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Old 07-24-2008, 01:56 PM   #1
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taking a crack at my own concrete work

I recently did a siding job for a customer who I’ve done work for in the past.
They had a contractor do some impressive concrete stamping and concrete work in general.
I’m in the process of doing work on my home as well. I was so impressed with the stamping and the concrete work, I want to do similar work to my home.
I’d like to do the work myself. I don’t plan on going out and bidding concrete work but I’d like to do my own. I’m backed up as it is with my work!
I’ve done some basic concrete work, but never stamping. The stamps seem to be fairly inexpensive or I can rent the stamps as well.
They also used “pea gravel” from what it appears on top of the walk path, then a sealer on top to give the concrete a semi gloss shine. It looked really nice.
Just looking for any tips on this, or more information on these processes.
Or is this something I should not even try myself?

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Old 07-24-2008, 02:42 PM   #2
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get a book, or take a class, do it yourself. the most important word to remember in decorative concrete is ( TIMING )
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