Good Job Guyz ! I am a concrete guy in Hawaii for 35 years ...just now doing a big lava stamp job . They do not manufacture lava stamps . We go out on the real lava flow fields and pour the latex and make our own .
I saw a stamped concrete patio at a friends house and I didn't like it because it looked fake. This doesn't look fake at all and the attention to detail really pulls it off nicely. Thanks for demonstrating this technique.
korencek Fair enough. The workers probably make regular union wages. But their boss lets them take their time to do a job right, rather than rushing them from job to job. It costs the boss more in the end to pay them longer hours on each site. It doesn't come across as economic injustice or anything, to me.
Don't be rude. I understood what they were saying. I found this to be extremely interesting and informative. As for what a skin and mat are, if you watched the video, you would have learned that. I did not know what any of these things were before this video, now I do. They did a great job.
Great video, guys. I'm a general contractor in NW Ohio and always leave the stamping to guys who do it for a living. This instruction gives me the confidence to try it at home, then possibly give the option to our clients. Very well done!
I've done this so much that I can almost taste the color release when he's stamping! I think this guy is doing a pretty good job. Brickform is a very good stamping system. I would discourage doing anyone from doing this on a very windy day. I also try to avoid using a pressure washer and only let it go about 24-36 hours before washing it. I am impressed with the trick they used for patching...(hammer, separating the fines.....etc.) Well done guys1
It’s always a good idea to brush powder release to the stamp before a stamp job, especially new stamps. Release needs to be applied to the slab but you want to avoid throwing release in clumps so that it does not ball up on the slab.
The concrete looks great! The main thing I got out of this video: leave it to the pros. You guys not only have all the tools and know-how, you also have seen all the little things that can go wrong and know how to work around it. There is no way a newbie could watch a 15-minute video and do the quality work you guys do.
Very cool,as an old school mason( 40plus yrs.) watching these new inovations is cool ,these guys are artists, the slump, and conditions ,i.e..temp, wind etc.all play into the finished product you don't learn this overnight,and in the northern climates where freeze thaw cycles limit you from setting stone on a slab its a great alternative bravo! the finished
In most cases, stamped concrete is more durable, faster, easier, and more economical than real brick, stone, or tile. Bricks, stones, and tiles do not need to be individually placed and you won't need t worry about differential settling, block separation, or weeds growing in between individual pieces. With high quality, modern stamps and coloring products, stamped concrete is almost visually indistinguishable from the real thing.
Both John and Dave do some really detailed work, and it sure looks fantastic ! never realized a lot of artistic work goes in to stamping concrete. great work guys ! I learned a lot .
It great to watch real professionals. I had a patio job done last year and it came out terrible. It would take a fortune to rip it out so I'm going to have to live with it until I decide what to do.
Well I have to say that I absolutely hate pressed concrete, but you guys are on a different level. What a great job. I will not change my view or have it done unless it was done by you guys. Nice job, well done and thanks for the video.
Thank you. We pride ourselves on providing the best tools and materials for stamped concrete on the market. Brickform stamps are designed for unparalleled realism, build quality, and ease of use.
...and now I see why I was quoted $26K to redo my driveway. Geeez! Thats a lot of work. Worth every penny too. (I didnt get it done yet. Figured I'd watch a video to see if It was something I could myself... I was rght... I cant! 😂)
Really great video. I was reading about what makes stamped concrete so much more expensive than "standard" concrete, and I think this video provides really good insight.
Hello All I have been stamping for 20 yrs We got away from powder release about 7 yrs ago. Liquid is a much cleaner and i beleive myself a much more precise stamping method. The dust hides to many imperfections that liquid does not. Plus you wont spend a day trying to clean the job site up :) That powder gets on everything and gets everywhere.Try cleaning it out of a pool you'll see :) We use nothing but integral colors alot less labor and your color is throughout your patio not just the top.
