Concrete Stain. in/Outdoor. Industrial-Quality. Eco-Friendly. 19 Colors/3 Sizes. Order Color Sample First. (1/2 gal Charcoal Gray)

I accidentally ordered two samples of the same color, but it seems the color is good for my project. Here's what I learned. I'm not sure the larger size will be more concentrated than the sample. The sample was diluted and ready to use. I ordered dark walnut and when I opened it, it looked like dark gray. My project area is a front porch less than 100sf that has both light gray flagstone with touches of brown. I tested it in an inconspicuous small dry area using a foam brush and the color was brown. So we cleaned the area and while still damp, I applied some. It went on like a light chocolate milk color and then didn't seem to do anything. So I dried the area with a towel and gave it little time to dry, then I applied to the entire area using a roller brush. It did darken as it dried. Lesson learned - the foam brush or anything that puts the stain on evenly is the way to go. The streak areas where there is more product is brown and is the color I wanted. I will either spray or use a foam brush. The other areas changed color slightly. I am now awaiting the 1/2 gallon product and will report back with pictures of how it turns out. Update: I received the 1/2 gallon today and immediately applied it. I used a sponge brush and applied it evenly. It is great. Attached are the pictures. The stain itself looks gray to me even after shaking/mixing it extensively, but it dries to a brown color. The pictures represent about 3 coats including the samples I received and today's 3rd coat. The final picture was taken within an hour and it likely will darken more. The original stone was a gray color with some brown in some of the stone.

I love it. It made finishing our basement bathroom floor easy. The hardest thing for this old grandma to do was to get down on the floor to mark the striping tape. It is not perfect but I'm fine with it. I bought some expensive striping tape from the auto parts store it worked too well but it only covered about a third of the floor. There is striping frog tape but I tediously cut a smaller strip from the tape I had. Then, I poured the charcoal grey concrete stain into a spray bottle and sprayed the finer mist generously over all of the floor. Then, I put the setting for bigger drops that I spattered around. When that dried, I used a small amount of the white concrete stain and using a small paint brush did the veining, highlighting existing veins and creating more veins. The veining was so easy gliding over the previously stained floor. Then pulled up the tape. It leaked a little under the frog tape, but I happen to like that the best. It looked great but I did go over it all with a clear sealer. JUST A NOTE: This work was done on a never before sealed section of a 1936 basement floor that was cut out and new concrete section poured meeting the old concrete. The striping is more faded on the old concrete that was done with a similiar technique a couple of years ago, but is still visible.

Doesn't stain concrete that well, streaks left.

I purchased this to stain the coping around my spa and pool area that was sun faded. I power wash my patio about every 90 days so I didn't bother with etching or cleaning anything. I just applied the stain as directed and it worked beautifully. It took me about 90 minutes to stain around the spa with two coats. I put down a puppy pad to keep my supplies on while I worked. I put the stain in an old pickle jar so it was easier to manage and I could put the lid on and shake the stain about every foot or so to keep the mixture even. I also had a small mister that I used to wet the coping prior to applying the stain. If I had any stain that ran down a tile I would just spray the area and then wipe it off with a wet paper towel. I put on a second coat and it darkened which was nice. I have since done around the entire pool area and I have ordered a gallon jug and I plan to do several coats before I seal it. I think I may try to stain my front sidewalk up to the house next.

It darkened the concrete but the sewer cover lids don’t sit truly flat so the color ran sometime after the first hour leaving streaks. I need to do more work to camouflage the streaky finish.

Update: This actually ended up working pretty well on the pavers. While it initially appeared the stain soaked into the pavers too much to change the color, within a few days the stain popped back up and changed tan colored pavers to Grey pretty darn well. Still took a lot of stain, but ultimately got a pretty decent end product. Had some old retaining wall blocks I wanted to stain gray. Wasn't confident it'd work and it didn't end up working well. It changed the color slightly, but certainly not as much as I would have liked. The color looked good initially when applying, but quickly soaked in. I did 90 pavers with a gallon (2 coats). If I had a few more gallons, it may have worked, but at that point it would be cheaper to buy new pavers. Maybe it works better on Concrete slabs, but I wouldn't recommend using on retaining wall blocks, I'm guessing they're just too porous.

Disappointed. I bought this because I thought I read that it would work on brick, but it did not. So it may be a great product for concrete, but definitely do not buy this for brick/masonry. I tried both a sprayer and brushing it on, and in both cases, as this is for a wall, it just ran down the brick, dripped off, and ended up causing the brick to look hazy and dirty after I spent several hours cleaning it.

Amazing product! Easy to apply covers pretty evenly and give a luxury look. This was my first time staining floors I covered about 2500 SQFT I am not at all skilled at it and of course I can see some overlaps and the lines on the floor but it still looks amazing and blended really well. Def recommend