thanks for watching Deo-Crete TV!!! www.deco-cretesupply.com/products/repair-prep-products-coating-mastic-removers/nock
There are some areas on mine that were dusted to get some black outlining when stamped to show the texture. Is that called antiquing? Will that get blasted away when sand blasting? Thanks!
Yes that is antiquing. the sandblaster will remove most of it, all you have to do is apply texture enhancer to bring it back www.deco-cretesupply.com/products/antiquing-agent/texture-enhancer-antique-agent
Thanks for the comment! The cost of resealing will verry depending on size and the current condition of the patio. The best thing would be to call a few contractors in your area to come take look at it and give you quote. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!!
Billy is using Texture Enhancer to re-antique this stamp job. By mixing Texture enhancer with water and brushing on the stamped surface, the color sits in the lower parts of the texture to give it the antique effect. You can find the tech sheet and additional info here: www.deco-cretesupply.com/products/antiquing-agent/texture-enhancer-antique-agent
These weekly videos are generally good - this one is outstanding! Jason's right: if you are a decorative concrete contractor looking to downsize, but you don't have the heart to fire anybody, you can just sell a bunch of strip-and-reseal jobs and your people will just quick because THAT WORK SUCKS! Just to add to this, I have a solution if you find yourself with an interior floor with acrylic to strip (first of all, shame on anyone installing acrylic indoors: interior floors ought to be diamond polished so they are serviceable). Anyway, in major cities there are companies with truck-mounted deep cleaning systems that use super-heated water that will strip acrylics. Cintas is an evil empire that you should never get uniforms from (5-year deals nobody can escape where they will sneakily ratchet up the cost 100s of %), but they have a "deep-clean" division that is incredible. It's not as good as sandblasting because it drives a bunch of water into the concrete, but indoors it is hard to beat (fully contained and re-claimed).
Thanks for watching Cory!
Truly enlightening.
Ok. Needed to watch further
Very professional, would hire you to do mine
Thank you!!!
Great info thank you 👍
Glad it was helpful!!! Thanks for watching👍
Well you local franchise in Richmond should review this video. We had them redo a stamped patio and porch last year and they now look worse than before the project. Clearly over applied sealer on the porch , before sufficiently dry as it is now turning white. The Patio application is "peeling off"....just terrible to look at.
Please my question is how do you re antique before sealing. Please can I get a better explanation on how to apply the liquid antique the is taking from the bucket. Is it mixed with water or something else?
Yes, the antiquing is mixed with water, then applied with a brush. It's a pretty easy process, I'll leave a link to our how-to video on it. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!! ua-cam.com/video/F0Vk_1sHTLg/v-deo.html
That doesn’t take the release off also ?
After sand blasting, do you have to antique and seal the same day, or can it wait a day or two? Also, if it rains after sandblasting, how long should you wait for the patio to dry before antique and sealer?
Thanks for the comment! You do not need to antique and seal the same day as sand blasting, you can wait a day or two, or even a week if you want. After the blast, you should thoroughly wash/rinse the surface with water. You can apply the antiquing as soon as the standing water has dissipated, then give it at least 24 hours of dry time before sealing. If it happens to rain in the mean time, just treat it the same way; 24 hours of dry time before sealer. The rain will not hurt the antiquing as long as it's dry before the rain starts. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!!
THanks for the video, but--easy to say all this about stripping and drain-off or sandblasting on an outdoor surface. What if someone needs to do this on an interior residential floor?
If done inside, it is normally with a soda blaster.
hi great video how much is it to sand blast it thank you i can get a firm to do it in uk said it will break the concrete up so i show them your video
Looks beautiful! How often should stamped concrete be resealed?
Every situation is different, but generally every 3 to 4 years. Thanks for watching!
Hello. I live in Sydney Australia. Do you deliver to Australia ? Is there already a similar product already in Australia that you know off that i could source ?
I have recently seen a stamp job that turned white in areas. I will have it soda blasted tgen re sealed, but discovered the re antiquing while researching your videos. Very interesting and thorough explanation, well done. Niko
Thanks for the comment! You can purchase products on our website, and we do ship to Australia. Once you know what you're looking for, you can email alexm@deco-cretesupply.com for a quote on shipping. I'll leave a link to our website below. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!!
www.deco-cretesupply.com/
Hi, just wondering if you used a color hardener if sandblasting it would take the color off? Thanks for the great videos!
No sir just the sealer and antique! This job was done with color hardener.
I just had a company do a new patio and the antiquing job is horrible! They used a paint roller not a brush to apply the release and it shows pooling, spill spots and way too much product. The concrete owner went ahead and sealed it without my approval knowing the owner and myself had great concerns. Is sand blasting the only way to get back to the original, proverbial 'clean slate' or if he uses muriatic acid to remove sealer he could then address correcting the release issues - any help would be much appreicated! I can send pics if that would help.
Thanks for the comment! Sand blasting is defiantly the best way to get back to a clean slate. Muriatic acid will not remove concrete sealer, but we do have product that would. It's just a long, messy process and it's hard to rid of all the sealer by chemically stripping. I'll leave a link below to the page on our website so you can check it out. Sand blasting is the most sure fire way to get all the sealer off in short amount of time. Hopefully, this helps! Thanks for watching Deo-Crete TV!!!
www.deco-cretesupply.com/products/repair-prep-products-coating-mastic-removers/nock
@@DecoCreteTV Thanks so much for the reply -- just love watching your videos--- totally top notch!
There are some areas on mine that were dusted to get some black outlining when stamped to show the texture. Is that called antiquing? Will that get blasted away when sand blasting? Thanks!
Yes that is antiquing. the sandblaster will remove most of it, all you have to do is apply texture enhancer to bring it back www.deco-cretesupply.com/products/antiquing-agent/texture-enhancer-antique-agent
@@DecoCreteTV thank you!
How much does this patio cost to reseal
Thanks for the comment! The cost of resealing will verry depending on size and the current condition of the patio. The best thing would be to call a few contractors in your area to come take look at it and give you quote. Thanks for watching Deco-Crete TV!!!
Can you explain more about antiquing. We are on a project and it looks exactly like this. We are having a tough time with it.
Billy is using Texture Enhancer to re-antique this stamp job. By mixing Texture enhancer with water and brushing on the stamped surface, the color sits in the lower parts of the texture to give it the antique effect. You can find the tech sheet and additional info here: www.deco-cretesupply.com/products/antiquing-agent/texture-enhancer-antique-agent
I ordered 2 things of the antiquing color.
Does this work for water-based sealers as well?
Yes sandblasting does work on water based sealers.
Have you tried soda blasting yet? Heard it works well.
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Ok, so sandblasting, re-antiquing, and re-sealing a patio that size. What’s that cost? 3k?
prices vary depending on where you live, reach out to a local contractor they can give you an exact price.
How much cost to do this??
prices vary depending on where you live, reach out to a local contractor they can give you an exact price.