
James R. Reed, II asked: The surface of our three year old, decorative stamped patio is washed out and appears almost milky in color.
What should I do to restore it to it’s original, glossy/colored (brown) appearance?
Colored concrete – without a sealer – looks very muted, almost chalk like in appearance. However, when you apply the sealer the color (in our case, dark brown) pops and appears glossy until the sealer is eventually weathered away.
After the original coat of sealer weathered away after about a year, I bought a 10 gallon drum of sealer from Home Depot and applied two coats on my own, on two successive days.
My application never looked like the original, much less like I wanted. It only looks good when it’s wet at which point it looks exactly how it used to.
How do I get back to where I want to be? I assume that I need to first strip all of the accumulated and remaining sealer from the patio and start over. Is that accurate?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
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