Sunday, June 03, 2012

Staining a cement walkway ...

So ... here I was, watching "Curb Appeal" on the DIY network ... and when they did a makeover on a home that had a red cement walkway to the house. They. Stained. It!!!!! I looked at Mr Man and he instantly read what I was thinking. We need to do something like that! Now, we do not have a red cement walkway ... we have a plain Minnesota, I see extreme temperatures, snow shoveling, sometimes salt, walkway. Builders grade. Nothing special.


You can see Paxton in the door window if you look hard :) He wants to be out in the yard with us.

Ok, focus! Notice the two toned nothing special cement. A step by step through the process ...

1. Wash cement to make sure it is clean! Mr Man brought out his power washer last night and washed away all the dirt so that it would be dry by this morning.


2. The first coat to be applied is 1/2 of the cement stain (shade ... Riveting) mixed with 8 ounces of water. It makes a slurry and is the base coat.





Cutting in the stain.


Rolling it on.


Cutting it in.


AND, roll it on. :)

Wait 2 hours to let 1st coat dry ... eat lunch.

3. 2nd coat is full strength stain with an Anti - Skid additive. No slipping on my walkway thank you!


2nd coat is done and now to stay off of it for 72 hours.

We have a chipmunk that poops on my porch. I also have a relocation program :)




Before ...                                                                             After ...


























What's next? Fixing a problem and new brick install. Stay tuned :)
Hugs,

27 comments:

  1. Love it Bj..

    I'll be getting some for my back patio..

    yours looks fabulous..

    stopping in for a peek from Debbiedoo's party..
    your newest follower
    Sonny

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  2. Your walkway looks amazing. The darker colour adds some real depth to your front entryway.

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  3. I like this idea, your walkway looks great! Thanks for sharing! Penny

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  4. Bj, The after looks fabulous! I've been wanting to do our covered front porch and back patio for a while now. Thanks for the inspiration! :-)
    Sharla

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  5. It's amazing what a difference that makes. It looks great! I have been wanting to try something like this, but didn't realize how doable it was. Thanks for the post.

    -Mandi

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  6. Fabulous. Quit relocating your chip monks to my side of Minnesota please.

    ~Bliss~

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  7. I really like your stained sidewalk. Its so pretty!

    Pamela
    Ohio

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    1. Thank you Pamela for stopping by and for leaving a comment. I love it when people take the time to chat! :) I am enjoying the walkway so much!!!
      Hugs,
      Bj

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  8. That looks great!! It makes me wish I had a walkway!

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  9. Looks so fresh and nice now. We have stained our garage in the past and it looked great and held up well too. Thanks for sharing with the newbie party.

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  10. What a brilliant idea - never thought of this before!

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  11. Great job it looks like brand new. I have ripped out my driveway and the path to the front door will be going next so that may be me in a few weeks, painting the paving! I have the hot sun to contend with, but no snow here in Australia, it must be hard finding something that can deal with both extremes of the climate. This looks great anyways, great job :)

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  12. I love this! I have been thinking about doing this in my front and back areas with this, and after seeing your after pictures, I may just take the plunge. I don't know how I will be able to not let any one walk on it for 72 hours after, I also have pesky little rottens, that love to visit often.

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  13. Wow, you posted just in time I am having some cement worries,Your looks so fresh and clean. I will be trying this.Thanks so much for posting.Happy to be a follower.

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  14. BJ- this looks great! We are replacing a concrete sidewalk and have a concrete pool repair area that we want to look like it was on purpose and NOT look like a patch. I have the creative wheels spinning now to do something with stain! Did you use acrylic or acid stain? I'm just starting the googling process!

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    1. I used acrylic and I love it! We had a patch job on the bottom step that you can't even see anymore. Read the "Clarifying" Staining the Cement walkway and it will talk about the difference :) Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to write a comment!
      Hugs,
      Bj

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  15. Your sidewalk looks so good and the color looks really good with your brick. I'd love it if you would consider sharing this at our All Star Block Party. We are a group of 5 blogs sharing 1 link party. Your link would appear on all 5 blogs.

    Shasta
    http://intheoldroad.blogspot.com/2012/06/its-time-for-all-star-block-party.html

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  16. This is amazing! Love how the colour you chose works so well with the brick on your house. Job well done!!

    Thanks for linking up with our All Star Block Party (I'm one of the other hosts)

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  17. I came over from the ALL STARS BLOCK PARTY... I'm so glad I did.. this really made an awesome difference in how your walk looks... I really really like it.... Great job!!! Thank for sharing...

    Carri
    simplydonewright.blogspot.com

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  18. I think it looks great!! I wonder if it would work on cement pavers. Thanks for the step by step walk through!!

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  19. Love it! Now to fix the big crack in ours before we bring anymore attention to it ;) Thanks so much for sharing at Toot Your Horn Tuesday :)

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  20. Loved it on HGTV and especially loved seeing you make this a "doable" project!

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  21. Hi BJ today I am Leibster Awarding you I think your transformations to the front of your home are amazing. I will be linking up this amazing project on my site. Thanks for sharing this project it helped me convince the HUBS that this was a easy project.

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  22. I have a very large curved cement driveway, would this stain stand up to the weight of cars driving on it to the garage?

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  23. You made a great job. I love that color. I have been looking the same kind the paint but it's look like they change. I found Dutch Boy Platinum Porch & Floor Paint + Primer (Satin) but I don't find the same color. I sent a question to Dutch Boy but I don't receive their reply yet. ��

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Hugs,
Bj