Yes Anjl, We had wanted to add the stain at the time we poured the slab but couldn't come up with colors we liked at the last minute. So we opted to stain it after it cured. We had to wait 30 days for the new concrete to cure Then it is a 2 day process. you do an acid wash then the next day do the stain. There is another product which is a high gloss sealer to do after the staining is done. Haven't looked at that real well yet and am wondering how slippy that could be when wet and how necessary is it to seal the stain. We wanted a nice dark color that will look nice with the brick center and help absorb heat. Both HD and Lowes have products for the staining. We are using a Quikrete product from Lowes.
Here is the slab we are staining. It is an insulated concrete slab with a brick center. The brick center will provide drainage and access to the water hydrant if we would ever need to replace or fix it for some reason. The layer of foam insulation under the concrete slab and dark stain will add more solar gain to the GH.
