Got a crack in your concrete.
How to make concrete look like slate stone.
Leave space between each faux stone pattern where the concrete will remain unpainted to resemble mortar.
Once the base coat dries apply strips of thin masking tape in a grid to lay out a tile design.
The desha blog details exactly how to make your entertaining space look like this.
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.
In nature nothing is ever a single flat color.
In order to make it look like real slate i couldn t just buy a solid paint color and roll it on.
Errr make that clean faux slate if you ll pardon my pun.
Note that no stone is one uniform color.
Look at an actual piece of slate or an image of it to best emulate the colors and color variations with paint.
Emulate the look of a slate tile floor or patio by painting the base concrete color in a grout shade such as light gray.
Traditional concrete stains are acid based and work by causing a chemical.
There s a basic background color then small mottles or flecks in other colors.
Turn a plain concrete floor or patio into an imitation of natural stone by blending two or more colors of concrete stain.
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.