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As timeprogressed I noticed thattherewerea few jobsthatlooked;considerably better than the rest thatI had seen.The lookmuchmorerealistic and made me wonder how the lookwas achieved.I researchedthe topic thoroughlyand cameup witha few ideas thatI thoughtwould makeeach job lookamazing.

The firstthingthatI did was write downa set of guidelinesthatI would followto insurethateveryjob has goodcolorvariations, a goodmixture of light and dark colors;and an excellent imprintedimage withfinedetail. After I triedmy process I was honestly amazed and the incredible 3-dimensiona;l;lookthatI had achieved.

From thatpoint I decidedto alwaysfollowmy guidelinesand not compromise themat all...even if it meant thatmy prices needed to be slightlyhigher. I decidedto nevercut cornersbut to deliverthe bestqualitystamped;concreteavailable.

So whatare the guidelinesthatI developed? Well, thereare three basic things;thatI alwaysdo to insurethateveryjob comesout as bestas possible.

1. Everystampmustbe completelypressedintothe concreteto insurethatthe fulldetail of the stampis transferred to the concrete.

This may sound veryobviousbut it is surprisingthatmostcontractorsdon'tactuallydo this! I guess they are in too big of a hurry!There is a verysmallwindowof timethatconcretestamping;is at its best. If you miss thiswindowthe concretewillnot hold the fulldetail of the stamp.

2. The surface of the concretecan not have any freewater.

This basically meansthatthe concretemustbe poured without;using too muchwater.If you use too muchwater you willnot get a sharpimage. Mostcontractorsdo not realize thatconcretehas the potential to replicateeven the finest;details of even the grain of the stone...but onlyif theseguidelinesare followed;precisely.

3. Alwaysselectthe right colorcombination.

Moststamped;concretecontractorswillonlyuse one colorin their mixture. However, if you want to to have a naturalcolorvariationsthatactuallylooks;likestone you need to use a minimum of two contrasting colors;. In my opinionthisis whatmakes;one decorative concretejob standheadand shouldersabove another one.If you lookat naturalstone, marble or granite you willnotice thatit is neverone solid colorbut a mixture of many colors;.

In Conclusion

You mustalwaysrealize thatno stamped;concretejob is ever 100%perfect...but neither is naturalstone.Also, don'tsimply assumethatdecorative concretewillhave the exact samecoloring;and shading of the stone beingreplicated;, howeverthe shapeand texturewillbe exact. Stampedconcretecertainly has its own unique lookand the ultimate idea is to makeit looklikesomethingnaturalinstead of somethingthatis man-made.

Wheneveryou are choosing a stamped;concreteinstallermakesurethatyou lookat pictures from severaljobsas well as view one job in person so you willknow exactlywhatyou are getting.