Hello from Windsor Ontario, I did a little concrete when I was putting myself through university. Haven’t done anything more then some patch work in years. I just had an opportunity to build a new home and after watching your videos I will be purchasing your course and doing my patio and drive way. I’ll send you some pictures when I’m done. I will be taking your advice and start with a small slab that my garden shed will be on then work through the other projects. Thanks again for the great content.
Wow !! End result looked absolutely brilliant 👏, I'm from Birmingham,england 🇬🇧 and 3 of us work together, and just like your men everyone knows what they're doing, no one has to tell each other what to do, and when you've got that teamwork you know you're very lucky ! Makes going to work so much easier mate, great video mike 👍 it's like watching poetry in motion 😂👍
Hi Mike, great looking job. I am a retired concrete finisher of 30 plus years from east central Indiana. I have done two years of stamping concrete from pool decks, driveways, patios, mezzanines, kitchen floors, indoor spa floors, but when we did it we had to throw the color by hand and float it in (because the concrete company’s would not put the color in there trucks) then throw the release, What a dirty job it was. Since then I had finished up my career in doing highways, bridges, walls, tanks, curbs etc. Concrete finishers make it look very easy just as you guys do, that’s when the average Joe who watches these videos can get them self in a world of trouble! Like you say, it’s all in the condition of the day, sub base & mix not to mention the timing! So for all you folks thinking you got this, you just might want to have someone with so knowledge close by! Hay Mike, you got this!!! PS. We use front end discharge trucks around here, the driver can move the shut up and down right and left from in the cab, it comes in very handy.
Central Indiana. I did 12 stamped pool decks this year. It’s definitely a fine dance with the crew to get a great result. You guys are on top of it. Thank you for the video!
I've been doing stamped for my company for 15 yrs..the one thing I wish we did is mix the color in the drum..we throw the color hardener on by hand which takes twice as long. Job looks great. Keep it up.
Up here anything not weelberle is ""convar,""or pump,, up here we normally use weelbarls,, I'm almost alone Labour wise, when I do my stuff, when I was 28years old I was the fastest hand trowel in the city ,it was just retarted I was doing 30meters 3 full trucks by hand without power trowel,, I'm in my 40s now, up here there's to much work, 1millon up in contracts, nobody can do ,or there's not enough contractor's,, it's insain up here
I'v been working cements since I was 15years old working 18fully union local 183, up in Toronto it's 21sq,cement stamp, regular cement 18sq, excavations about 6sq, and if you score a down town home ,it's smaller but all in 250sq do to excecabilaty, it's a honest living
Great job everybody ! I do like the conveyor trucks they really speedup the pour... We use them on wind farm work. You guys are genuine ! I like watching your channel ! Keep up the good work 👍
Great video. We do a ton of stamped concrete here in Washington DC. Its probably 70% of our work. You guys do great work. Even though I've been stamping for 20 +/- years I'm still going to get the course. I'm always up for picking up more tips. Thanks for the hard work Mike!
Watching from central NY, you guys turn out a nice product! I recently got ahold of the large ashlar pattern that you used here and it's my new favorite.
Yours looks so good. My contractor didn’t take off enough powder and it looks so blotchy compared to yours. The next time before I go to seal it and I scrub it with soap will that excess powder come off?
Yorkshire UK , i', thinking of including this service in my property maintenance company, i'm a plasterer by trade & have a grasp of what you said about setting times & how the weather & backgrounds affect the times to hit the finishing. You have a great team there well done all you.
I love these videos! Idk. About anyone else, but I would like to see how to firm and pour a frost wall; maybe with some architectural design in it? Thanks for sharing all the videos!
Your a mighty man mike ,that's a tasty job ,I'm in Ireland and I'm after talking out my timber deck and I'm going to replace it with concrete. I'm renting the pads and I'm going to stamp it ,ill do a test run first before I do the big job ,I have one question ,at what stage can I start to use the pads ie hand print or foot print barely showing ,I'm just afraid I will leave it too late ,thanks again for all your work ,by the way it's great to see your daughters helping you 👍
I’m a concrete contractor for 40 years in Northern California. I just found your videos. The biggest thing different that I’ve noticed between our techniques is here in Northern California during the summer it’s average is 85 to 95°. Concrete most of the time comes hot and I am not able to pour large jobs without any control joints because there will be cracks appearing in usually 5 to 12 hours after we finish. If you don’t put joints in in saw cut later. Do you ever have issues with cracks? do you ever put joints in on Pour day.
