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vendredi 19 septembre 2014

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.

The most popularly used color is the black. It can be used to create any shade of gray, either light or dark. It is widely used in many driveways, runways, roadways and parking lots, for it covers the stains from the oil produced by the vehicles that are passing through. It will absorb heat and reduce ice occurrence.

There are two sorts of a pigment, the iron oxide and the carbon. The carbon pigment gives a darker shade while the other gives a gray hue. But, the carbon sort will easily wear out over time compared to the other.

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.

Sometimes it can cause some hue variations, like curing methods and different finishing. It is suggested that you should not use a liquid pigment because it can result to an uneven coloring finish. It is also suggested that you should use aggregates and water with salts. For they can cause a white powdery effect that is known as the efflorescence.

Largely, you can have a granulated sort to be mixed with a dry to wet system metering. This one will be a cheaper strategy in making a liquid. Many businesses of concrete will buy a granule pigments and they will mix it up with water. It will be put into a tank and later it will be transferred to a mixing truck. This is a cheaper sort for it is much lighter than a 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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