Going to do some experimenting with some admix dark color with some lighter color hardener and some clear liquid release. Hoping for a great two-tone with clean stamps and less touch up. Will see 🤞
Absolutely great way to pattern up your concrete, I live in the UK and as far as I know we don't have this kind of way to pattern concrete. Thanks for sharing 🤗🤗
I am absolutely certain you do. This is nice work, but it is by no means unique. It is done every day around the world. The last video I watched was two guys in Thailand doing this with a stencil.
i worked with a water/sewer installation company for one summmer. one of the foremen knew how to stamp concrete. now let me tell you something, the job itself has hard days, and some easy days. the dude who ran a crew who knew how to stamp concrete, lucked out and had me and another able bodied worker join his crew to stamp 11 cubic meters at 5.5". (we were only supposed to do half of the owner-of-the-company's driveway, but since buddy and i were two extra set of hands on his crew) We ended up stamlinf the whole driveway. in short, had it been a normal working friday, we would have done half a day to three quarters of a day. but since this guy had us two, we ended up putting in a full day and then some...(which, i know, is to be expected in any field of construction.) ...a little back story...ive never worked with concrete prior to that day, so i was at the very least semi competant. towards what i thought was the end of the day, i told the foreman that ive never worked with concrete before and apologized for not having performed to his expectations (remember we are primarily a water/sewer pipe installation company). he told me its okay and genuinely portrayed an honest boss. i was scraping up left over concrete when the bossman called me over and instruxted me to go grab the silicon mats from the garage (all four of them). i did and he laying them out in what seemed like an orderly fashion. after about two complete stamps of four mats he then insteuxted me and buddy to follow the pattern for the whole driveway. mind you there were 4 other able bodies, minus two guys who, for lack of a better explanation were injured (one actually was and the other was basically a stick figure and couldnt handle the physical workload) so that left 4 total to stamp the whole driveway. me and buddy did the bulk of the work and the other two would occasionally relieve our efforts. at the back of my mind i knew that this particular crew was only usually asked to do all and any concrete jobs that the company came across because he was the only foreman (and crew) to know how. so buddy and i didnt mind the heavy workload. i also neglected to mention that we only had four texture mats (3'+3') and only one 50lb 1'×1' stamper. that worked out to at LEAST 9 whacks per mat, at four mats at a time. we must have did this for 1.5 straight hours taking turns when we could (buddy and I) untill our stamp broke! The remaining third of the driveway we had to use the broken 1'×1' plate from the stamp and manually hit it in place via a sledge hammer at least 4 times per sqaure foot. and remember, there were four mats and each mat was 3'×3'. 9×4 is 36×4= 144. for each layout of four mats we had to at least hit the stamp with a sledge hammer 144 times. and we were only two thirds done thw driveway at this point. remember the stamp was 50lbs, not somthinf you lift and smash all day everyday lol. to add even more insult to injury, our plate would bend out of shape with each whack of the sledge hammer and concave a bit so the more we hit, the more surface area became less effective. when we finally finished with bloody hands, the funny thing was that the dye was so dark that buddy and i ended up looking like Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic thunder lol. that was a fucking hard day lol. i explained all that to tell you guys that it would have been 1000× easier and efficient if your company had at least showed us how to stamp properly. the more you know...oh well. it qas one for the books. :]
I have actually used The hammer method to close surface cracks. I was skeptical at first, but it definitely works. As long as the concrete is still green. Awesome video. Im a huge fan of brickform tools, and solomon integral colors. Thank you.
Thanks for the reply. I have literally never seen a patterned concrete job retain its color for more than a few years. I understand that you probably don't have a video of a 30 year old job of work, but I bet a few potential customers would be convinced by a follow-up video to a property you stamped a long time ago.
For larger jobs, it's always important to make sure your crew is big enough to handle the work. We also recommend using multiple sets of stamps and/or using our larger "gang" tools for bigger projects. It may also be necessary divide the project into smaller, more manageable pours. There are actually a number of streetscapes, plazas, and larger instillation that use stamped concrete.
One thing that is always certain is that concrete will crack. Cutting expansion joints is always a good idea. There are also ways to make expansion joints look like they are part of the design.
Colored concrete using integral color or color hardener will last forever even if the concrete is not sealed. The pigment is throughout the cement paste of the color hardener and will not weather away. Sometimes decretive concrete gets a bad name because people use a paint type product over stamped concrete that will fade if not properly maintained with a sealer. The cost can be less or around the same price as real stone depending on the design you are after.