Good evening Mike,I am watching from Trinidad and Tobago. I love the professional look of the stamping and would have liked to do this on our driveway but we don’t have the stamps here, all the same this really looks good.I will also look at the other videos to learn.
Great job mike and crew. I am in eastern Iowa. We do foundations and flat work. Some stamping. I will definitely check out the course, always looking for tips on stamping
I recently had a 10x11 patio stamped in a flagstone design. It looks great except for about a 1 1/2 sq ft area in which not enough color was added and it has already been sealed. What are my options here? Contractor will return next week to see what can be done. Just for that area can sealer be removed, color added and sealer replaced or is there a better option? Thx
Why do you have to saw it ? I am thinking about doing concrete footpaths ( after watching your video which is very helpful) Is it necessary to saw the concrete for narrowed pathway.? Thanks
This turned out beautiful! We are looking at this pattern for around our pool but I am nervous cuz we want gray but I’ve seen some done that look almost dirty or muddy instead of clean and even like this!!! Is there a way to prevent that? Also Would u mind sharing your color/release u used?!? This is what I am stressing most about and I LOVE THIS!!
Mike, when using rebars for concrete, if the rebars are at the bottom, and the crew is walking all over them to smooth/finish the concrete and the mini bullsdozer used to pour concrete drives over the rebar, is the rebar at this point any good or useful? It's essentially pressed into the ground. The contractor argues the rebar won't be on the ground, the poured concrete comes underneath it lifting it up, I argue that even if that is the case, his crew was walking all over it and the bullldozer would drive over it every time it had to pour more concrete. And on top of that they did a very poor job with the stamping and steps.
We are from Nh. We are doing are own driveway next week. First timers here! Pray for us lol. Thank you for all the helpful tips. We were going to color the concrete but decided not to. Do you think it will look ok if we dont and just use the charcoal or black release?
Hey Mike!! You have one of most informative content on concrete pours and finishes. So first, thank you for sharing. I’m down north in Ontario. I heard you mention many jobs sites in Maine where there are some freeze thaw cycles. And from what i’ve seen the stamped concrete holds up well. Would it hold up for 5-7 years in ontario where the negative temperature hits -30 Cand summer can be as high as +30 C. I’m think of doing a half inch overlay on existing 6 inch thick pad. This area is exposed to rain, snow and sun, needs to be shovled and will have salt over it. Its an outdoor balcony about 200 sq ft and has a pitch for drainage.
Mike what do you think about using a roller tamper on stamped concrete? I was to believe it helps but don’t really see anyone doing it. Do you have thought on it?
I love this channel! Hey Mike, I’m getting ready to build a house, about what amount should I be expecting to pay for foundation and slab per sf? Then driveway and sidewalks? Thanks
Each project is different and priced according to the plans and codes in you area. I couldn't possibly tell you how much you would pay for a foundation and slab in you area. Sorry
Do you have a list of contractors who have taken your stamped concrete course? Anyone from the Philadelphia metro area by any chance? Looking for someone to install an ashlar slate patio in our backyard. Also, a technique question: why do you start stamping from the edge rather than from the line where you will put a stress-relief saw-cut the next day?
Hello Mr. Day I’m from Central Virginia in the blue ridge. I’ll be probably be tackling this project next year. Probably a stamped front porch. I’m handy but I’ve never done any stamp. I might hire it out. I’m building a decently large one level ranch house about 3200-3500 square foot slab build. I think my cousins and a few friends . I’m guessing about 8 people that semi know what their doing probably will be able to knock it out. Do you think I should rent a couple power trowels for a slab that big?
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I'm from Ohio, I love doing stamped patios they look so good when done. I learned how to stamp from a guy I worked with throughout my 20's
Hello from Windsor Ontario, I did a little concrete when I was putting myself through university. Haven’t done anything more then some patch work in years. I just had an opportunity to build a new home and after watching your videos I will be purchasing your course and doing my patio and drive way. I’ll send you some pictures when I’m done. I will be taking your advice and start with a small slab that my garden shed will be on then work through the other projects. Thanks again for the great content.
All about the crew. That team is the best! Love seeing them work. Everyone knows their duties.
