Painting with Colored Cement

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Tinted cement can be brushed on with a house brush, or broom head.   Being stiffer than a house brush, the broom head is sometimes the best choice for thick mixes using sand. 

A paint roller can also be used.  I sometimes make my own rollers with texture designs for creating colored design patterns on walls and floors. 

5 gallon plastic buckets can be used as mixing containers.  Mixing can be done with a stirring stick, but a drill motor and paint mixer do the best job of breaking up any lumps. 

Plastic mixing tubs (mine came from Home Depot) are good containers to mix in and work out of.  Held at a slight angle, they make good roller trays for coating paint rollers. 

If your hands are going to get cement on them, you will probably want to use rubber gloves, also.  Heavy rubber work gloves are available at hardware stores. 

I like to have a water dispenser available for sprinkling small quantities of water.  Solid particles tend to settle to the bottom, so water to adjust consistency sometimes needs to be added.  

See this instructable for an easy way to make a sprinkling water container, which is also good for garden use.    http://www.instructables.com/id/GARDEN-WATERING-JUG/