Faux Painted Walkway

July 23rd, 2009 in member junk

LadyCatherine, member

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After seeing the beautiful faux painted rug submitted.. I wanted to share my faux painted walkway that I did this summer. I had just a slab of ugly slick concrete. I used concrete paint(s) and sand.

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PJTN66 writes: Very good job...we had our porch painted like brick..but this looks much better...the concrete and sand makes it look so "real". Posted: 12:16 am on August 4th

treasuresfromtheshed writes: This is it!!!!!! I have been lookin for a way to do a concrete patio in a circular design but cannot afford the pavers and all it would cost! I was going to have a plain jane cement circular patio without any design. THANKS to you I now can envision what my design will be on my new concrete patio! Posted: 3:07 am on July 31st

JanieBV writes: I am really impressed not only by the quality and reality of the work, but by your creativity. You did a fabulous job! Posted: 8:33 pm on July 27th

MimiToria writes: What a beautiful job you've done with recreating the brick look with a bit of paint and sand. Well done.
Gretchen Posted: 11:07 am on July 26th

Junk_Sophisticate writes: Hi LadyCatherine and welcome to JMS! I don't think you could have done a better job on this. Fantastic look!
Candy Posted: 6:39 pm on July 24th

suewhitney writes: Love it! Very realistic..

Take care,
Sue Posted: 3:53 pm on July 24th

PaintingIsMyPassion writes: Fabulous job on the walkway and so interesting. Thanks for sharing. Posted: 9:55 am on July 24th

LadyCatherine writes: Thank you for all the lovely comments regarding my faux walkway. I used paint made for cement. I took a real brick that I liked to the paint store and matched the red color and I just chose a grout that I thought looked like cement grouting. I don't remember the colors and the containers I took to the the paint recycling center. I added a good bit of sand to the paint just until I thought it was a good consistency. I painted the entire slab in the grout color, let it dry, then I used an ordinary kitchen sponge to sponge on the brick, using the sponge in two different directions. After that dried, I literally went over it rubbing dirt randomly in spots where the cement and sand was higher etc.
Then I sealed it with a driveway clear seal, matte finish.
Again, thanks for the nice comments. Posted: 6:39 am on July 24th

rebeljunker writes: Lady Katherine, you did a wonderful job!!! Would you mind sharing what kind of paint and what colors you used. I would love to do a few of my cement walks and pads. Thanks so much for sharing:) Posted: 12:39 am on July 24th

alicemom writes: I love it! It look so realistic! Do you do house calls? lol
Thanks for sharing.
Smiles, alice Posted: 10:19 pm on July 23rd

audlyenuf writes: Great job! Did you use a stencil for this? Pattern is so perfect.....I certainly couldn't do it without one. If so, did you create it yourself, or can I purchase that stencil somewhere? Would love to know. Thanks. Posted: 9:50 pm on July 23rd