How to Color Concrete, Stamp and Seal a Great Beginner Slab DIY (Royal Ashler Slate) 

Thank you! I'm 33 and just now starting in the concrete industry after fabricating and installing stone countertops for many years. I've found that a lot of my skills translate well to concrete, but the knowledge I lack I am finding in these videos along with on the job training. It is rare that I have time to stop and learn in the daily rush of getting the job done, especially on pour days. These videos are definitely filling in the gaps of knowledge I need to fully understand the sequence of events that need to take place day to day. Huge help, sir. Big thank you to you and your crew!

For most of my adult life I lived in parsonages or rentals as a pastor. We retired and my wife has a honey-do list and you are teaching me. Thank you Mr. Odell. Pastor Steve Mentzer, SC

That intro everytime! Even baby knows who I'm watching when she hears it.

I appreciate your talent...keep those videos coming !

Wow that secondary color really makes a difference, so cool

Nice to see a proper tradesman at work, Thank you Sir.

Nice to see a true professional that excels in his craft!

A true artist. The king of concrete!

Super Job as always.....David Odell and team are really very creative with Concrete and materials....

Thanks for the tip about the sprayer

There you go. Thats a nice stamp job done right 👍🏻👍🏻

Phenomenal job as usual. Ever try your hand at concrete counter tops? Every DIY video I see, they do them upside down and they look smooth, but they ALWAYS have little pockets and voids at the surface that need to be filled somehow before sealing.

really calming to watch thank you

I like the work you guys do keep up the good work you guys

Very profound statement at 7:12 ! 😁😆

Man!!! Every time I watch your videos I feel like going out and pouring and finishing!! LoL

I've watched a lot of your videos. I'm a 4th generation concrete finisher so I love watching videos like this. You really do great work. Keep posting videos please

Beautiful

Yup, nicely done

Very beautiful

Awesome final product man! Your videos are great.

Great job, as usual. This looks really Roman, and quite now improved. I am inspired to try and do some concrete.

Master! Always the best!!!

First ! Go Odell go!

Looks great!

Very very nice

Dave is it better to add color to a load while its mixing or to apply it this way?

Great job as usual

Very nice job

It has to be a very satisfying career!

Looks like quality work.

Another great job. I like how it looks like pavers. It came out really nice!

Great video! Very informative!

Exactly what I was looking for, very well explained, thank you.

wasn't aware you could do this, the end result looks much more interesting than bare concrete.

Hey mate. You're videos are awesome. I'm doing my job soon on my place and you have been a wealth of information.

totally worth hiring

Awesome

Nice

Wow this is beautiful work!

Love this finished product, what a BEFOR and AFTER difference. Dave I want to try this effect on my personal patio. I do have some concrete experience(so I know this is not as easy as you guys make it look) but I am not catching exactly how the second color hardener is applied and when? Did you put in on just before you started stamping? Would you recommend trying it out on some "samples" first?Love all of the videos and really appreciate and marvel at your product. It is good to see the next generation learning the ropes. Hopefully those young men appreciate the patience and artistry of a master craftsmen passing down what he knows. THANKS!!

What color harder did you use and what release color?

Nice job David!! I’m gonna have you come to Stevenson Ranch one day if you come this far north

I love your videos! They are so informative! I especially like the fact that you always explain WHY you do this and that, which helps me understand the process of prepping the "mould", the pouring, watering, curing, stamping, even coloring a lot better!

Luv your videos who ever thought a hot chick in Vegas would be watching a team lay down concrete 👍

I've noticed this in a lot of videos, but why don't you need a form or whatever on the side with the brick? It's fine to "attach" to the brick? It wont cause cracking or anything?

That really turned out beautiful. Was wondering if you might tell me, I have a stamped concrete walkway, that is getting very faded. A few years ago I resealed it with a product but that has worn out too. The original mix of dark and light grey is only a memory now. Is it possible to restrain and old walkway like mine? What would it entail. If you were in MD I’d hire you in a heartbeat.