I hate working with guys otherwise 😊
Wow !! End result looked absolutely brilliant 👏, I'm from Birmingham,england 🇬🇧 and 3 of us work together, and just like your men everyone knows what they're doing, no one has to tell each other what to do, and when you've got that teamwork you know you're very lucky ! Makes going to work so much easier mate, great video mike 👍 it's like watching poetry in motion 😂👍
Hi Mike, great looking job. I am a retired concrete finisher of 30 plus years from east central Indiana. I have done two years of stamping concrete from pool decks, driveways, patios, mezzanines, kitchen floors, indoor spa floors, but when we did it we had to throw the color by hand and float it in (because the concrete company’s would not put the color in there trucks) then throw the release, What a dirty job it was. Since then I had finished up my career in doing highways, bridges, walls, tanks, curbs etc. Concrete finishers make it look very easy just as you guys do, that’s when the average Joe who watches these videos can get them self in a world of trouble! Like you say, it’s all in the condition of the day, sub base & mix not to mention the timing! So for all you folks thinking you got this, you just might want to have someone with so knowledge close by! Hay Mike, you got this!!! PS. We use front end discharge trucks around here, the driver can move the shut up and down right and left from in the cab, it comes in very handy.
Central Indiana. I did 12 stamped pool decks this year. It’s definitely a fine dance with the crew to get a great result. You guys are on top of it. Thank you for the video!
Awesome! Thanks for the comment!
Love your video! My husband and I would love to learn how to do stamped concrete. We're from Rogersville Tennessee
Great looking job guys. Our house in Montreal, which was built in 1948, had stamped concrete exterior walls which they called a stonecrete finish.
I've been doing stamped for my company for 15 yrs..the one thing I wish we did is mix the color in the drum..we throw the color hardener on by hand which takes twice as long. Job looks great. Keep it up.
Oh man, that must really suck on hot summer days. No shake on for us, only integral color.
Brilliant. Forget about it. Just got a link to you from Victory. I'm subbed now, looking forward to more from your channel.
Brisbane Australia doing my first stamped slab today thanks for the info and video
Wow I do my mine alone with the same pump,, good work boys ,I like the women rakers,,really cool ,Mike
Mike, what do you mean pump on this one, we used a conveyor truck?
Up here anything not weelberle is ""convar,""or pump,, up here we normally use weelbarls,, I'm almost alone Labour wise, when I do my stuff, when I was 28years old I was the fastest hand trowel in the city ,it was just retarted I was doing 30meters 3 full trucks by hand without power trowel,, I'm in my 40s now, up here there's to much work, 1millon up in contracts, nobody can do ,or there's not enough contractor's,, it's insain up here
I'v been working cements since I was 15years old working 18fully union local 183, up in Toronto it's 21sq,cement stamp, regular cement 18sq, excavations about 6sq, and if you score a down town home ,it's smaller but all in 250sq do to excecabilaty, it's a honest living
Try liquid release , you'll save on time ,, shading is diffrent but time wise on bigger jobs , you'll save
Wow that's a nice work, am from Nigeria and I want to learn more of your work. Thanks Mike
Great job everybody ! I do like the conveyor trucks they really speedup the pour... We use them on wind farm work. You guys are genuine ! I like watching your channel ! Keep up the good work 👍
From the UK, just want to do my garden. You do a fantastic job.
Another job well done. Mike thanks for all the helpful tips and all the great videos..... Aloha from Hawaii
BEAUTIFUL!! You guys are amazing!! Wish you lived close!!
Cheers from Canada, Mike! Always informative videos you release. Never stop learning.
Cheers back!
From silver spring Maryland 👍👍👍nice job
Nice work, great videos. I am adding small stamped concrete jobs because I like it at my own house. Florida is hot, much different then Maine.
Always watching you :) nice job as usual
Thank You!
Looks great! I want to practice more stamping! Awesome videos! Thanks Mike.
Practice is always good. Check out the course: mike-day.mykajabi.com/offers/3hhjPXHx
Hi Amanda, can you help to get some concrete tool for me, I'm from Nigeria
I’m from Pittsburgh. Great stuff here.... thanks for the expertise.
Looks good mike answers my questions
I love stamp concrete and want to learn it. I'm from Nigeria.
GREAT LOOKING WORK AS ALWAYS . TOP QUALITY WORK .
Thanks William!
Great video. We do a ton of stamped concrete here in Washington DC. Its probably 70% of our work. You guys do great work. Even though I've been stamping for 20 +/- years I'm still going to get the course. I'm always up for picking up more tips. Thanks for the hard work Mike!
Job is super ......but guys u most wear maskes that dust will kill....i know for a fact...super nice job
Thanks Frank, let me know what you think.
Great job Mike
Thanks Mark!!
Awesome work. Thank you for showing us. I def. Going to check out your course.
That looks fantastic, Mike.
Thank You!
Awesome work!!
Thank you! Cheers!
