Stained & Colored Concrete in Gardner, KS

Yes — we put down a mockup on your own concrete first. A reactive/acid stain colors by reacting with the lime and minerals in that specific slab, so the final tone depends on the concrete itself. On a Gardner slab we sample it, you approve it, then we commit to the full surface.

That matters here because Gardner is one of the fastest-growing corners of Johnson County, and much of its concrete is only a few years old — driveways and patios going in off the 175th Street corridor near the Gardner Edge intermodal area. Fresh concrete carries a slick troweled skin, and the ground underneath is clay-loam sitting over shallow limestone. Both change how color takes, which is exactly why we prove it on a sample before the whole slab is committed.

Under the color, the ground sets the plan. Surface preparation clears the troweled skin and any builder residue so the stain reaches clean concrete, and laitance removal is the step DIY jobs usually skip. The base is clay-loam over limestone that runs three to eight feet down in this part of Johnson County, so we compact it, honor the saw-cut joints, and watch for efflorescence — the white haze that rises through a slab over damp clay — before sealing with a breathable, UV-stable finish. Gardner and KC-metro homeowners rate Ford 4.9 on Google across 29 reviews, and most site visits happen within 24 hours of your call. See the stained concrete page, the decorative concrete options, and the gallery, or the same work nearby in Olathe, Spring Hill, and Edgerton.