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Originally Posted by masraum
Cool. Looks great! I wonder about dying/staining the cement pre-pour. I'm sure that'd add to cost, but seems like it would be nice to have the color go all of the way through.
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I added a dye powder to the concrete mix and that gave it a dark gray color. I was shooting for black but the powder did not color dark enough so I used a concrete stain after that. It's really hard to judge the amount of dye that you need as 3 scoops made it look pure black, until it dried.
Watching the many videos on "concrete countertop solutions" website, they do a variety of coloring to create "veining". However, I tried and was unsuccessful at getting a look that looked natural - therefore, I covered the whole think up with the black dye.
One thing I would do differently is to dye the concrete and then give it a light sanding to cause some of the aggregate to sparkle. I may still do that some day when I get the energy.