That's the Quikrete HIGH-PERFORMANCE Mortar Repair Cement.

Have you ever mixed your release color powder with liquid release and spray it on the concrete before you stamp?

You do great work... wished you lived in Wisconsin! Lol, been trying to get some work done the last 3 yrs! They are very busy around here!

Great video brother! Speaking nice and relaxed and very professional. I would like to see this in a warmer color so I can see it better. Nice quality artwork brother

Very nice job again. I noticed you didn't put motor oil on the form boards. Wasn't it necessary this time?

Great job. What's the time frame in the concrete being settled before you begin stamping ?

I had a bad contractor do my stamped concrete, its unlevel at some points and they never used the roller to refigure the lines like u did, do I have to tear out my concrete and start all over or is there a way to save it, also we wanted a greyish light color like ur's and they made mine a dark grey color. please advise. Thanks Alvaro: by the way I like the professional work u do.

Great vid, do you know where I can buy that pattern?

you have and pictuyres of what it looks like today? does it frost in your area

Yeah man like your videos use grafters like me hha what do u class your work role as though always wanted to come to america and be a concreter but iv seen probably all your videos and u can do quite a bit u call yourself a multitrader or a handyman or a concreter who knows

I know you've been doing this for a while but you seem pretty down-to-earth so hopefully you don't take offense to a little advice. The commercial grade sprayers do not fail. I have three of them and they are all at least a year-old one of them is about 3 years old and as long as you run a can of xylene through after each use they absolutely safe to reuse over and over. Once I finish a sealer application I empty out whatever sealer had not been used then I dump a 1 gallon can of xylene into the pump sprayer, fill it with air pressure and then spray it back into this island can. I usually unscrew the tip and throw it in a empty water bottle or Gatorade bottle and leave it in there until next time with a little bit as Aileen. Just like 2in of xylene in the bottle which of the spray tip and then next time you're ready to use it you just screw you tip on fill the pump sprayer and you're good to go

Where can I get that rubber stamp sir?

Great work Odell, basically how many days does it take to create this patio?

Great videos! I have some color hardener I am about to use and on the instructions there it says to wait for the bleed water to disappear, but here you trow it on right after pouring the slab? Doesn't it matter when you throw it on?

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Is it possible to achieve that look using concrete resurfacer over an existing slab?

Can you explain me something, you have to mix the color with the concrete in the mortar mixer, or you can only pour the color on the concrete surface without mixing them (in the mortar mixer)? Or it depends on the color? Thanks!

Amazing work ☺️ I'm even going to give it a go 😂 but how long after the concrete is poured do you love onto the stamping?

Would of breen so much easier using integral color batching in your mixer. 8 oz coffee cup of color per 4. 80 lb bag

I’m curious about putting that concrete tight to the block wall in northern areas where we get freeze and thaw cycles. Should there be a tight concrete to block joint there or fiber media in between? Thanks!!

I don't have concrete supply near me. Is there something else I can use for the stamp overlay release that's homemade?

Nice looking job. for how many years the color hardener will stay ?

Hi where do I get those stamp mats to buy?

Mr O'Dell I noticed most of your crew has the same boots on. Just wondering if you supply them for the crew or are they such good boots everyone bought them. Did they come from Sears?

Can you add the colour to old concrete

Hey do you guys have an Instagram??? I’m following an Odell concrete but I’m not sure if it’s you guys.

How many bags of concrete would this take

why no ableflex??

Where can I buy or make your stamp pattern mat?

You said 4500 psi mix what does that mean ?

what does this exact style cost per sq foot?

Instead of snapping a line why don't you just use expansion joint?

How much did you charge for this?

That hole in your pants was extremely noticeable. Lol

Why did you use a chalk line around the wall surely it's not that hard to concrete around such a small area why not use a 1.2 m level and tamp it seriously though I don't level that with a small trowel

Concrete job looks beautiful fire pit and those benches are very ugly just ruin the hole job