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Patios are by far our most popular first-time DIY acid staining project. Our backyards are a place to gather with our friends and family. Acid stained patios are unique, colorful, welcoming and add value to your home. Let’s Get Started Acid Staining A Patio! You Can Do It Yourself! Step 1: Know your Patio. Concrete [...]

Time to start concrete decor projects for your backyards, outdoor living areas and gardens!

Enhance your next concrete countertop project with Decorative Aggregates!

Every year, DCI sponsors students at RPI and donate products for their Concrete Canoe Competition

Details of a customer project using concrete acid stains to create a marbled granite look, featuring cola and english red colors.

Prevention is the best approach for concrete problem solving. A soft concrete slab, could pose problems for your decorative concrete application.

Mr. Pankey called Direct Colors looking for a solution to a problem floor. “The stain did not take around the perimeter and in random spots throughout the floor where I couldn't remove the cure and seal sealer. I also wanted the floor a little darker, but at this point any fix would work.” Though the [...]

During the winter, the moisture in the concrete freezes and thaws as the temperature fluctuates, causing the water in the concrete to expand and contract several times in the course of a season.

A customer contacted us about her acid stained driveway. The concrete was very porous and the stain just didn’t turn out the way she’d hoped. She originally applied the Desert Amber and Coffee Brown Acid Stains and liked the color but the surface looked “spotty.” The color needed to flow together better to create a more evenly distributed look [...]

When we were first approached by this homeowner, we couldn’t believe the condition of their drive and walkways. Gray and black concrete paint applied less than two years previous was peeling off everywhere in a most unattractive way.

Our homeowner wanted a change and selected a stenciled overlay with contrasting colors. The surface was sandblasted to remove existing sealer and prepare the concrete for an overlay

What You Need To Know Before Ordering Pigment Many of our customers are building houses or pouring slabs and have questions about how to mix integral color into the concrete correctly. While adding pigment to the concrete before pouring a slab is by far the easiest color option, customers still need to ask a few [...]