How Do You Make Colored Concrete Pavers?
Colored concrete pavers add visual interest to your garden path, driveway or patio. Create colorful patterns of your own design or use a monochrome approach. Making the pavers yourself is a way to save money, or you can purchase rubber forms in a variety of sizes and shapes. Choose from a wide variety of acrylic dyes to create the look you want. Decide on the size and shape of your paver. Heavy pavers are recommended as they’re more stable, longer lasting and less likely to shift. A heavy paver should be at least two inches thick. Sketch out a pattern, and decide on the colors or color you want to use. Go to your neighborhood hardware store or to a home-improvement store for the concrete, concrete dyes and the wood you’ll be using for your frame. Have the pieces cut to the correct dimensions at the store. A square paver form made of 1/2 inch wood should have two shorter boards of the same dimension, and two boards that are each 1 inch longer, to create the perfect square when construct
