@frankflanagan109 appreciate you watching bro 👊

@GRUBB-MUDD got 2 of them first they came out. Spring broke on one about 20 minutes into stamping and other one stays in the shop. Guess it's a personal preference thing but no one on our crew likes it. Cool idea and design but if you gotta hit the concrete with any forced harder than walking on the stamps it doesn't allow it. Be cool if they had an adjustment to stiffen or soften the spring

@@bensconcretecreations hey i got a video of 1 breaking at the expo, thats funny. I need to post that video

@Tony-Rinaldo not gonna lie kinda broke my heart running this brand new equipment down there. Those fkrs came with a hefty ass price tag. Now we gotta get em out of there lol

@@bensconcretecreations they definitely look pricey!! 😄 I know you guys are always up for a challenge!! Keep loving it!! 👊

@frankflanagan109 thanks bud 🙏

Wish i thought to try that at some point. Stamping 60 yards of concrete in 98 degree weather with drenched gloves makes it worse. No one in this video has gloves on for a reason. To each their own bro this works for me.

@@bensconcretecreations yeah that’s true in the heat your hands do get sweaty as hell lol, I blister my hands all the time when shoveling abunch of dirt I usually just deal with it like a man I don’t wear gloves 😂 I would think gloves would help but never really tried it to be honest, but you guys do lots of the same work so your technique would probably work best

It's always the ones with no videos or subscribers that got the most to say. I'll take my stupid ass to the bank with this stupid ass check.

With this particular kind only 1. We have another video doing a soldier made out of an American flag. Same steps and concept as this just 3 colors instead of one

@@bensconcretecreations how do you price your jobs ? Is it by the hour by the project ? I currently do architectural concrete mid would like to maybe do something like this on the side

@SwiftTalk7 we know our numbers so know our breakeven price and go from there. Something like this should cost between 3500 and 5k

@@bensconcretecreations that makes sense ! Cost of material and labor , how long did it take ? This piece looked time consuming for sure , I might’ve missed it in the video if you said , but hands down beautiful !

@SwiftTalk7 thanks! This stencil was really time consuming with all the little bitty pieces. We've done quite a few stencils. They never take us more than a day at most

Appreciate that man glad someone got something out of it. That's all that matters to me. It's like using a shovel all day or for a week straight when you start to get blisters you readjust your grip. Eventually you'll find a way that has least amount of wear of the body. Don't get me wrong, calises are good but no sense making more than you need. Thanks for watching and hmu if you ever need to stamp man I'll help any way I can

Verbal typo. It happens 🤷‍♂️

Too late for that 😆

Absolutely Perfect for cooler Temps. Hands turn to prunes in this heat with gloves on. Even with gloves I still loosen my grip. Whatever works as long as job gets done 💪 ✔️

It's the darker 2 tone effect you see in the low spots called antiquing you apply after the concrete is stamped and cleaned and before sealing if you're using liquid release instead of powder release

@@bensconcretecreations I know that I have been doing stamped concrete for 19 years. Just never heard of EZ tique having Portland in it.

@henryfehr6202 oh gotcha. Yes sir it does. Any form of liquid antiquing does

Belongs in the dumpster

Works pretty good for getting it dialed in. We usually do this, then run a compactor and then do it one more time allowing for a half inch tolerance

Let's catch a call soon bro would love go hear more about this and other tips I can use all I can get lol

Works pretty good man we've got pins we've had for 8 years or so

What up Bobby! Was gonna go live last week but signal was weak where we were at. Ill try doing this more. Got a stamped overlay video ready to drop just need to post it. Yall kick some ass this week bro lfg 💪

@@bensconcretecreations 👍🙏

We do what we can do and that's all we can do

@@bensconcretecreations good work pays off

Up or down inches per how many feet?

@VeryStableGenius depends on what we're doing. This particular driveway is 3600 square feet, will be poured at 5" thick and a seamless texture stamp. We aim for 1.5"-2" of fall every 10' on stamped concrete and 1" minimum every 10' if it's broom finished.

Sometimes. May take more or less wacks depending on the person

None of this is true lol

It’s a concrete form pin and yeah, it’ll work again. Doesn’t have to be true

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I've used these in overlay materials. Send me a link to what product you use would love to check it out. Ive used colorfast from a company called durramen.

​@@bensconcretecreations Any ceramic/pottery supply in your area will have the iron oxides. My last purchase was from Sri Lanka (ebay) and took a while to ship but the price was agreeable. I use the oxides for ceramic glaze making, but sometimes experiment with them. They also make for great wood stains.

We used 100% solids epoxy then matte wb urethane all from surfkoat

I'd think they'd charge less for time wasted. Hard to do a nice decorative concrete project with crooked or crowned boards. Not as much of an issue with rough framing but each trade is different