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Title: Staining cement after it has set?
Post by wozzer on Aug 4^th, 2014, 7:53pm

We recently had some raised garden beds built with copings on top.
The copings and bricks are grey but the cement (which used locally-sourced & very red sand) is a sort of pink colour.
Can the cement joints in between the copings be stained in situ? (I don't mind painting carefully!) - or do I have to rake out and re-point with coloured mortar?
I know it would have been better to have stained the mortar when the build was done, but my wife hadn't decided to have "grey" joints at that point!
I have seen stain liquids for concrete, would this work?
Anyone any advice?
Ta very much in advance :-?

Title: Re: Staining cement after it has set?
Post by CWatters on Aug 25^th, 2014, 8:07pm

Not used them myself but there are several companies that make brick and mortar tinting kits for matching purposes..

http://www.dyegroup.com/

http://www.dyegroup.com/featured/mortar-tinting-kit.html

http://www.dyegroup.com/featured/mortar-tinting-sample-pot.html