What is concrete pressing?

Concrete stamp is a decorative process of printing textured patterns into wet concrete. Ordinary concrete is pressed with a stamp and creates a surface that looks like a brick or stone. On the outdoor stairs, sidewalks and terraces, as well as on areas surrounding pools and fountains, a concrete stamp is used.

Concrete stamps are specially made for concrete stamp. It can be made of metal, wood or rubber. Everything that creates an impression can also be used for a concrete stamp, such as a carved wooden block used for a color fabric in a batik print or a piece of decorative open metal. After the concrete stamps are pressed into wet concrete, it is deployed or hit by a hammer to make sure that the impression is deep enough. It is best to try a stamp in a small area of ​​wet concrete to make sure that the effect is attractive. Although wet concrete must be processed relatively quickly, it is usually possible to smooth over the stamp to set it off again if the concrete is still wetrice.

The consistency of concrete is used for a concrete stamp than for paving surfaces with ordinary concrete. Stamp concrete outside can be a project for homeowners or employment for a professional concrete company. The stamp of outdoor surfaces that look like a stone or brick is popular because the appearance is usually realistic and time and costs are smaller than the paving surfaces with bricks and stone.

concrete signs are available in different shapes and sizes. Concrete stamps used to create a sandstone look is a large, irregular shape and forced to leave a rough surface texture. While sandstone has a rustic appearance of free form, Slate has a more modern straight lined look. Slated driveways and Pathways have a uniform look with different slate rectangles created in the interconnected pattern and slate concrete pressing has a similar appearance.

powder concrete coloringMixed in concrete to form a color before pressing like brown to look like sandstone and paved and black to look like marble and slate. Completed stamped concrete can also be colored with color, but it may not be so long lasting that it has a color mixed in concrete. Regardless of which coloring method is used or whether concrete is left natural color should be sealed and then cleaned and imprisoned every few years.