How To Make Concrete Look Like Slate Stone
Errr make that clean faux slate if you ll pardon my pun.
How to make concrete look like slate stone. Once the base coat dries apply strips of thin masking tape in a grid to lay out a tile design. Before you re ready to paint any concrete surface to look like stone you have to select what colors the stone will be. With the help of some craft paint sealer and airstone i was able to make the hearth look like it perfectly belongs with the new stone fireplace. Look at an actual piece of slate or an image of it to best emulate the colors and color variations with paint.
The original grey color of the concrete hearth looked off and the builder never finished off the edges so it was time to finally get it the way i always imagined. The first thing i did was power wash all the concrete so that i d start with a clean slate. You can also paint the concrete white beige or dark brown to look like tinted mortar. Traditional concrete stains are acid based and work by causing a chemical.
In nature nothing is ever a single flat color. Turn a plain concrete floor or patio into an imitation of natural stone by blending two or more colors of concrete stain. Note that no stone is one uniform color. Emulate the look of a slate tile floor or patio by painting the base concrete color in a grout shade such as light gray.
The desha blog details exactly how to make your entertaining space look like this. This is the diy for you. There s a basic background color then small mottles or flecks in other colors.