Stamped Concrete Masterclass : form, pour, stamp & seal

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

It's like the same guy that taught u, taught me lol. I can tell u guys know what u r doing, color turned out really nice, u guys ever use ez tique? Or permatique?

[@TimDCVA]

Haha. We went to Increte in Florida to learn in 2001. How’d you learn? I’ve used Increte liquid release + antiquing agent a few times… I just think the powder is easier and looks better. Which do you prefer?

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

U wana do that?

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Looks awesome Tim. I use Dawn soap instead of acid to remove the release. It works just as good and you don't have to neutralize We should stamp together some day!

[@TimDCVA]

Thanks Mike! I saw that in one of your videos the other day. I plan on trying it the next time we stamp one. 👍🏻 I would love to do a project with you one day. I’ve been wanting to bring my family up to Maine to visit anyways.

[@jk5099]

I use trisodium phosphate, any opinion on that vs acid or dish soap?

[@TimDCVA]

I’ve never tried that before. I still need to try Mike’s method… it would be nice to not have to worry about the hazards that come along with using acid.

[@jk5099]

Yeah definitely, thank you!

[@bman6502]

Use a mason 6” whisk brush for throwing the release. Works much better than your hand..

[@dziggy3004]

Nice! Only thing I would do on the FINISH-work, is during the plastering of the sides -- I would have scored a horizontal line about 1/2 down and hand-etched vertical lines from the top stone edges to the half-way line (to give the appearance of stone continuation from the side), then staggering random vertical lines from the 1/2 point to the bottom grade. It would not have taken much time and would add to the ILLUSION.

[@TimDCVA]

Thanks! I agree with you… but this floor was for a screened porch that was going to have walls built around the outside. They just wanted a solid color since you weren’t going to be able to see the floor from outside.

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

What u talked about!

[@TimDCVA]

Can you email me? [e-mail]

[@sandrogomez8257]

Thank you for such a very cool and helpful video.What brand sealer do you use? I didn't know you can seal concrete that soon ( at the 3rd day) .... All the sealers I have seen have a label that says that concrete should be cured for at least 30 days. If you don't mind I would like some advice, please and Thank you.

[@LordDeuce-ul7my]

Cant say i approve of your stone base. Not even compacted.

[@ahmedalabas2606]

Also did you emd up removing the strike pin?

[@TimDCVA]

We just drove it down with a hammer.

[@redmapleranch]

Thanks for the details in the video. Very informative. What is the name of the resin product you used for mixing the slurry?

[@TimDCVA]

Increte systems spray deck resin. They don’t make it any more. Any bonding agent should work.

[@eddisonpatrick2341]

I love these video because it makes learning easy Thank you

[@TimDCVA]

🙌🏻 you’re welcome. Thank you for the encouragement.

[@timdavis3956]

Looks like your forms bowed pretty Bad....... 👀

[@TimDCVA]

Nope. We built a screened porch on top of it and it was perfectly straight & square.

[@nibzy7149]

Turned out awesome bro.

[@TimDCVA]

Thank you!

[@kennymichael5581]

I love your video, I also learnt a lot in it... Good job guys👍

[@TimDCVA]

Thanks!

[@mikeyboy7515]

Hey just curious, you said those were new stamps. I thought increte systems doesnt make stamps anymore because they were bought out by euclid. Increte systems were the best stamps in my opinion

[@TimDCVA]

Yes they are new Increte stamps. Increte still makes stamps. Not much seems to have changed since being bought out by Euclid. I agree that their stamps are some of the best.

[@mikeyboy7515]

@@TimDCVA thanks for the quick response tim! You have a lot of great videos. Can you buy the stamps directly from increte or do you have to go through a dealer?

[@ConcreteBVI]

Nice work. Looks good guys. It always amazes me how much filming you do throughout the projects. Always documenting that process. Well done 👍🏼 very informative video

[@TimDCVA]

Thanks Nathan! The filming is tedious.... It drives my employees crazy waiting on me to set up cameras. Ha.

[@ConcreteBVI]

@@TimDCVA haha 😂 mine don’t complain - they probably like the slower pace during filming days 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@tavioj6805]

What kind of sealer did you use and why solvent based?

[@TimDCVA]

We used Increte Clear Seal on this one. Solvent based sealer is much easier to repair and reseal than water based. When water based sealer wears out you usually have to strip it all the way off before you can do anything else. With solvent based sealer, you can re-wet it with solvent (rejuvenator from Deco-Crete) and then just re-seal it.

[@tavioj6805]

@@TimDCVA thank you!! Great work!

[@JamesONLINEREPRESENTATIV-nq5wp]

Are there criteria or conditions for choosing type or color of release... Does it have any effect on the finishing

[@henryfehr6202]

As a rule the concrete color is lighter and the release color is darker and darker colors burn sealer off quicker

[@ahmedalabas2606]

Do you normally saw cut joints to control cracks? Ive watched a couple videos and didnt see the process in your videos. Great work btw

[@TimDCVA]

We did hand tool joints in the other stamped concrete video. At the homeowners request, we didn't do any joints in this particular video.

[@henryfehr6202]

As a rule concrete should be cut at 30 times the thickness. So a 4" slab times 30 is 120". But the cut needs to be 1/4 depth of concrete or its useless.

[@Zeppiconstruction]

Great content!!

[@Bigjqrl]

Do you have a rule of thumb on when it’s stiff enough to stamp?

[@TimDCVA]

No not really. We just know it’s ready to stamp shortly after we run the trowel. I will usually take one of the skin stamps and see if I can put any weight on it without it sinking too far.