I'm from Wisconsin I stamp using liquid releaser and antique using mineral spirits
Watching from central NY, you guys turn out a nice product! I recently got ahold of the large ashlar pattern that you used here and it's my new favorite.
Sounds great!
New York here excellent job
Thanks!
that turned out nice
Arizona valleywide and we use a liquid release that stains concrete the color we need
God job Mike Im do some stamp concrete in Phoenix is similar but we use liquid release is because is hot
Thank You. We use liquid release occasionally, but mostly powder.
Yours looks so good. My contractor didn’t take off enough powder and it looks so blotchy compared to yours. The next time before I go to seal it and I scrub it with soap will that excess powder come off?
Yorkshire UK , i', thinking of including this service in my property maintenance company, i'm a plasterer by trade & have a grasp of what you said about setting times & how the weather & backgrounds affect the times to hit the finishing.
You have a great team there well done all you.
I love these videos! Idk. About anyone else, but I would like to see how to firm and pour a frost wall; maybe with some architectural design in it? Thanks for sharing all the videos!
I don't do walls, but I'll see what I can do to make that happen.
Your a mighty man mike ,that's a tasty job ,I'm in Ireland and I'm after talking out my timber deck and I'm going to replace it with concrete. I'm renting the pads and I'm going to stamp it ,ill do a test run first before I do the big job ,I have one question ,at what stage can I start to use the pads ie hand print or foot print barely showing ,I'm just afraid I will leave it too late ,thanks again for all your work ,by the way it's great to see your daughters helping you 👍
Nice job Mike.
Thanks Rio!!
hello. from Algeria..
good job .
I’m a concrete contractor for 40 years in Northern California.
I just found your videos. The biggest thing different that I’ve noticed between our techniques is here in Northern California during the summer it’s average is 85 to 95°. Concrete most of the time comes hot and I am not able to pour large jobs without any control joints because there will be cracks appearing in usually 5 to 12 hours after we finish.
If you don’t put joints in in saw cut later.
Do you ever have issues with cracks? do you ever put joints in on Pour day.
Richard from Tampa, FL. Very interested in learning everything about stamp concrete.
Good evening Mike,I am watching from Trinidad and Tobago.
I love the professional look of the stamping and would have liked to do this on our driveway but we don’t have the stamps here, all the same this really looks good.I will also look at the other videos to learn.
Mike, I have been watching and enjoying your work for a while, I would like to learn how to stamp concrete, I am from northern New Jersey, Joe
Joe, best place to start learning is in my Concrete Underground private training. In there I can also help you with any questions you have.
good job from Ghana Accra i want to learn more
Nice job Mike. Looks really well
First time watching your video, really great job. I’m in florida I would like to learn to how to stamp. I will take a look at your course. Thanks
Good work.. Mike day
Thank you!
Worcester county ( central massachusetts ) here
in Bahamas love to learn how to do it
🙋♂️🙋♂️ from Missouri!!
Great job mike and crew. I am in eastern Iowa. We do foundations and flat work. Some stamping. I will definitely check out the course, always looking for tips on stamping
Awesome, let me know what you think!
Nice job guys, same pattern and release as my own personal patio. Butterfield is the best
U should give the liquid release a try, no mess from the powder. I'm in Iowa and I do at least 40 percent of my business is decorative
Matt, we use liquid sometimes. Just prefer powder.
I recently had a 10x11 patio stamped in a flagstone design. It looks great except for about a 1 1/2 sq ft area in which not enough color was added and it has already been sealed. What are my options here? Contractor will return next week to see what can be done. Just for that area can sealer be removed, color added and sealer replaced or is there a better option? Thx
Minnesota here, thinking about doing some stamped floors.
Get the course, it'll reduce your learning time and help keep you from making mistakes. mike-day.mykajabi.com/offers/3hhjPXHx
This is a great job.
Why do you have to saw it ? I am thinking about doing concrete footpaths ( after watching your video which is very helpful)
Is it necessary to saw the concrete for narrowed pathway.?
Thanks
This turned out beautiful! We are looking at this pattern for around our pool but I am nervous cuz we want gray but I’ve seen some done that look almost dirty or muddy instead of clean and even like this!!! Is there a way to prevent that? Also Would u mind sharing your color/release u used?!? This is what I am stressing most about and I LOVE THIS!!
Mike, when using rebars for concrete, if the rebars are at the bottom, and the crew is walking all over them to smooth/finish the concrete and the mini bullsdozer used to pour concrete drives over the rebar, is the rebar at this point any good or useful? It's essentially pressed into the ground. The contractor argues the rebar won't be on the ground, the poured concrete comes underneath it lifting it up, I argue that even if that is the case, his crew was walking all over it and the bullldozer would drive over it every time it had to pour more concrete. And on top of that they did a very poor job with the stamping and steps.
