Thank you...I will let Gregg know your kind words

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The open time is pretty forgiving when you go 3/8 thick...we just did a 650 sqft outdoor pool deck...2 people...in one day. We prepped first by using spider lath and our Pro Bond mix over all the cracks on the pool deck on day 1 and let that dry. Pressure washed the deck first! Then laid down spider lath at about 12 to 18 inches wide over each crack and applied the Pro Bond which we applied with a trowel just enough to cover the spider lath. The next day...we applied Pro Stamp at 3/8 inch thick, used a Gauge Rake to get the proper thickness then a smoother and trowels to get it smooth. had to wait 30 minutes for it to get hard enough to use texture mats...then stamped the whole thing in about an hour. waited several hours for it to set hard enough to hand carve...then hand carved the entire surface in about 2 hours. BUT...we had 2 people and a couple helpers. So...if you are doing this by yourself, I would try and only do about 250 sqft a day to give yourself plenty of time. Hopefully they poured your driveway with "control joints" so you may want to divide up your job by the number of control jointed area. For example if your driveway is broken into 4 quarters with the control joints down the center of the length and another at the center of the width...do 1 or 2 of the quarters per day. Hope this helps...and PLEASE realize that I have no idea of the condition of your driveway, temperatures you will be working in, etc., so my answers are best guesses.

Texture stamps are going to leave texture...so stamping a smoother or less aggressive stamp after the texture stamp may not give you the less aggressive look you desire for that particular area. For example...when we are using a texture stamp on an area that will have a wood border with less aggressive texture in the wood stamp, we will lay down the wood stamp and then use the texture stamp all around it and not texture where the wood is. We will then use a trowel and sometimes cut the line between the wood stamp and the texture and rock the trowel back and forth to give true separation and add a bit more 3D effect to the wood stamp edges.So...if your sun or star pattern has light or no texture, you may want to texture all around it and not texture where the lighter textured sun or star stamps will be used.As always...there are lots of different techniques...this is just a couple of the ones we use.

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Having the best products on the market...it works very well! ; )Unless you know how to use a trowel to do a skip trowel wood look...then you would use our wood plank stamps with your mix at 3/8" thick.

on an exterior wall of a house you would need a cement board as a backer? and for a walk in shower? I would like to go to a training with you but i am offshore on the dates you are doing them. I live is south Louisiana

Hello Chucker roo, I believe that you may be speaking of a technique by which using a dry release powder as a release agent for stamps which is absolutely exceptable as well as if you are speaking of releasing an actual stone type material to achieve the texture desired from that stone, that would be exceptable as well. Please let me know if this helped at all and feel free to contact me at anytime to discuss. 864-316-0129 Gregg Hensley. Thanks again

yes you can go over plywood...as long as it is stable. Watch this specific video of ours on going over wood: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fb-eZc6jtsmofnWK.htmlatching this video should answer a lot of your questions and give you a step-by-step on how to do it.

Can I use this method on a sidewalk? I’m in the Southwest (el Paso) similar weather , will the stain last in this sun ?

You can...it just gives you a different look. So...it all depends on your taste and what you are trying to accomplish.What we are teaching in this video is one way of creating a realistic flagstone look with sharp edges on the flagstone and rich wide realistic looking grout joints that actually look like mortar.You can use a stamp to get a "similar" look, and we teach our classes to use stamps as well...but stamps will just about always give a closed pour grout joint and smoother rounder edges to the stones because even through the grout joint in the stamp may look like sand...it is being pressed into the wet concrete closing the pours, and the edges of the stones are hard to make to look sharp in a stamp. Stamps are a great method and a great way to go, and are again...one method.This video is teaching a different technique where the concrete in the grout joints are open pour and look rough and sandy...like actual grout, and the edges of the flagstone are sharp, crisp and a little jagged...more like actual flagstone. Also...you will never have two jobs that look the same as a hand carved flagstone is completely unique and custom for each job.As far as color...absolutely you can mix color in first so you get a consistent integral color throughout the mix. Again, for this video...we are showing one application method where we use standard mix and a specific coloring method to get a realistic look. There are many ways to color concrete, we do teach integral as well as topical coloring in our classes.Great comments and glad you asked because others may have been wondering the same thing.

Yes...you can use our colors on regular concrete, concrete stone veneer, and even some stone.

We make them...Call 844-786-6333 and let Suzanne know you are looking for a Round End Carving tool or a Box End carving tool (if doing brick)...or email your request to info@stoneedgesurfaces.com and we will get you the information to order.

Yes...send me an email at bruce@stoneedgesurfaces.com and I will send you a catalogue. Let me know what state and city or country you are in and I will let you know if you are close to one of our distributors as well.

I do not have a distributor in the UK...so yes...I can ship. Send your email address to bruce@stoneedgesurfaces.com and I will get you a catalogue and pricing.

Austin, The main point is to show how to do stamped concrete and grow the awareness and the industry as a whole. Each video does have the contact info for the company or if you are looking to try some i can find a distributor in your area if I know where you are.

Stone Edge Surfaces I can't find the contact info. Any way I'm living in upstate south Carolina. Could you tell me where can I find this product. ?

In upstate SC I don't have a distributor so you can order factory direct. 844-786-6333 (844-STONEEDGE)

Usamos pigmentos naturales mezclados con nuestro Pro Seal. Pro Seal actúa como un agente reactivo para atraer los pigmentos hacia el interior del concreto, de modo que no queden en la superficie.

gracias, soy de chile creo k no encontrare estos productos

You can order factory direct from us and we will ship to Chile

Como puedo ordenar los colores me dedico a aser estampado y ocupó para reparaciones .. como puedo tener contacto

Mojo Jojo...we have a factory here in Mesa...and we should talk. We focus our trainings on contractors and most of our contractors are pretty booked at higher priced jobs. They have focused on higher end clientele. Start using our products and lets see if I can send some leads your way.

Stone Edge Surfaces : I'll be in touch..thanks

bruce@stoneedgesurfaces.com ... we have a new French Versailles Travertine stamp that is pulling in around $10 per sqft every time its used. Plus...if you are not doing vertical....lots of $ in vertical! one of our contractors just did a stone veneer job where the Product Cost was $17 per sqft...he came to training specifically because he knew he threw away profit. We showed him how to color match and produce almost the same look for a product cost of around $3 per sqft. This was last week and again Tuesday this week...he has 2 jobs sold for good money...just from this weeks training. I can't go get you the jobs...but maybe we can add some tools into your bag that give you something the other guys can't offer. just a thought.

You can buy the colors at www.stoneedgesurfaces.com contact us at info@stoneedgesurfaces.com