Stamped Concrete Masterclass : form, pour, stamp & seal

Today we are pouring a stamped concrete pad in an ashlar slate pattern that is going to be the floor for a screened porch.

0:00 - Intro
0:07 - Grade the slab
0:30 - Install Rebar
2:56 - Pour Concrete
5:37 - Float and Trowel Concrete
6:34 - Broadcast Color Hardener to Color Concrete
9:18 - Stamp the Concrete
12:40 - Wash the Release Agent
14:48 - Parge the Sides of the Concrete
15:54 - Seal the Stamped Concrete

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Tim Seay
c/o Decorative Concrete of Virginia
14719 Wards Rd.
Lynchburg, VA 24502

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Today we are pouring a stamped concrete pad in an ashlar slate pattern that is going to be the floor for a screened porch.

Since this is a porch floor that will have a roof over it we formed it so that the concrete would be flat. We added gravel to the slab and then tied 3/8" rebar while we waited for the concrete truck to arrive.

I ordered 8 yards of concrete and we poured it without adding any color to the truck. Once we got the concrete leveled and floated, we broadcast sun gray color hardener to the surface to give the concrete slab a light gray color. Then we added a secondary gray powdered release agent to the concrete and stamped it with our large ashlar slate concrete stamps. ​

I came back the next day and stripped the forms and washed all of the color release agent off of the surface. I also sprayed a water/muriatic acid solution on the surface to help me to remove as much release agent as I could.

Once we were done washing the concrete, we mixed up some of the color hardener with water and polymer/resin and applied it to the sides of the concrete slab.

We let the concrete dry overnight and then we applied a solvent based clear sealer on all of the concrete.

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[MikeDayConcrete]

Looks awesome Tim. I use Dawn soap instead of acid to remove the release. It works just as good and you don't have to neutralize
We should stamp together some day!

[eddisonpatrick]

I love these video because it makes learning easy Thank you

[GRUBB-MUDD]

It's like the same guy that taught u, taught me lol. I can tell u guys know what u r doing, color turned out really nice, u guys ever use ez tique? Or permatique?

[dziggy]

Nice! Only thing I would do on the FINISH-work, is during the plastering of the sides -- I would have scored a horizontal line about 1/2 down and hand-etched vertical lines from the top stone edges to the half-way line (to give the appearance of stone continuation from the side), then staggering random vertical lines from the 1/2 point to the bottom grade. It would not have taken much time and would add to the ILLUSION.

[bman]

Use a mason 6” whisk brush for throwing the release. Works much better than your hand..

[ConcreteBVI]

Nice work. Looks good guys. It always amazes me how much filming you do throughout the projects. Always documenting that process. Well done 👍🏼 very informative video

[redmapleranch]

Thanks for the details in the video. Very informative. What is the name of the resin product you used for mixing the slurry?

[sandrogomez]

Thank you for such a very cool and helpful video.What brand sealer do you use? I didn't know you can seal concrete that soon ( at the 3rd day) .... All the sealers I have seen have a label that says that concrete should be cured for at least 30 days. If you don't mind I would like some advice, please and Thank you.

[ahmedalabas]

Also did you emd up removing the strike pin?

[kennymichael]

I love your video, I also learnt a lot in it...
Good job guys👍

[JamesONLINEREPRESENTATIV-nqwp]

Are there criteria or conditions for choosing type or color of release... Does it have any effect on the finishing

[tavioj]

What kind of sealer did you use and why solvent based?

[ahmedalabas]

Do you normally saw cut joints to control cracks? Ive watched a couple videos and didnt see the process in your videos. Great work btw

[mikeyboy]

Hey just curious, you said those were new stamps. I thought increte systems doesnt make stamps anymore because they were bought out by euclid. Increte systems were the best stamps in my opinion

[Bigjqrl]

Do you have a rule of thumb on when it’s stiff enough to stamp?

[LordDeuce-ulmy]

Cant say i approve of your stone base. Not even compacted.