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["Treesa Jane Rogerson" <treesa@joimail.com>]

yes have total experience with oxidizing concrete.

 

Newer concrete stains better because the reactive lime is more present.

 

Get Iron Sulfate (fertilizer) at the garden store.  You don't need much at all, so try to make it a reason to fulfill an obligatory visit to a chemy gardener friends' house...

 

Put small amount in a spray bottle with water, build your patio etc., spray it on.  Wait.

 

Presto/.

 

 

Treesa Rogerson, M.A.

 

Lands Alive : Ecology By Design

 

treemail@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: ingrid

To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:43 AM

Subject: [permaculture] Stained urbanite?

I'm hoping to use concrete chunks removed from a patio as wall rock (retaining a garden bed).  Seems like good re-use.  I'm wondering if i can stain the chunks, aka urbanite, with preferably an eco-friendly stain, possibly something like chelated iron.  I'd love to hear if anyone has experience with this?

 

Thanks!!
Ingrid

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