Get the Look - Exterior Staining Pictures

John Schimmel of John's Cement in Milford, Mich., likes to share with his clients unique and simple ways to personalize their concrete projects. This patio was 600 square feet with a series of steps leading down to it. Schimmel helped create a free-form design suitable to accommodate the client’s activities which included installing a fire pit at one end. Get this look using Proline's ashlar slate stamp, Brickform's beige with walnut release (field), and Brickform's ebony acid stain (borders).
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Kemiko ‘Malay Tan’ acid stain adds drama to the hilltop views on this scored front porch. The mid-intensity concrete color works well with both the gray-tan and darker terra cotta stone tones. Finished with our clear exterior sealer.

Kemiko ‘Black’ acid-stain gives this 10,000 square foot residential drive and parking area its durable, etched-in color base. The final appearance is enhanced with multiple applications of a custom ebony-tinted exterior sealer.

Exterior staining complements brick, stone and concrete colors and textures, and performs well in all outdoor applications. This pool surround features Kemiko ‘Cola’ stain, a deep earth-tone that balances the lighter coping and stonework.

Kemiko Cola stained pool deck. The pool installers did not offer the homeowner the option of decorative concrete for their deck. Creative Concrete Solutions was hired to do a straight stain. Stamping the deck after it had been poured would have been too costly, but the homeowner still wanted to enhance the deck. Staining it provided a cost-effective way to add color and beauty to the pool deck.

This residential colored driveway was stained in an auburn color. The diagonal strip across the driveway was sandblasted to bring out the aggregate and add interest to the surface.

Read about this project: Aqua-Blue Pool Deck Creates the Illusion of a Never-Ending Pool
Get this look: Kemiko's aqua-blue acid stain | Decorative Concrete Supply's water-based stains - blend of gray, blue, green, and black

Winner of a 2012 ASCC Decorative Concrete Council Award - First Place Certificate in Concrete Artistry, Under 5000 SF.
This project consisted of 800 sq. ft. of new concrete poured to extend a 150 sq. ft. existing pad into a beautiful outdoor area. The new section included building 2 sitting walls that followed the curve of the outside edge of the patio. A vine-like design flows throughout the space and wraps around the sitting walls. A black acid stain heavily diluted was used as the base color with a full strength black acid stain on the vines and a slightly diluted black on the leaves. A dark walnut acid stain creates the illusion of shadows underneath the vines and leaves. The patio was sealed with a UV stable solvent-based sealer.

NewLook Products: SmartColor (Beach House), Translucent Color Enhancer (Dark Brown), SmartSeal AU-25 Satin
Process: Prep the slab to ensure it is clean and porous. Use NewLook EcoAcid to exfoliate and clean. Rinse and remove any remaining residue. Once the surface is dry, apply SmartColor (Beach House) base color onto the surface using an HVLP sprayer. Allow SmartColor to dry (usually less than 1 hour). Mist the Translucent Color Enhancer (Dark Brown) over SmartColor using an HVLP sprayer. Once dry, apply thin coats of SmartSeal AU-25 using a low nap roller.
Contractor: RestoraCrete in Artesia, CA

This striking new poured concrete patio was finished with a hard troweled finish in natural grey. Miracoat’s Mirastain II was applied in Ivory Cream, Harvest Gold, and Adobe.

This residential porch features a Roman Ashlar Slate pattern overall and a hand cut border in Roman Ashlar Slate. The colors used were Miracoat’s Mirastain II Dolphin Grey as the base color and Neptune Grey as the highlight color.

Products: ORIGINAL Solid Color Stain & Translucent Color Enhancer
Process: Prepare concrete using EcoAcid and power washer. Installed two coats of ORIGINAL Solid Color Stain (Light Wheat in main area and Summer Sand on bands). Allowed stain to dry at least an hour. Installed a coat of Translucent Color Enhancer (Summer Sand) in main area. Sealed with a water-based sealer.

Read about this project: Color Help for Oxidized Concrete Walkways and Patio

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• Field: Newlook's Summer Sand
• Borders: Newlook's dark brown

Read about this project: Concrete Patio Features Brickform Stains in Unique Grid Design

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• Brickform's acid stains in coffee, ebony, and amber
• Euclid's Super Diamond Clear Sealer

This driveway was scored and stained with Black and diluted Black.

On a 2,500 square foot concrete driveway makeover in Bel-Air, Calif., Glen Roman of Staintec used Newlook products to tie all the concrete and overlayment together with color. Get this look using summer sand to color the bands, light wheat for the stamped fields, summer sand enhancer and a water-based sealer.

On a 2,500 square foot concrete driveway makeover in Bel-Air, Calif., Glen Roman of Staintec used Newlook products to tie all the concrete and overlayment together with color. Get this look using summer sand to color the bands, light wheat for the stamped fields, summer sand enhancer and a water-based sealer.

In Redlands, Calif., this pool deck, patio and sidewalk had originally been painted and needed three coats of thick paint removed from the surface. Using Franmar Soy Gel, Staintec owner, Glen Roman, put down the gel, covered the area in plastic overnight, and then hot pressure washed the paint off the surface. Using a self-sealing, water-based stain, he colored the sidewalk, pool, and patio in Newlook’s Summer Sand color. He antiqued the patio and sidewalk with a darker color of maple for contrast. Concrete Coatings Super Seal 20WB was used on the patio and sidewalk to protect the antiquing which could be affected by the pool water. The project was 1,100 square feet. Using Newlook products gave the project a great look, and made it cost-effective.
Average cost: $3 square foot

This driveway in Barton Creek Lakeside is Dark Walnut.

This striking pool deck was fashioned using Spraycrete’s trowelled on texture. The brick border was also added with this process. The colors used on the deck were a custom mix of adobe, gold, and terra cota which was hand stained to match the house.

This new residential patio was stained with Maylay Tan and Cola, then sealed with a wet look sealer.

This residential patio was created for a client with a very clear design vision. However, they didn't know much about decorative concrete, so they had to be educated on the possibilities. They were quickly sold on decorative concrete and came up with this leaf design. The base color of the patio was a dry shake color hardener in Adobe Buff, from Brickform. The texture was created using Brickform's Sierra Seamless Texture Skins. The leaf pattern was saw cut by hand and stained with Kemiko's Golden Wheat, Vintage Umber and Black. The saw cuts were grouted with a dark mocha chocolate to complete the look.

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• Butterfield Color's Perma-Cast Sierra Stain - Kona Brown, Cordovan Leather, Stygian, Balkan Amber, Tannin

A cement-based overlay, random saw cuts and hand staining create the look of natural stone in this home's courtyard. Get this look using Sure Spray overlay from SureCrete, and EcoStain from SureCrete in a combination of burnt crimson and safari tan.
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Existing concrete driveway stained to look like leather and garage door faux painted to look like rustic wood. Get this look using Super-Krete's water-based stains in walnut, black, yellow and terra cotta.
Read about how this driveway and garage were created.

Read about this project: Custom Concrete Patio Exudes Simple, Clean Perfection

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• Scofield Tintura water-based stains - Deep Charcoal, Burberry Beige, and Steadman Buff
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