DESIGN-CRETE- Variety of colors and stamping tools imprint newly placed concrete surfaces with authentic textures at a fraction of the cost of comparable natural materials.


STAMPABLE OVERLAY- The stampable cementitous topping beautifies interior and exterior concrete surfaces. The stamped texture duplicates a wide range of designs.


TEXTURE-RITE- Paper stencil and color hardener combinations provide patterened textures, such as slate, tile, brick and stone, to newly placed concrete surfaces.


SPRAY-RITE- High-strength cement coating provides countless combinations of colors, patterns and finishing options for almost any resurfacing project.


PATINA STAIN- Penetrating stains produce permanent and unique color effects in existing finished concrete surfaces to subtly shaded colors with natural beauty.


INTEGRAL COLOR- Pails of high purity liquid pigments disperse quickly in ready-mix concrete batches to produce uniform color throughout the concrete application.

Design-Crete ™ Stampable Overlay
Texture-Rite ™ Spray-Rite ™
Patina Stain Integral Color
Color Selection Guide  

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ALTAMAR Decorative Concrete

There are two ways of coloring your concrete, use either Integral Pigment or Color Hardener.

Integral Pigment: Pure pigment which is added to the concrete ready mix truck at either the batch plant or job site, is mixed for up to ten minutes, and the concrete is fully colored when discharged from the ready mix truck.

Color Hardener: Pigment, sand, cement, and wetting agents in a powder which is cast onto the concrete immediately after it is placed and screeded. Generally requires two applications to achieve a uniform color, bull floating the concrete after each application.

Some points in comparing Integral Pigment vs Color Hardener: altamar_color

  • Integral colors the slab throughout its depth while the Hardener colors only the surface risking the exposing plain gray concrete if the concrete were to ever chip or crack.
  • Throwing the Hardener onto the concrete and floating it into the concrete can be quite messy and time consuming, a step you don’t have when using Integral Pigments.
  • Generally, the cost of Integral is less than the cost of Hardener, but some colors can only be achieved at a reasonable cost with a Hardener, such as greens and blues.
  • Hardener increases the cement content at the surface of the concrete producing a stronger surface than Integral assuming equal water content in the concrete mix. Generally, however Integral can be placed at a lower slump than concrete treated with Hardener as the Hardener requires sufficient bleed water to wet out the Hardener and allow finishing.
  • Generally it is easier and less costly to use Integral Coloring than Color Hardener.
    However, there are two situations where you may want to use Color Hardener.
    1. You may want to use Hardener for small pours where the wash out charge makes using Integral more costly and the small area makes application of the Hardener easy.

    2. You may want to use Hardener where an increased surface strength is specified in which case you should use one coat of Hardener on concrete that is Integrally colored with the same or complementary color.

Stamping Tools Information

All Altamar stamping tools are constructed of the highest quality of urethane engineered to provide ideal rigidity for support of the person stamping, yet have the needed amount of flexibility to avoid suction when picking up tools. All tools are warranted against any defects, and are made in a single cast so there never can be a delamination. All tools provide texture in addition to pattern for a realistic 3 dimensional look. All tools are approximately 3/4" to 1" thick and come with strap handles except for the floppies and as otherwise indicated.

The single price is for a tool with handles. Also needed with each pattern is at least one "floppy", which is the same tool, but made thinner, more flexible and without handles., which is used for stamping when there is not enough room for a whole stamp, such as next to a wall, or for going over forms.

You can buy or rent any number of tools you want, but generally you should obtain the number of tools needed to make a "bridge" across the slab plus one more to start the next row. As an example, approximating each tool to cover 2 lineal feet, crossing a 15ft concrete slab would require 9 tools (8 tools across and 1 to start the new row).

Stone Patterns and Color Selection Guide  
Small Random Stone
A-100

2 Patterns (R,B)
29" X 29" size
Sets of 9 + 1 		Random Stone
A-105

3 Patterns (R,Y,B)
30" X 30" size
Sets of 9 + 1 		Large Random Stone
A-110

2 Patterns (Y,B)
36" X 36" size
Sets of 7 + 1
Castle Stone
A-120

2 Patterns (A,B)
48" X 48" size
Sets of 7 + 1 		Flagstone
A-125

2 Patterns (A,B)
48" X 48" size
Sets of 7 + 1 		Opa Locka Stone
A-130

2 Patterns (R.B.)
20" X 30" size
Sets of 9 + 1
Garden Stone
A-135

1 Pattern
36" X 36" size
Sets of 7 + 1 		English Fieldstone
A-140

1 Pattern
18" X 39 3/4" size
Sets of 7 + 1 		Standard Cobblestone
A-145

1 Pattern (5 x 7 stone)
20 3/4" X 43 1/2" size
Sets of 9 + 1
European Fan
A-150

1 Pattern
26" X 46" size
Sets of 9 + 1

Want to know more about decorative concrete?
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Because of differences in color appearance on monitors and printouts,
the colors should be considered an approximation only

 




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Because of differences in color appearance on monitors and printouts, the colors should be considered an approximation only