I have to pour a small section of driveway strip using sacks of dry
Basalite brand concrete mix. When ordering ready mix, for sidewalks and
slabs the ready mix company mixes in color, lamp black or carbon black
or their modern equivalent. It's painless, just tell them you meed a
sidewalk mix.

Okay, so now I have to repair a small section, ten 80# bags worth, the
street is too narrow for cars to get around a truck, so I will just mix
it on sight. My problem is that the concrete color most readily
available is 10 ounce plastic bottles of Quikrete concrete color. They
have a charcoal color but I don't have a clue as to how much to use per
sack of concrete mix to get the desired sidewalk color. The bottle says
one 10 ounce bottle colors two 80# sacks, but it doesn't give any
indication of how dark that will make the cured conc. I also saw some
powdered color at Home Depot made by Sakrete.

But it is really tough to find any info on how to achieve a sidewalk
color using sacks of conc and off the shelf products available where
sacks of conc are sold.

Anyone familiar with this problem? I have seen sidewalk patch jobs come
out looking way too white when using sacks. Are some brands whiter than
others? How does Basalite look when it cures?

-- 
When asked, years afterward, why his charge at Gettysburg failed,
General Pickett said: "I've always thought the Yankees had something to
do with it."

Major Debacle wrote:
> I have to pour a small section of driveway strip using sacks of dry
> Basalite brand concrete mix. When ordering ready mix, for sidewalks and
> slabs the ready mix company mixes in color, lamp black or carbon black
> or their modern equivalent. It's painless, just tell them you meed a
> sidewalk mix.

Stop by the ready mix company and tell them you want to buy enough 
pigment to color 1/4 yard of concrete and you should be good.

(snip)

Mike Paulsen wrote:
> Major Debacle wrote:
>> I have to pour a small section of driveway strip using sacks of dry
>> Basalite brand concrete mix. When ordering ready mix, for sidewalks and
>> slabs the ready mix company mixes in color, lamp black or carbon black
>> or their modern equivalent. It's painless, just tell them you meed a
>> sidewalk mix.
> 
> Stop by the ready mix company and tell them you want to buy enough 
> pigment to color 1/4 yard of concrete and you should be good.
> 

Works for me.

Thanks, Mike.

"Major Debacle" <M...@the_pentagon.mil> wrote in message 
news:C1tHl.27517$y...@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com...
>I have to pour a small section of driveway strip using sacks of dry
> Basalite brand concrete mix. When ordering ready mix, for sidewalks and
> slabs the ready mix company mixes in color, lamp black or carbon black
> or their modern equivalent. It's painless, just tell them you meed a
> sidewalk mix.
>
> Okay, so now I have to repair a small section, ten 80# bags worth, the
> street is too narrow for cars to get around a truck, so I will just mix
> it on sight. My problem is that the concrete color most readily
> available is 10 ounce plastic bottles of Quikrete concrete color. They
> have a charcoal color but I don't have a clue as to how much to use per
> sack of concrete mix to get the desired sidewalk color. The bottle says
> one 10 ounce bottle colors two 80# sacks, but it doesn't give any
> indication of how dark that will make the cured conc. I also saw some
> powdered color at Home Depot made by Sakrete.
>
> But it is really tough to find any info on how to achieve a sidewalk
> color using sacks of conc and off the shelf products available where
> sacks of conc are sold.
>
> Anyone familiar with this problem? I have seen sidewalk patch jobs come
> out looking way too white when using sacks. Are some brands whiter than
> others? How does Basalite look when it cures?
>
> -- 
> When asked, years afterward, why his charge at Gettysburg failed,
> General Pickett said: "I've always thought the Yankees had something to
> do with it."

make a few 1/2 bag test chunks with differing amounts of colorant to see 
which matches better. use them for stepping stones somewhere.