Bob Weisner
07-10-2005, 1:42 PM
Hi:
I was at my sister's house yesterday for a party they were having. They had just had a new walkway put in for the backyard patio a few days before the party. I don't know if the patio was made out of that stamped concrete or if it was real stone. What happened was that the contractor that put the patio in had colored the stone/stamped concrete and when he went to hose down the walkway, the colorant had bled out . Now there are stains in the walkway that the contractor cannot get out. They have soaked into the walkway. They tried Muriatic acid, but that did not work. This walkway really looks BAD! :( Is there anyway to correct the problem? I though about grinding the colorant out, but that might make a bad job just look worse. The contractor says there is nothing he can do. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
I was at my sister's house yesterday for a party they were having. They had just had a new walkway put in for the backyard patio a few days before the party. I don't know if the patio was made out of that stamped concrete or if it was real stone. What happened was that the contractor that put the patio in had colored the stone/stamped concrete and when he went to hose down the walkway, the colorant had bled out . Now there are stains in the walkway that the contractor cannot get out. They have soaked into the walkway. They tried Muriatic acid, but that did not work. This walkway really looks BAD! :( Is there anyway to correct the problem? I though about grinding the colorant out, but that might make a bad job just look worse. The contractor says there is nothing he can do. Any suggestions?
Thanks,