Description

Stamped, textured or imprint concrete is a decorative concrete, used in flooring. Large number of finishes can be achieved with such concrete in desired colours with the surface resembling bricks, stones, tiles or wood. The process includes preparation of subgrade, placing of forms, providing reinforcement for stability, placing the concrete, screeding and finishing the concrete, applying colour and lastly, stamping the concrete using desired moulds. Thus, stamped concrete can be used for functional and aesthetic requirements. This also saves natural stone and thus, can be categorised as a green material. Using rubber stamps made from “real stone” moulds, stamped concrete flooring—also referred to as patterned concrete or imprinted concrete—imprints the concrete to mimic natural brick, slate, cobblestone, tile, and even wood boards. It can be used to imprint newly poured concrete before it hardens, or it can be used as an overlay to cover your current concrete slab. For freshly laid concrete, stamping is a decorative treatment.