Patio transformation: How to transform your patio - mum shares simple £23 idea
THE summer months are just around the corner, and with the lockdown having been extended for another three weeks, there's no better time than now to tend your garden. One mum shared tips on transforming your patio - for just £23 - here's how.
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The money-savvy mum shared her tips and tricks on the Facebook group, Extreme Coupling & Bargains UK, where she posted before and after pictures of her patio that now looks like brand new tiling. The best bit about the transformation is that it cost her just £23 - here’s how you can do the same to your patio.
How to transform your patio
Before undergoing the makeover, the mum’s outdoor area was fitted with normal sand-coloured tiles.
But after using Sandbox Masonry paint, which comes in at a very reasonable £23, she has managed to achieve a chic grey marbled effect.
The woman’s husband helped by combining two different colours, Black and Gravel, in different pots to create the hybrid colour.
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He layered the paint on the tiles, and using a sponge, he created the stone marbling illusion.
Captioning her pictures, the mum wrote on Facebook: “Jumped on the bandwagon with the patio paint.
“I wanted a stone patio but couldn’t afford it so the husband used a sponge effect with patio paint costing £23… pretty chuffed!
“He used Sandbox masonry paint in black and gravel and mixed them up in different pots to make different greys and layered it.
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“This isn’t a forever solution but layering it makes it easier to cover up if there are any scratches.”
Other members were quick to praise her and her post amassed 5,000 likes.
Facebook community members were impressed with her husband’s work, and the idea for mixing the two paints.
One user wrote “It looks really effective”, while another said “what a brilliant idea”.
Transform your patio with a clean
Another quick, easy and practically free way to spruce up your patio is simply by giving it a good clean with bleach and water. These tips from paving.org will have your paving looking spotless in no time.
Remove all patio furniture: Start by removing all furniture, plant pots and rugs away from the paved area before starting the clean.
Any items that are unmovable, like large pots or planters, should be covered with fleece or sheeting to stop the bleach damaging or killing the plants.
Sweep clean the area: Sweep the whole paved area clean to remove any loose dirt.
Pick out any larger weeds as you sweep the area, you could use a weeding tool to do this or just pull them out by hand.
Smaller weeds that can’t be removed can stay as the bleach will kill them.
Wet the patio slabs with clean water: The whole area of paving slabs need to be wet before we apply the bleach and water solution.
You should rinse and sweep away any loose dirt as you wet the area of paving slabs – and make sure you get in all the corners.
Mix the bleach with water in a watering can: Next, you need to mix the bleach and water. A mix of five parts bleach to one equal part water is recommended.
You can increase the strength of the cleaner by mixing more bleach or more water, depending on how dirty the paving is.
A mix of five to one should be enough to kill weeds and algae on most patios, as well as give a thorough clean.
Apply the bleach and water to the wet slabs: Next, apply the cleaner to the surface and brush all over to make sure you get an equal coverage of the cleaner.
Make sure you brush well into all corners of the paving area. Rinse: After leaving the bleach solution on the surface for 15 minutes, start to rinse off the mixture with clean water.
Brush the surface at the same time as you are rinsing it away. Don’t worry if you cannot or do not remove the whole cleaner, it is unlikely to do any harm in small doses.