Have you used stone molds to make your concrete patio look like flagstone or other types of stone?
I’ve been looking at stone molds such as brick, flagstone and molds that would make a decorative steeping surface on my old concrete patio. Would like to hear if anyone has tryed this on a concrete surface and liked the results?
I’m thinking about trying to use the mold and then install the finished product over my exsisting concrete patio. Will this work?
I`ll tell you how I made my flagstone patio. Doing it this way doesn`t require a lot of skills. First, kill all the grass, or weedeat down to the dirt. Add dirt if you have to, but level THE DIRT as if you had just poured a slab of concrete. Tamp the dirt, until it is well packed.Starting at an inside corner, free-form draw a flagstone shape about 2 – 2 1/2 inches deep, and fill it with concrete. Leave a gap about 3/4 or 1 inch filled with dirt, then do another, and another, etc…You can take several days to do this if you wish. When you are done you will have a concrete patio of a flagstone pattern of your choosing. Let it set up good,Several days. Clean out the dirt between the flagstones, and concrete/mortar in between. Take oil- base stain of slightly varying colors and stain the concrete flagstones, varying shades between stones. Use one color only for the mortar. When finished, it looks like natural rock. Keep your stain light at first, until you get the effect you want. Age and sunlight will naturally mellow the effect. I have had mine 18 years now, and the last couple of years I have been thinking of restaining a little, that`s all. Good luck.
PS….As you pour the flagstones(The dirt IS the mold) level the top with a trowel, to the smoothness you want.
August 29th, 2010 at 4:27 am
Why not mark the concrete off and get you a spunge, cut it the size of a brick or whatever and paint it leaving the concrete natural ,,,like grout…
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August 29th, 2010 at 4:54 am
I`ll tell you how I made my flagstone patio. Doing it this way doesn`t require a lot of skills. First, kill all the grass, or weedeat down to the dirt. Add dirt if you have to, but level THE DIRT as if you had just poured a slab of concrete. Tamp the dirt, until it is well packed.Starting at an inside corner, free-form draw a flagstone shape about 2 – 2 1/2 inches deep, and fill it with concrete. Leave a gap about 3/4 or 1 inch filled with dirt, then do another, and another, etc…You can take several days to do this if you wish. When you are done you will have a concrete patio of a flagstone pattern of your choosing. Let it set up good,Several days. Clean out the dirt between the flagstones, and concrete/mortar in between. Take oil- base stain of slightly varying colors and stain the concrete flagstones, varying shades between stones. Use one color only for the mortar. When finished, it looks like natural rock. Keep your stain light at first, until you get the effect you want. Age and sunlight will naturally mellow the effect. I have had mine 18 years now, and the last couple of years I have been thinking of restaining a little, that`s all. Good luck.
PS….As you pour the flagstones(The dirt IS the mold) level the top with a trowel, to the smoothness you want.
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Maintenance technician for 35 years
August 29th, 2010 at 5:08 am
yeah you can use any type of stone, good luck.
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