“I added Chestnut acetone concrete dye to this deck after the owner wasn’t completely happy with the first color, and now they love it.”

“I’ve looked into concrete pigments for coloring plaster a number of times in the past. The liquid ones you can get at home improvement stores for concrete or grout never seem to work- they either take days to fully dry, never dry at all, or leave the castings really brittle. The problem with dry pigments, though, is that most places seem to only sell in 25 or 50 lb. quantities. Direct Colors sells 4 oz. and 8 oz. samples for $10 and $15, respectively. I bought a 4oz packet of the reddish color for making bricks, and a little goes a long long way. The pigments are really strong, and they are completely inert (I called and asked before ordering) so they don’t inhibit the plaster from setting. Great product.”

I used real plant leaves and made leaf patterns with your easy to use concrete acid stain on some of these patio pavers and marbled others and the end result turned out beautiful. My neighbors said I could make more and sell them, they were so nice. I just read the directions and then started staining.