Make Custom Concrete Stone with Natural Color Shades for Pennies Each

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This article is the result of one of our customersIf the stone you want to make is thicker than
asking how to make a “sandy-yellowtwo-inches, you should use bags of premix
colored stone with brown and tan coloredconcrete to make the stone. If the stone is a
highlights so it will look like natural stone”.veneer or is less than two-inches thick, you want
They went on to explain that they had seen thatto use bags of Sand Mix to make your concrete
colored stone in a stone yard, and its cost wasstone. Just follow the instructions on the bag as
over $6.00 a square foot. They wanted to makefar as how much water to use to mix your
the stone themselves to save money. Theyconcrete. You can also use Portland cement and
were able to duplicate the stone, and save aboutsand, and measure and mix your own batches of
ninety-percent of the retail cost. Here are theconcrete, which will save you a little money if you
instructions we provided. The basic techniques canare doing a larger-sized project. But you need to
be used to attain virtually any concrete colors youweigh the convenience of premix bags of
may desire.concrete over the savings gained versus the labor
The Basics of Manufactured Stone Making atof mixing your own batches.