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How to stain a concrete driveway fast and easy

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This project details the process of cleaning and staining a concrete walkway and driveway to achieve a refreshed and durable finish. It involves thorough surface preparation, including power washing and removing debris, followed by applying two coats of oil-based concrete stain using rollers and brushes. Key steps include ensuring color consistency through 'boxing' the stain and allowing adequate drying time between coats and before resuming foot or vehicle traffic.

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hi this is smithferry idos smoker. comom I'd like to give a shout out to my homie Chris Barry idop painter.com lives a quar mile from here he's inspired me to be the best I can be in life and it's Smoky this is chrisy Idaho painter in this video we're going to be staining this concrete walkway and driveway we power washed it I got another video and showing you how to power wash it we're using a mighty M All Surface clean or power washing and cleaning it and we've let it dry a couple days it's nice and warm outside now we're going to be coating it with hent solid color stain and oilbased product so here we go we're going to show you that process we got to we're going to be just starting this process by blowing it off with a blower getting away the bark and stuff away from the edges and then just using our 9in rollers and our brushes to do the cut ends and roll this thing out it's really simple easy process to do anybody can do it and they just sell the products at your local paint store we got it just uh at our local paint store once again it's it's h&c solid color stain so here we go let's go a [Music] you want a 4 in roller or a brush 4in roller and a brush actually just the roller roll yeah there's hey he's already got a bunch of old ones sitting right there and some old buckets use those cuz think this not audio right now are you um what was that you're not audio right now are you yeah but I don't care if you're making noise okay all right [Music] might some nasty stuff man sick [Applause] they just order they only got two I think see how feeling this F and make sure it's same putting it on a you know pretty thin coat you so there you have it our driveway and walkway is all stained now it's a very simple and easy process to do any professional painter or do-it-yourself or can do it it's very simple and easy to do one thing you want to make sure is if it isn't rough enough or Prep properly you're going to have problems so make sure it's rough enough it if it isn't rough enough you got to go through an acid etching process and I got videos to show you how to acid that it's not very hard to do at all we didn't have to do that we just used a power was and an all surfice cleaner and cleaned it got it ready to go and then the next day we went through the staining process not very hard just got to roll it on and we did two coats and it was easy to do let it dry for 2 days and then we can drive on it hopefully this will help you get your driveway looking very beautiful if you've enjoyed this video don't forget you can always subscribe to my Channel or give me a thumbs up and a like at the end of the video if you want to watch um my videos on the acid etching or the cleaning process you can watch it at the end of this video I do also have a live show every Monday 700 p.m. mountain time on YouTube and I'm also giving away a lot of products on the live show and on my website the Idaho painter.com giving away an airless sprayer from Titan on there right now so you got to go check it out if you want to win some of the free tools and accessories on my website and my live show also the tools and accessories I'm using in these videos you can find them down in the video description below all my videos I always make those um those tools in accessories available links to them where you can see what I'm using and what it's all about or even um they're available to purchase if you've um want more tips and tricks you can also find me on all my social media including Facebook Pinterest Twitter and even Instagram my Instagram is Idaho painter and my Facebook page is the Idaho painter so go check me out there hope you enjoyed this video if you have please um see us on the next video out so there you have it our con driveway and walk walkway so there you have it our concrete driveway and walkway is

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