Looks good, I love that pattern. I just started stamping about a year ago and i love it I just wish we used a powder release instead of liquid release because liquid release is a garbage look and to top it off we don't use color hardener so unless they use an intricle color it just looks plain and dull plus we dont do patterns very often we do the old granite slate texture mat so that kinda sucks, but great job guys it looks good, it's very hard to find guys who put down quality work anymore.
This was fucking incredible. I have a buddy that owns his own construction company and he said he'd be happy to get me a job after winter. Don't have any prior experience of any kind in construction but it looks like I'm going to have a blast. Beautiful work guys, absolutely marvelous. A+++
Using Integral color and Liquid release is a great way to stamp. It’s all personal preference. Lots of stamp jobs use integral color and powder or liquid release. Some people even use both integral color and color hardener. Using liquid release will not give you the extra colors in the impressions of the stamp, but after the concrete has cured you can come back and add colors using our Antique IT product or ARTesian water based stains.
Nice Video and Great work. I have only done stamped concrete once and that was at school so i got to learn how to do it but I can't wait to i get a chance to do it again
Good for patios, gardens, walkways and around swimming pool. The advantage of this is no crab grass will grow in between because there's no real separation in between brick, not unlike the real one,and the look is stunning aesthetically.
Good Job Guyz ! I am a concrete guy in Hawaii for 35 years ...just now doing a big lava stamp job . They do not manufacture lava stamps . We go out on the real lava flow fields and pour the latex and make our own .
I saw a stamped concrete patio at a friends house and I didn't like it because it looked fake. This doesn't look fake at all and the attention to detail really pulls it off nicely. Thanks for demonstrating this technique.
These guys must be well paid. I have never seen a contractor who does work with this much attention to detail. Good job.
probably the owner is well paid, not the workers.
korencek Fair enough. The workers probably make regular union wages. But their boss lets them take their time to do a job right, rather than rushing them from job to job. It costs the boss more in the end to pay them longer hours on each site. It doesn't come across as economic injustice or anything, to me.
korencek
Maybe the 'workers' should go put their own money up (and at risk) and start their own company...
all should give this attention to detail. regardless of what job being done
inthefade we do it like this and yes we are well paid.
I've been doing concrete for thirty plus years and these guy's are good advise for whom watch's!!!
Thank you, Robert!
You guys do a great job! Nice to see tradesmen proud of their work. Well done.
I’m amazed!! Don’t see quality like this anymore
Don't be rude. I understood what they were saying. I found this to be extremely interesting and informative. As for what a skin and mat are, if you watched the video, you would have learned that. I did not know what any of these things were before this video, now I do. They did a great job.
Never gave a thought at how much work those details require, great job!
Great video, guys. I'm a general contractor in NW Ohio and always leave the stamping to guys who do it for a living. This instruction gives me the confidence to try it at home, then possibly give the option to our clients. Very well done!
Great take. I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING!
It was almost like an episode of How it's made. I like the slate type look you were able to achieve with the texture mat. Great work guys.
Future stamper here! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and explaining in the easiest way!
I've done this so much that I can almost taste the color release when he's stamping!
I think this guy is doing a pretty good job. Brickform is a very good stamping system.
I would discourage doing anyone from doing this on a very windy day. I also try to avoid using a pressure washer and only let it go about 24-36 hours before washing it. I am impressed with the trick they used for patching...(hammer, separating the fines.....etc.) Well done guys1
It’s always a good idea to brush powder release to the stamp before a stamp job, especially new stamps. Release needs to be applied to the slab but you want to avoid throwing release in clumps so that it does not ball up on the slab.
Very high quality work gentlemen
that was the best pattern concreting ive seen in 26yrs of working with concrete
Extremely impressive. Does not look fake. Done by guys that are professional and care .
I did this job for 9 year's over 10 years ago it's bringing back some good memories and some bad my poor back lol
Brickform has every product that I need, and its quality is 5*
The concrete looks great! The main thing I got out of this video: leave it to the pros. You guys not only have all the tools and know-how, you also have seen all the little things that can go wrong and know how to work around it. There is no way a newbie could watch a 15-minute video and do the quality work you guys do.
