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Staining Pavers

gto65goat

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My Red and Charcoal Pavers have bleached out the past 6 years.
I'm told a solution to this would be to stain the Pavers.
Has anyone ever done this on the forum?
My fear is making the pavers too slippery...no matter dry or wet.
I would really appreciate any advice you might have for me.
Thank you,
John
 
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kbs2244

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The idea of a "stain" vs a "paint" is that a stain soaks into the surface while a paint covers the surface.
So, a stain should not affect the traction surface.
But I would test it in an out of the way corner first.
 

Kaizen

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really depends on the quality of your pavers. guessing if you're going to stain them they are lower grade and porous which will do fine for stain. you can spray it on with a pump sprayer.
higher grade and denser pavers still will take it but the surface is smoother so could be a little slippery.
 
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ssdave

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I've had good luck by buying dry pigments made for staining concrete, and mixing them with water and sugar (as a tackifier) and spraying them on. Pressure wash the pavers first, to get them clean. Then, etch the surface by spraying with a bit of diluted muriatic acid, letting it work for a while, and then pressure wash again. Now, spray on the sugar/pigment mixture. It helps to mist the surface periodically for a few days after you put on the pigment, to help it settle in and penetrate the surface. MIST it, don't get it wet enough to run water off. A misting nozzle like used on stucco and plaster work helps do this right. There are also brush on stains that are more or less paint type products that can be used.

I've had real good success using the pigments, I have done walls like I described, using several different colors of stain sprayed in sequence with my HVLP gun, in patterns to give natural stone appearance (the surface was formed with stone texture skins in place). I have the concrete stained a base color at the plant, and then as soon as the forms are stripped off, and while the concrete is still somewhat green, clean it and stain it with the powders sprayed on like I said.
 

jhelrey

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Just do what my buddy did...

Park a dump trailer fully loaded with brown dyed mulch. One day of solid rain and his red pavers were stained brown and you could see the way the water ran all of the way down the driveway and out by the garage...

Not going to lie, I laughed my **** off. He tried scrubbing, pressure washing, but I told him time would fix it, which it did.
 
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gto65goat

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Thanks to all who responded to my question.
I have decided I will use a stain from Sherwin Williams that best matches the original colors of my Red and Charcoal Pavers.
John
 
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