Acid Etched Driveway – Renovating Your Old Driveway

Have you considered a new take on your old driveway? An Acid Etched Driveway is a smart choice!

It is also a great-looking choice! With an array of driveway solutions available, the top of your list for style should be an Acid Etched Driveway.

Do you live in Melbourne and have recently renovated your home? If you have, I bet you would have re-painted and/or re-tiled the walls, had the floors re-done, knocked down a few walls, bought new furniture, windows, doors, the works. I bet you even would have done work to the outside too—new paint, a new verandah, a new garden and so on. But did you also consider sprucing up the outside with your new acid etched driveway?

Renovating your driveway can complete the “home renovation package”, but the first question to ask yourself is what do you want the driveway to be made of? When renovating your house, you pick materials that would be the most suitable and durable.

As a lot of Melbourne driveways are exposed to the elements and have to endure tonnes of machinery on it every day, a suitable and durable material also needs to be chosen for the driveway.

So what would be the most suitable and durable material for renovating your driveway? The answer to that is easy—acid etched concrete.

There are benefits to having an Acid Etched Driveway in Melbourne. For starters, there are many options for the type of concrete to go with—exposed aggregate, coloured concrete, stamped, and so on. Exposed aggregate and coloured concrete can be both durable and visually appealing, while stamped concrete can be made to match the material and colour of the house. Concrete isn’t just one shade of grey, you can go for almost any shade of the rainbow.

Another quite obvious benefit of your Acid Etched Driveway is its durability. They can last for decades with little maintenance! While your home may need a touch up from time to time, your polished concrete driveway won’t need it so much. Even if maintenance or a touch up is required, acid etched driveways are usually cheaper to maintain than most surfaces. Your driveway can last long enough for future generations of your family to use.

Eco Grind are at the top of the acid etching and polished concrete game in Melbourne, and can help you bring new life to your old driveway using one of a number of techniques. Acid etching your driveway will be the envy of the neighbourhood.