Newbie here.Going to try this next week once my stamps come in 🤪
@@galyien How'd it go bro? I'm thinking of doing my driveway myself...
This is a true labor of love. It's not rocket science but it is a lot of work with multiple steps and messy too. Amazing!
I HAD A BID FOR SOME STAMPED CONCRETE, NOW I KNOW WHY IT WAS SO HIGH. .WISH YOU GUYS WERE AROUND MY AREA….GREAT JOB
You know hes a pro when he just pulls some concrete out for fun.
chisels and pizza cutters are life savers on stamp work
Very cool,as an old school mason( 40plus yrs.) watching these new inovations is cool ,these guys are artists, the slump, and conditions ,i.e..temp, wind etc.all play into the finished product you don't learn this overnight,and in the northern climates where freeze thaw cycles limit you from setting stone on a slab its a great alternative bravo!
the finished
So much work to replicate something real.
In most cases, stamped concrete is more durable, faster, easier, and more economical than real brick, stone, or tile. Bricks, stones, and tiles do not need to be individually placed and you won't need t worry about differential settling, block separation, or weeds growing in between individual pieces. With high quality, modern stamps and coloring products, stamped concrete is almost visually indistinguishable from the real thing.
This is incredible work .using a texture stab is a new idea for me .I am working on it for 6 years now and your work attract me
Both John and Dave do some really detailed work, and it sure looks fantastic ! never realized a lot of artistic work goes in to stamping concrete. great work guys ! I learned a lot .
First time I have ever seen anything like this. Superb job.
It great to watch real professionals. I had a patio job done last year and it came out terrible. It would take a fortune to rip it out so I'm going to have to live with it until I decide what to do.
Well I have to say that I absolutely hate pressed concrete, but you guys are on a different level. What a great job. I will not change my view or have it done unless it was done by you guys. Nice job, well done and thanks for the video.
Thank you. We pride ourselves on providing the best tools and materials for stamped concrete on the market. Brickform stamps are designed for unparalleled realism, build quality, and ease of use.
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...and now I see why I was quoted $26K to redo my driveway. Geeez! Thats a lot of work. Worth every penny too. (I didnt get it done yet. Figured I'd watch a video to see if It was something I could myself... I was rght... I cant! 😂)
Where u live? I can do it for you😁
Finally some a costumer sees how work we work ficical and mental with he customers.. now one. But there is contracts that they do shity work too.
@@aircom3073 Can I have your contact info?
You guys are artists. I love what you guys just did.
Well done. Stamping a placement tomorrow. Thanks for the reminders.
Really great video. I was reading about what makes stamped concrete so much more expensive than "standard" concrete, and I think this video provides really good insight.
Well done guys, glad to see you using equipment made in the USA too.
Hello All I have been stamping for 20 yrs We got away from powder release about 7 yrs ago. Liquid is a much cleaner and i beleive myself a much more precise stamping method. The dust hides to many imperfections that liquid does not. Plus you wont spend a day trying to clean the job site up :) That powder gets on everything and gets everywhere.Try cleaning it out of a pool you'll see :) We use nothing but integral colors alot less labor and your color is throughout your patio not just the top.
Going to do some experimenting with some admix dark color with some lighter color hardener and some clear liquid release. Hoping for a great two-tone with clean stamps and less touch up. Will see 🤞
Love the use of respirators in this video
Poetry in motion fella,,My Respect,,all the way from the Uk,! 👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Excellent! Thank you for the video. Well done, and informative. At a length of 13:22, it was worth my time. Thanks!
Can't beat the Foggy Mtn Breakdown bluegrass! Good music choice!
Absolutely great way to pattern up your concrete, I live in the UK and as far as I know we don't have this kind of way to pattern concrete.
Thanks for sharing 🤗🤗
I am absolutely certain you do. This is nice work, but it is by no means unique. It is done every day around the world. The last video I watched was two guys in Thailand doing this with a stencil.
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing. You take such good pride in your work. Beautiful end result.
