When concrete surfaces start to deteriorate, it’s called “spalling”. When you notice concrete flaking, chipping and cracking, ...

Purchase a small tub of pre-mixed concrete patch material and trowel it in and over the crack. —Slather on roofing cement. —Order some magic sticky material hawked by a carnival barker.

The challenge is getting the patch to look as close as possible to the color of the concrete. With color hardener, this is really easy. Just take a hand full of the same color hardener you used ...