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Posted by Steve on August 18, 2007, 4:39 pm
Greetings,
I have to patch some knockdown concrete texture on a patio. The client
removed a metal fence, and there are now smooth square spots where the
bases were screwed to the patio. Each spot is about 4" x 4". The
texture was originally sprayed on then knocked down with a float.
I'm planning to make a fairly thick mixture of concrete patch, put it
on the bare spots in blobs, and knock it down with a trowel. Luckily
it's just concrete gray. I know I can't match the color or texture
perfectly, at least now without spending more time than the client
wants to pay for.
I did a Google search, but found no how-to sites for patching, only for
from-scratch jobs. Am I doing this right? Any sneaky tricks? All
suggestions are welcome.
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Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement
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Posted by dadiOH on August 18, 2007, 7:18 pm
Steve wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have to patch some knockdown concrete texture on a patio. The
> client removed a metal fence, and there are now smooth square spots
> where the bases were screwed to the patio. Each spot is about 4" x
> 4". The texture was originally sprayed on then knocked down with a
> float.
>
> I'm planning to make a fairly thick mixture of concrete patch, put
> it on the bare spots in blobs, and knock it down with a trowel.
> Luckily it's just concrete gray. I know I can't match the color or
> texture perfectly, at least now without spending more time than the
> client wants to pay for.
>
> I did a Google search, but found no how-to sites for patching, only
> for from-scratch jobs. Am I doing this right? Any sneaky tricks? All
> suggestions are welcome.
Sounds right to me. The only hard part that I can see is getting the
right sized and sufficient blobs in the rather smallish area. I once
had to do similar...made my mix on the thin side, dipped a coarse
bristle brush in and blobbed by smacking the loaded brush against my
other hand. Just wiped off over spatter.
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dadiOH
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Posted by Steve on August 18, 2007, 7:30 pm
alt.home.repair:
> Steve wrote:
>> I have to patch some knockdown concrete texture on a patio. The
>> client removed a metal fence, and there are now smooth square spots
>> where the bases were screwed to the patio. Each spot is about 4" x
>> 4". The texture was originally sprayed on then knocked down with a
>> float.
>>
>> I'm planning to make a fairly thick mixture of concrete patch, put
>> it on the bare spots in blobs, and knock it down with a trowel.
>> Luckily it's just concrete gray. I know I can't match the color or
>> texture perfectly, at least now without spending more time than the
>> client wants to pay for.
>
> Sounds right to me. The only hard part that I can see is getting the
> right sized and sufficient blobs in the rather smallish area. I once
> had to do similar...made my mix on the thin side, dipped a coarse
> bristle brush in and blobbed by smacking the loaded brush against my
> other hand. Just wiped off over spatter.
Thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't thought of having rags ready to
wipe off the "overspray". I'll try both thick and thin mixes to see
which works better in this case.
--
Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement
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Posted by Oren on August 18, 2007, 7:46 pm
>Greetings,
>
>I have to patch some knockdown concrete texture on a patio. The client
>removed a metal fence, and there are now smooth square spots where the
>bases were screwed to the patio. Each spot is about 4" x 4". The
>texture was originally sprayed on then knocked down with a float.
>
>I'm planning to make a fairly thick mixture of concrete patch, put it
>on the bare spots in blobs, and knock it down with a trowel. Luckily
>it's just concrete gray. I know I can't match the color or texture
>perfectly, at least now without spending more time than the client
>wants to pay for.
What does the client want?
Knock-down texture on inside walls and outside patios are different -
I guess.
Any knock down texture is hard to replicate. Drive your self nuts,
and achieve a reasonable proximity too your liking.
>I did a Google search, but found no how-to sites for patching, only for
>from-scratch jobs. Am I doing this right? Any sneaky tricks? All
>suggestions are welcome.
Change your verbiage?
--
Oren
"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens
constantly."
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Posted by on August 18, 2007, 8:43 pm
>Greetings,
>
>I have to patch some knockdown concrete texture on a patio. The client
>removed a metal fence, and there are now smooth square spots where the
>bases were screwed to the patio. Each spot is about 4" x 4". The
>texture was originally sprayed on then knocked down with a float.
>
>I'm planning to make a fairly thick mixture of concrete patch, put it
>on the bare spots in blobs, and knock it down with a trowel. Luckily
>it's just concrete gray. I know I can't match the color or texture
>perfectly, at least now without spending more time than the client
>wants to pay for.
>
>I did a Google search, but found no how-to sites for patching, only for
>from-scratch jobs. Am I doing this right? Any sneaky tricks? All
>suggestions are welcome.
I would practice on another spot like a piece of plywood. It is very
hard to match someone elses knockdown technique. When my wife was
building houses she could recognize different guy's work by the
"random" patterns they made.
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