Well done, lads. Impressive workmanship.
i worked with a water/sewer installation company for one summmer. one of the foremen knew how to stamp concrete. now let me tell you something, the job itself has hard days, and some easy days. the dude who ran a crew who knew how to stamp concrete, lucked out and had me and another able bodied worker join his crew to stamp 11 cubic meters at 5.5". (we were only supposed to do half of the owner-of-the-company's driveway, but since buddy and i were two extra set of hands on his crew) We ended up stamlinf the whole driveway. in short, had it been a normal working friday, we would have done half a day to three quarters of a day. but since this guy had us two, we ended up putting in a full day and then some...(which, i know, is to be expected in any field of construction.) ...a little back story...ive never worked with concrete prior to that day, so i was at the very least semi competant. towards what i thought was the end of the day, i told the foreman that ive never worked with concrete before and apologized for not having performed to his expectations (remember we are primarily a water/sewer pipe installation company). he told me its okay and genuinely portrayed an honest boss. i was scraping up left over concrete when the bossman called me over and instruxted me to go grab the silicon mats from the garage (all four of them). i did and he laying them out in what seemed like an orderly fashion. after about two complete stamps of four mats he then insteuxted me and buddy to follow the pattern for the whole driveway. mind you there were 4 other able bodies, minus two guys who, for lack of a better explanation were injured (one actually was and the other was basically a stick figure and couldnt handle the physical workload) so that left 4 total to stamp the whole driveway. me and buddy did the bulk of the work and the other two would occasionally relieve our efforts. at the back of my mind i knew that this particular crew was only usually asked to do all and any concrete jobs that the company came across because he was the only foreman (and crew) to know how. so buddy and i didnt mind the heavy workload. i also neglected to mention that we only had four texture mats (3'+3') and only one 50lb 1'×1' stamper. that worked out to at LEAST 9 whacks per mat, at four mats at a time. we must have did this for 1.5 straight hours taking turns when we could (buddy and I) untill our stamp broke! The remaining third of the driveway we had to use the broken 1'×1' plate from the stamp and manually hit it in place via a sledge hammer at least 4 times per sqaure foot. and remember, there were four mats and each mat was 3'×3'. 9×4 is 36×4= 144. for each layout of four mats we had to at least hit the stamp with a sledge hammer 144 times. and we were only two thirds done thw driveway at this point. remember the stamp was 50lbs, not somthinf you lift and smash all day everyday lol. to add even more insult to injury, our plate would bend out of shape with each whack of the sledge hammer and concave a bit so the more we hit, the more surface area became less effective. when we finally finished with bloody hands, the funny thing was that the dye was so dark that buddy and i ended up looking like Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic thunder lol. that was a fucking hard day lol. i explained all that to tell you guys that it would have been 1000× easier and efficient if your company had at least showed us how to stamp properly. the more you know...oh well. it qas one for the books. :]
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I plan to use these stamps for my writing studio. To give it a medieval feel for the inside.
Nice work guys! I did stamp concrete back on the 80's till now and I love it. Great job!
Absolutely excellent video!! Take care of those knees!!!
With the yellow sand its just looking like art
Excellent job guys, this is some of the best work I've seen
I have actually used The hammer method to close surface cracks. I was skeptical at first, but it definitely works. As long as the concrete is still green. Awesome video. Im a huge fan of brickform tools, and solomon integral colors. Thank you.
You Guys did a great Job, thanks..
Beautiful! I want to do this in my house we are going to build in Panama. Thanks for the video.
Did you build in Panama?
Thanks for the reply.
I have literally never seen a patterned concrete job retain its color for more than a few years. I understand that you probably don't have a video of a 30 year old job of work, but I bet a few potential customers would be convinced by a follow-up video to a property you stamped a long time ago.
They do really a good job and i love watching these kind of videos.its simply an amzing art we can see it everyday everywhere
Awesome job. It is amazing to see this entire process
Beautiful Finish! Thank you for sharing! Your video is very educational for someone like me.
شكرا لكم انكم اناس طيبين....ان هاذي المعلومة سوف تنفع كثير من النا س العا طلين عن العمل....صديقكم من العراق
Great video. Thanks for showing us some craftsmanship.
wow paving an entire road like this would take ages. so much attention to detail and improvements for just that small 30 square meters
For larger jobs, it's always important to make sure your crew is big enough to handle the work. We also recommend using multiple sets of stamps and/or using our larger "gang" tools for bigger projects. It may also be necessary divide the project into smaller, more manageable pours.
