Colored Concrete in Chattanooga, Huntsville, Nashville

Power Rental & Decorative Concrete Sales offers colored concrete supplies from our Chattanooga, Huntsville and Nashville locations. This is a process done for new concrete or concrete overlays that allows you to choose a specific color that serves as your base color throughout your concrete mix or on top of the entire surface. Integral color is an excellent way to add a consistent color to any driveway or patio to complement colors in the surrounding areas. Most concrete color is mixed into the concrete truck before the concrete is poured into the forms and tooled to finish the surface. There are other alternatives, such as color hardener, that allow the color to be added to the top of freshly poured concrete and bullfloated to harden the surface and absorb surface moisture. ALL color charts provided indicate finished colors that have been properly sealed after all finishing work has been completed and may vary depending on the makeup of different concrete mixes and weather conditions.

Integral Color

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Integral Color is added to a concrete truck and mixed to give color throughout the concrete. This type of color is available in a liquid integral and powder integral form. Integral color can vary in price depending on how light or dark the color is. If the color is dark, it may require more integral color to create that specific color choice and can increase cost. It is important to know the sack mixture of the concrete being poured and whether or not a concrete pump will be utilized in order to insure the right amount of color is used. This product can be used for slick, broomed concrete, or stamped concrete surfaces.

Links:
Solomon Color Integral Color Chart
Uni-Mix Intergal Color Technical Data Sheet
Videos
Butterfield Intergral Color and Stamping Video

Colored Concrete Packs

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Integral color is also available in smaller quantities for use with overlay materials. Uni-mix packs are used in conjunction with each Butterfield Color 55 pound bag of T1000 Fine Overlay or Stampable Overlay. It is recommended that you mix the color pack into the indicated amount of water for your mix before adding the concrete overlay material in order to thoroughly mix the color. It should also be noted that the use of integral color with concrete overlay materials can result in a variation of color, if used separately from integral color mixed into a concrete truck on an adjacent surface.

Uni-Mix Integral Concrete Colorant

Colored Concrete Hardener

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Integral color is also available in smaller quantities for use with overlay materials. Uni-mix color packs are used in conjunction with each Butterfield Color 55 pound bag of T1000 Fine Overlay or Stampable Overlay. It is recommended that you mix the color pack into the indicated amount of water for your mix before adding the concrete overlay material in order to thoroughly mix the color. It should also be noted that the use of integral color with concrete overlay materials can result in a variation of color, if used separately from integral color mixed into a concrete truck on an adjacent surface.

Links:
Color Hardener PDF
Perma-Cast Shake-on Color Hardener

Antique Release and Liquid Antiquing for Decorative Concrete

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Antique Release and Liquid Antiquing are two common ways to provide a secondary color to stamped concrete. These products are used as accent colors to highlight textures and grout lines found in various stamped concrete patterns. Antique Release comes in a powder form and is used at the time the concrete is stamped to prevent the concrete stamps from sticking to the surface, while also adding an accent color to the grout lines and texture of the stamp pattern. Pressure washing excess Antique Release from the surface is recommended, unless otherwise desired. Perma-tique, manufactured by Butterfield Color, is a powder that is combined with water and sprayed through a pump sprayer or brushed onto the stamped concrete surface. Misting water onto the concrete surface aids in the application of liquid antiquing and allows it to flow off higher portions of the stamp pattern and into crevices and low textures.

Perma-Cast Antiquing Release
Perma-Tique Antiquing Agent
Antique Release and Permatique PDF

Frequently Asked Questions

Any recommendations for mixing the color pack for decorative concrete? You should mix the color pack into the indicated amount of water for your mix before adding the concrete overlay material in order to thoroughly mix the color.

Is there a way to mix the color into the concrete prior to it being poured? Integral Color can be added to a concrete truck and mixed to give color throughout the concrete for your next Chattanooga, Nashville, or Huntsville project.

Is Integral Concrete Color a liquid or powder? This type of color is available in a liquid integral and powder form.

What is Perma-tique? It is a powder that is combined with water and sprayed through a pump sprayer or brushed onto the stamped concrete surface. Misting water onto the concrete surface aids in the application of liquid antiquing and allows it to flow off higher portions of the stamp pattern and into crevices and low textures.

Why are different colors different prices? Integral color can vary in price depending on how light or dark the color is. If the color is dark, it may require more integral color to create that specific color choice and can increase the cost.

What exactly is concrete coloring? This is a process done for new concrete or concrete overlays that allows you to choose a specific color that serves as your base color throughout your concrete mix or on top of the entire surface.

How can I add a secondary color to stamped concrete? Antique Release and Liquid Antiquing are used as accent colors to highlight textures and grout lines found in various stamped concrete patterns.

What concrete surfaces can be colored? This product can be used for slick, broomed concrete, or stamped concrete surfaces.