Experiences with mixing pigment into wet concrete

[mike]

What did you use? Where did you get it? How did you like the results?

[chaniarts]

i made some colored concrete countertops last summer. i got my tinting supplies here:

worked ok. not as dark as i wanted, but the right color. a bit on the high side for cost i think, but i couldn't find any local places that had it in stock.

[harry]

Above is right. To reduce cost, put down a base layer of uncoloured concrete and a top layer of about an inch of coloured concrete. Put

2nd layer on straight away, don't leave bottom layer to set.

[chaniarts]

that's really hard to do with countertops. they're formed face down.

[ransley]

What are you trying to make, powderd colors are usualy sold at the ready mix company, ive used it alot to match different mortars. I depends on what you are doing , if you are matching or making something

[harry]

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OK put the coloured layer down first in that case.