There are actually a number of streetscapes, plazas, and larger instillation that use stamped concrete.
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this is one of best videos i had ever watched great job! great tutorial!
great job guys looks really good. I like the attention to detail. It really shows that you know what you're doing too.
One thing that is always certain is that concrete will crack. Cutting expansion joints is always a good idea. There are also ways to make expansion joints look like they are part of the design.
Colored concrete using integral color or color hardener will last forever even if the concrete is not sealed. The pigment is throughout the cement paste of the color hardener and will not weather away. Sometimes decretive concrete gets a bad name because people use a paint type product over stamped concrete that will fade if not properly maintained with a sealer. The cost can be less or around the same price as real stone depending on the design you are after.
That is absolutely stunning. I saw some of this work at Disney World.
I'd love to spend some time with guys like this. The attention to detail and tips and tricks.. really cool video!
Looks really nice, looks natural. Well done sir!
I enjoy your attention to details well done.
They make it look so easy and working along so flawless making a video too. Good job guy's.
wow what a beautiful finish
Wow! You guys are artists!!
Excellent video! Thank you. All other concrete stamping video should be taken down so people can get right to this one 👌🏽
Got a lot of respect for what you guys do. Great job!
That's not fair; you guys are professionals!!
Yeah, great attention to detail. I don't envy your wives doing your laundry. You guys are the best!😀
good شغل حلو مسطرة تطبيع وشغل حلو كثير. انا في لبنان اعمل في هاذا المحال. شغل حلو ومصلحة حلوة
Awesome work fellas!
I think it's brilliant, job well done. For my own home, the same patterns repeated would drive me crazy, but I'd love a set of those stamps..
I wish you guys were near me to so my courtyard - really impressive attention to detail
Great educational video. Thanks a bunch!
It takes a lot to impress me, but I am impressed with the end results.
You sure make it look easy. Well done!
Bloody hell best video I’ve seen so far
Masters. thank you for the professional video
This is great work. Job well done. (I am an installer in Az. I call it like I see it).
Looks good, I love that pattern. I just started stamping about a year ago and i love it I just wish we used a powder release instead of liquid release because liquid release is a garbage look and to top it off we don't use color hardener so unless they use an intricle color it just looks plain and dull plus we dont do patterns very often we do the old granite slate texture mat so that kinda sucks, but great job guys it looks good, it's very hard to find guys who put down quality work anymore.
This was fucking incredible. I have a buddy that owns his own construction company and he said he'd be happy to get me a job after winter. Don't have any prior experience of any kind in construction but it looks like I'm going to have a blast. Beautiful work guys, absolutely marvelous. A+++
I do a lot of civil concrete work but am interested in trying some stamping, that looks awesome boys! Great vid!
Quite impressive. Very cool to watch
Using Integral color and Liquid release is a great way to stamp. It’s all personal preference. Lots of stamp jobs use integral color and powder or liquid release. Some people even use both integral color and color hardener. Using liquid release will not give you the extra colors in the impressions of the stamp, but after the concrete has cured you can come back and add colors using our Antique IT product or ARTesian water based stains.
Excellent 👏🏴 looks great boys
Nice Video and Great work. I have only done stamped concrete once and that was at school so i got to learn how to do it but I can't wait to i get a chance to do it again
nice done, perfect work, skilled guys! Thank you for the lesson!
Great vid!! Book marked it so I can refer back to it when I attempt my home job!!
That’s a lot of hard work
Wow. What a great looking driveway. I would never do this because i could not afford the labour involved. But it sure does look nice
Good for patios, gardens, walkways and around swimming pool. The advantage of this is no crab grass will grow in between because there's no real separation in between brick, not unlike the real one,and the look is stunning aesthetically.
CANT IMAGINE WHAT YOUR LUNGS WILL LOOK LIKE BY RETIREMENT AGE !
TRICK-OR TREAT This is why Brickform recommends the use of proper safety equipment on all jobs.
Nice attention to detail
That was great video guys, very insightful.
beautiful work with good and appropiate machines, boring here with manaul work thanks to this innovations. from mr. manneh.