Ted, sorry for getting to this so late. The pavers are over 23 years old now; the first time we stained them, they lasted over 10 years to where they needed to be stained again; then, some more time went by, and we restained them, and I am guessing that lasted 5 to 6 years. This last time lasted about 1 1/2 years. The pavers are crumbling; I had leftover treads/step pavers and have almost used all those up because the pavers are in such a bad state. No more staining them now. They are just too far gone. I just took a good look at them last week as I was pulling weeds. The pavers really need to be replaced. But the budget is not there for that. Thank you for your question. Don

Thank you for the kind words, it is appreciated. I share with the team if this old man who needs a knee replacement can do it anyone can. First thing is to do a simple water test on the surface, just use a glass or bottle of water and pour it on, if the pavers darkens while getting wet then it is a good candidate, the darker the better. We use a translucent- like slurry that is water-based so no etching but absorption required. We are not a paint or paint like stain, no acrylic or latex in our process but just natural pigments made in brick manufacturing mixed with a water based elixir. Our process cannot hurt or compromise the pavers in anyway. You are asking great questions. No fading or lifting but need three things to be successful - 1. Needs to be applied to absorptive pavers you will know by your water test. 2. Needs applied the right way by brush. We want the pavers to absorb the stain into the surface. We use the term "Drink" our product in, the paver for example will only drink so much at one time, so we might stain the paver, let dry then stain again with an second application if needed but do not want to overload the paver with to much stain at one time that it dries on the surface, we need it to absorb in. 3. To apply the stain in the right conditions, you want clean, acid free, dry pavers. On Vertical walls when we apply it we give a lifetime warranty and have over 400 Case Studies proving the long lasting ability of our process. So no fading, cracking, peeling, blistering or flaking but with pavers/horizontal applications the surface of the paver will see erosion and our process does need reapplied at some point, how soon depends on the paver it is applied to. The stained pavers will get wet naturally just like an unstained paver. Please let us know if you have any additional questions, or email to info@masonrycosmetics.com any pictures would like to send us, thanks again Don

Are you looking to stain the brick on your home or your pavers? Please check out www.masonrycosmetics.com and also please feel free to email me at brickmen@gmail.com if you have any questions, sorry I did not get back to you sooner. Don

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@@MasonryCosmetics thank you! I am in the southeast Michigan area

Thank you for this video. Trying to decided if we should stain out pavers. This was so helpful.