Integrally Coloured Concrete

Rendering

Using CCS pigments to colour render is ideal where a weathered or natural finish is desired.

Recommendation: If a perfectly consistent coloured finish is preferred, we strongly recommend using paint rather than pigmented render.

As the application of coloured render can be fraught with many job site problems, you may end up with a mottled or variable colour finish. Inconsistencies that can produce the mottled effect include:-

• Inaccurate or inconsistent mixing of water, cement, sand and pigment for each particular "batch' of render.
• Re-trowelling of render after initial set.
• The use of additional water to assist in developing an acceptable trowel finish.
• The variance in drying time due to the differing aspect of the walls to sunlight.
• The incidence of efflorescence (free lime migrating to the surface) in an indiscriminate and inconsistent manner across the surface of the rendered walls.