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Greetings,

I have to patch some knockdown concrete texture on a patio. The client
removed a metal fence, and there are now smooth square spots where the
bases were screwed to the patio. Each spot is about 4" x 4". The
texture was originally sprayed on then knocked down with a float.

I'm planning to make a fairly thick mixture of concrete patch, put it
on the bare spots in blobs, and knock it down with a trowel. Luckily
it's just concrete gray. I know I can't match the color or texture
perfectly, at least now without spending more time than the client
wants to pay for.

I did a Google search, but found no how-to sites for patching, only for
from-scratch jobs. Am I doing this right? Any sneaky tricks? All
suggestions are welcome.

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Steve wrote:
Greetings,

I have to patch some knockdown concrete texture on a patio. The
client removed a metal fence, and there are now smooth square spots
where the bases were screwed to the patio. Each spot is about 4" x
4". The texture was originally sprayed on then knocked down with a
float.

I'm planning to make a fairly thick mixture of concrete patch, put
it on the bare spots in blobs, and knock it down with a trowel.
Luckily it's just concrete gray. I know I can't match the color or
texture perfectly, at least now without spending more time than the
client wants to pay for.

I did a Google search, but found no how-to sites for patching, only
for from-scratch jobs. Am I doing this right? Any sneaky tricks? All
suggestions are welcome.


Sounds right to me. The only hard part that I can see is getting the
right sized and sufficient blobs in the rather smallish area. I once
had to do similar...made my mix on the thin side, dipped a coarse
bristle brush in and blobbed by smacking the loaded brush against my
other hand. Just wiped off over spatter.

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Steve wrote:
I have to patch some knockdown concrete texture on a patio. The
client removed a metal fence, and there are now smooth square spots
where the bases were screwed to the patio. Each spot is about 4" x
4". The texture was originally sprayed on then knocked down with a
float.

I'm planning to make a fairly thick mixture of concrete patch, put
it on the bare spots in blobs, and knock it down with a trowel.
Luckily it's just concrete gray. I know I can't match the color or
texture perfectly, at least now without spending more time than the
client wants to pay for.


Sounds right to me. The only hard part that I can see is getting the
right sized and sufficient blobs in the rather smallish area. I once
had to do similar...made my mix on the thin side, dipped a coarse
bristle brush in and blobbed by smacking the loaded brush against my
other hand. Just wiped off over spatter.


Thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't thought of having rags ready to
wipe off the "overspray". I'll try both thick and thin mixes to see
which works better in this case.

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On 18 Aug 2007 20:39:13 GMT, Steve wrote:

Greetings,

I have to patch some knockdown concrete texture on a patio. The client
removed a metal fence, and there are now smooth square spots where the
bases were screwed to the patio. Each spot is about 4" x 4". The
texture was originally sprayed on then knocked down with a float.

I'm planning to make a fairly thick mixture of concrete patch, put it
on the bare spots in blobs, and knock it down with a trowel. Luckily
it's just concrete gray. I know I can't match the color or texture
perfectly, at least now without spending more time than the client
wants to pay for.


What does the client want?

Knock-down texture on inside walls and outside patios are different -
I guess.

Any knock down texture is hard to replicate. Drive your self nuts,
and achieve a reasonable proximity too your liking.

I did a Google search, but found no how-to sites for patching, only for
from-scratch jobs. Am I doing this right? Any sneaky tricks? All
suggestions are welcome.


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