Traditional concrete stains are acid based and work by causing a chemical.
How to make concrete look like slate stone.
Got a crack in your concrete.
In order to make it look like real slate i couldn t just buy a solid paint color and roll it on.
You can also paint the concrete white beige or dark brown to look like tinted mortar.
With the help of some craft paint sealer and airstone i was able to make the hearth look like it perfectly belongs with the new stone fireplace.
The original grey color of the concrete hearth looked off and the builder never finished off the edges so it was time to finally get it the way i always imagined.
Before you re ready to paint any concrete surface to look like stone you have to select what colors the stone will be.
The desha blog details exactly how to make your entertaining space look like this.
The first thing i did was power wash all the concrete so that i d start with a clean slate.
Look at an actual piece of slate or an image of it to best emulate the colors and color variations with paint.
In nature nothing is ever a single flat color.
Note that no stone is one uniform color.
Turn a plain concrete floor or patio into an imitation of natural stone by blending two or more colors of concrete stain.
Emulate the look of a slate tile floor or patio by painting the base concrete color in a grout shade such as light gray.
Once the base coat dries apply strips of thin masking tape in a grid to lay out a tile design.
There s a basic background color then small mottles or flecks in other colors.