We are from Nh. We are doing are own driveway next week. First timers here! Pray for us lol. Thank you for all the helpful tips. We were going to color the concrete but decided not to. Do you think it will look ok if we dont and just use the charcoal or black release?
It'll look good. You can always stain it afterwards also.
Hey Mike!! You have one of most informative content on concrete pours and finishes. So first, thank you for sharing. I’m down north in Ontario. I heard you mention many jobs sites in Maine where there are some freeze thaw cycles. And from what i’ve seen the stamped concrete holds up well. Would it hold up for 5-7 years in ontario where the negative temperature hits -30 Cand summer can be as high as +30 C. I’m think of doing a half inch overlay on existing 6 inch thick pad. This area is exposed to rain, snow and sun, needs to be shovled and will have salt over it. Its an outdoor balcony about 200 sq ft and has a pitch for drainage.
I really want to know how to stamped concrete but am from Calgary city Canada . Thanks
Nice job you did there,why didn't you use color hardener or is it's not necessary?
I do... I'm from Virginia
Hi grate job. Want to learn. An Ghana 🇬🇭 Accra,
I'm from San Antonio Texas I'm trying to learn how to stamp and cover
I'm from Idaho and I'm wanting to learn to stamp
What color antiquing release did you use on top of the Gull Gray integral? Thanks!
Hello Mike. Thank for this wonderful stamp video. Is wire really needed for under the concrete??
Wire just helps hold the concrete together if it does crack.
I'm from Atlanta ga I have one question what is the dust you throw down before you stamp I'm getting a a Walkway done at my house?
I have a question. When you apply the powder color, can you remove most of the powder with a wash? if you want to show most of the concrete color?
I did a lot of stamp entrance ways at Walmart I hated stamp work very dirty
Молодцы !!!
what color did you use for the concrete mix and what color did you use for the release agent
Mike can I joint it that same day as I pour to make bigger joints nicer.?
What color is it work looks amazing good job
This looks great! Is it colored or not? From northern Colorado!
Hi. What color did you guys use?? Thank you! Great work!
Gull grey
Hello I will like to learn more,am from Nigeria
I want to learn stamping
Jacksonville, Florida
Mike what do you think about using a roller tamper on stamped concrete? I was to believe it helps but don’t really see anyone doing it. Do you have thought on it?
Your girl in the sweats looked a little too comfortable near the edge at beginning of pour. Had me nervous.
Keep up the great content!
Thanks for watching Kenneth!
Hi Mike, I'm finding it very difficult to get a bull float, can I purchase from you? I'm from Nigeria
Mike is it the same principle with putting mats down .when you can only get fingers in half inch?
I love this channel! Hey Mike, I’m getting ready to build a house, about what amount should I be expecting to pay for foundation and slab per sf? Then driveway and sidewalks? Thanks
Each project is different and priced according to the plans and codes in you area. I couldn't possibly tell you how much you would pay for a foundation and slab in you area. Sorry
Great job
How many stamps do you need for job this size and what size are the stamps
I really i want to learn everything concrete stamping i'm in lesotho africa
Do you have a list of contractors who have taken your stamped concrete course? Anyone from the Philadelphia metro area by any chance? Looking for someone to install an ashlar slate patio in our backyard. Also, a technique question: why do you start stamping from the edge rather than from the line where you will put a stress-relief saw-cut the next day?
Want to learn how to stamp. In Pennsylvania.
In Texas we would never pour concrete without rebar. Is rebar not common in Maine?
Hello Mr. Day I’m from Central Virginia in the blue ridge. I’ll be probably be tackling this project next year. Probably a stamped front porch. I’m handy but I’ve never done any stamp. I might hire it out. I’m building a decently large one level ranch house about 3200-3500 square foot slab build. I think my cousins and a few friends . I’m guessing about 8 people that semi know what their doing probably will be able to knock it out. Do you think I should rent a couple power trowels for a slab that big?
Yes, get a couple trowels. You'll be happy you did.
I live in Illinois and I would like to learn how to stamp concrete
Grate job
Can you tell me how much you did this job par square foot including the material and labor please
I’m from New York
I stamp crete .... conneaut Ohio
Where can i buy stamps? Im from South Africa
Where can I find the mold to stamp the concrete?
Hi Mike, did you have any footings on this pour
Why do you leave the mesh on the bottom? Shouldnt it be in the center?