Whats the difference between colored concrete and broadcast colors?
*Colored concrete is manufactured by your local concrete supplier and the color comes already mixed within the concrete. The suppliers usually have color charts and samples for you to review. Broadcast colors is exclusively used for stamp concrete and comes in buckets or bags. It’s thrown onto the surface of gray concrete, troweled in and stamped with large rubber molds resembling various slate, stone and wood patterns. If your considering broom finish with stamp borders (all the same color with the stamp having a highlight tone – typically dark gray), you should pick colored concrete because it displays broom finishes much better than broadcast colors. If your stamping the entire slab, consider either option. Broadcast colors typically offer more color selections than colored concrete and allow faint hues of the gray concrete to come through offering a more authentic feel to the stamp work. The sell to the homeowner is that colored concrete is the same tone throughout the entire thick
