What is Concrete Imprint ?

Concrete Imprint is concrete that is patterned or textured or embossed to resemble brick, random stone, river stone and various other patterns and textures. Concrete Imprint is commonly used for driveway, walkway, patio and parking lot. The ability of concrete imprint to resemble other building materials makes concrete imprint a less expensive alternative to using those other authentic materials such as stone, slate or brick.

There are three procedures used in concrete imprint which separate it from other concrete procedures; the addition of a base colour, the addition of an accent colour, and imprinting a pattern into the concrete. These three procedures provide concrete imprint with a colour and shape similar to the natural building material. It also is longer lasting than paved stone, and still resembles the look.


The Base Colour is the primary colour used in concrete imprint. The base colour is chosen to reflect the colour of the natural building material. The base colour is produced by adding a colour hardener to the concrete. Colour hardener is a powder pigment used to dye the concrete.

The Accent Colour is the secondary colour used in concrete imprint. The secondary colour is used to produce texture and show additional building materials (e.g. grout) in the stamped concrete. The accent colour is produced by applying colour release to the concrete. Colour release has two purposes. Colour release is a pigment used to colour the concrete and colour release is a non-adhesive used to prevent the concrete imprint from sticking to the concrete.

The Imprint Pattern is the shape of the surface of the concrete imprint. The pattern reflects the shape of the natural building material. In most cases concrete imprint is made to look like ordinary building products such as flagstone, brick, natural stone, etc.