The Staff at Pure Texture is happy to share with contractors some of our best concrete overlay tips. Feel free to overview them before beginning your next concrete overlay project.

1. Never color a job without an approved sample board and have the coloring formulas written on the back of the board(and contract).
2. Always degrease when you power-wash before you start your job.
3. Never bridge score-lines, expansion joints, or any saw-cut expansion.
4. Always address your crack-repair issues prior to starting the job.
5. Never color an area that you cannot seal the same day.
6. Never stop texturing an area that you cannot finish in one day;on large jobs, end your days work at an expansion joint or stopping point.
7. Never leave filament tape on the project over night, pull your tape the same day.
8. Always have the same one person mixing your liquid pigments.
9. Always wear socks to walk on a newly finished surface when sealing.
10. Always use ice-water when you mix in the heat of the summer.
11. Always put your 3 qts resin, 3-4 qts water, mix add color, mix, then add powder; in that exact order every time.
12. Never use a chalk-line, use the filament tape to stretch-out straight runs and right angles.
13. Never bite off more then you can chew.
14. Never under price yourself, for you will bastardize this industry.
15. Always Plan, Plan, Plan! (Check the Weather Channel)