Pea Gravel Driveway Repair | DIY Home Improvement Forum If it's exposed aggregate concrete on your driveway, you need a tinted sealer It seals the aggregate and tints the concrete Here is an example I did, it's called Brown Luster They make a few different colors, buy from a concrete supply store or a ready mix plant, don't buy anything from a big box or paint store Now there is a product to temporally bond gravel or dirt, it's like molasses
buffing exposed aggregate | DIY Home Improvement Forum The aggregate was exposed after the retarder pressure washing It almost seems too much of the concrete was removed, leaving more of the small pebbles exposed above the concrete thus, a bumpy surface
Re-seal exposed aggregate concrete or not? - DIY Home Improvement Forum We built our Louisville, KY home 2 years + 10 months ago 2 months after the exposed aggregate concrete was poured for the driveway, front steps, front porch patio, we applied 2 coats of curing agent sealer SUPER SEAL 30 VT | Nashville TN | Clemons Concrete Coatings We are struggling with
concrete from mortar - DIY Home Improvement Forum Anytime you mix cement and aggregate, the more surface area of the aggregate you have, the more cement that is required to coat all of the particles and tie them together The extra cement requires extra water to make mortar more usable It is difficult to compare mortar with concrete because they are designed to do different things
Repairing exposed aggregate steps - DIY Home Improvement Forum Hi New to the forum Our front door step which is made of exposed aggregate has developed a full length crack and at one end is starting to see some larger pieces of concrete chipping away Having done a number of searches on the internet, I think I have a rough idea of how to fix exposed
Drilling Exposed Aggregate? - DIY Home Improvement Forum Last time I did it over exposed aggregate at a friends house the bit wanted to walk like crazy which made it very hard to drill accurately Anyway to more precisely drill these? I will be drilling 52 holes in this exposed aggregate so the more accurate the better I do have a roto hammer as well, the issues is not my tool is the bit itself walking on the aggerates before it starts to actually
stone veneer formula - DIY Home Improvement Forum A light weight concrete mix can be used for a wall veneer stone, or patio applications to make light weight concrete, substitute some of the aggregate with pumas stone , styro-foam beads or perlite - even wood chips
Im building a small retaining wall. Can I get. . . Trying to build a wall because just because you have the blocks is a solution looking for a problem If the problem is having them, give them away or haul them to an aggregate plant that will crush them and sell the recycled crushed material