Concrete refinishing

[PoolDesignnet]

I'm confused....

Are your talking about your pool or the deck around the pool? The pools are not usually "just concrete". The shell is, but the finish inside is either marcite, diamond brite or such.

Zina
Pooldesign.net

[VOLDADDY]

I am talking about the concrete around my pool. Since it is already in place I can't have it stamped, so I was wanting to have it colored, like the "faux" finish my wife did to my bedroom. I was wanting a flagstone look. I am leery of the thin layer over my existing concrete due to the cracking. I don't think this will hold up very well, and I don't want to just throw $1k down the drain. Thanks for all the replies, and hopefully someone out there has had this done with good results for years that can post pictures.

[PoolDesignnet]

Have you considered a product like kooldeck or spraydeck? It wont be a design, but it will give your deck color.

Zina
PoolDesign.net

[Brock]

We are also looking in to this; our pool deck is just brushed concrete. We did stain it light pink shortly after it was installed, but it still looks like concrete. A place around here said they can make it look like stone or tile or what ever we want. I was skeptical at first but they do it by using acid and etching the existing cement, not adding anything on top of it, then coloring it and finally sealing it if you want. I got to see a floor with all different patterns and colors in their showroom. It was amazing to see what they did to a plain cement floor, some of the floor was still plain between the parts they did etch. They suggested going with a light seal so the water would get sucked in to the concrete, but not so much we had standing water so it wasn't so slippery when wet.

I wouldn't add anything on top of the existing cement, but etching it with acid seems like it would work? Our pool deck would be about $2k, someday we hope to do it. My concern is our bull nose is also just part of the deck and I am not sure how they would deal with that.

[PoolDesignnet]

Check out this site. Looks pretty interesting.

http://www.superconcrete.com/services.htm

Zina
PoolDesign.net