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All About The Concrete Color Pigment

By Kerri Stout


Although there are a lot of available natural materials like woods and metals, ready made concrete mixture is also readily available. However, this material still needs to be stained or coated. There are many methods to give life and color to this mixture.

The process of mixing comes in many possible ways. A concrete color pigment comes in many forms such as the granule, liquid and the powder. The powdered one will be placed in a bag called disintegrating bag so that it will be easily dissolved together with the mixture. It is a great many people working in this field, because it minimizes the chances of inhaling the powder, which is not good for the health.

Black is the most common among all the colors used in making the material dark. It is used to make a shade of gray to a bold black. This is usually used for roadways, driveways, parking lots and runways, for it can easily cover the stains that created by the oil. It can easily adsorb heat and lessen the occurrence of ice.

Black pigment comes in two types, the carbon and the iron oxide. The carbon will give a darker black, while the iron oxide will give a gray color. Meanwhile, carbon will easily wear out over time than an iron oxide.

There are also pigments that are in liquid forms. It comes in a synthetic or natural form that will be measured by volume, just like the way paints are measured. It is added during the process of mixing the material. However, natural forms are only limited to earth tones. Synthetic forms on the other hand can create many shades or hue.

There are times that it results in hue differences, for example, having a different finishing and a curing method. It is recommended if you will minimize using a liquid one, due to the fact that it will cause uneven hue. It is highly recommended to use a water that contains salts and an aggregate. It will produce a white powdery outcome called the efflorescence.

In general, a granulated form is used together with a dry to wet system of metering that will provide a cost effective strategy to create a liquid form. Concrete businesses usually can purchase granulated one and they will mix it with water. It will be placed in a tank and eventually it will be dispensed straight into the mixing truck. You can save a lot of its shipping costs one, for it weighs less than the liquid.

There are also techniques that you need to know. Staining is one, it can be done after the mixture has set and cured. The rubbed stain is a technique that refers to the rubbing of fine powdered color into the texture. After obtaining the right shade, you will going to apply a topical sealer to bond the colouring on the surface. The resist technique, on the other hand, is the mixing of hue with some sealant and brushing it. These two techniques will need to have a topical solution to be applied again over time.

A method known as the color wash is a method same as the painting. It will be mixed with a water based solution. And when you obtain the appropriate hue, you will be brushing it with sealant. It will give you a great finish.




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