Cola EverStain™ is a warm, orange-brown acid stain that brings earthy depth to patios, porches, and interior floors. Here are real Direct Colors customer projects in Cola — indoors and out — with the products they used and their own tips.
Cola EverStain™ on a front patio — warm, earthy color that plays off brick and stone.
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Earthy elegance: a front porch makeover
The front porch of an estate home was transformed with Cola EverStain™. It harmonizes with the earthy brick tones of the house, so the porch now reads warm and inviting against its elegant columns.
Outdoor kitchen revamp
This outdoor kitchen, tucked into a California room, was finished with easy-to-apply Cola EverStain™ over broomed concrete.
An outdoor kitchen and gazebo over broomed concrete stained in Cola EverStain™.
A one-day courtyard transformation
A 200 sq. ft. courtyard was revitalized with Cola acid stain in a single day. The key safety note from this project: always wear goggles and gloves, and follow the product instructions.
The BBQ porch: a stamped-concrete revival
A plain concrete porch became a cozy BBQ spot with EverStain™ Cola. On stamped concrete the warm color settles into the pattern and brings the whole surface to life for family gatherings and cookouts.
Game room: a worn-leather look
Cola layered with Coffee Brown and Desert Amber gives interior floors a rich, vintage-leather character. For the technique, see how to layer two or more acid stain colors.
Cozy cabin addition: Cola & Malayan Buff
An addition to a charming cabin was brought to life with a blend of Cola and Malayan Buff acid stains, finished with a water-based sealer for lower odor — though this customer personally prefers solvent-based for the final look.
Guest house floor: veining with Cola & Azure Blue
For a game room and guest house, this DIYer wanted something different with a pop of color — so they used the veining technique with toilet paper and added Miracle-Gro to Azure Blue for a brighter blue, then blended Cola around the veins.
Tip: “Have fun with it and don't stress too much. Mistakes can always be fixed, so be creative and enjoy the process.”
— DIY Customer
Curious about deeper blues? See using Miracle-Gro to enhance the blue hues of acid stain.
Screened porch: multicolor stencil magic
A 10x12 ft screened-porch addition became a showpiece with a Modello stencil and a blend of Azure Blue, Avocado, English Red, and Desert Amber EverStain™ — with Cola and Malayan Buff in the mix.
— DIY Customer
Updating a restaurant floor
For this restaurant renovation, the existing floor was covered with a cement overlayment and divided into sections, then acid-stained in Azure Blue, Cola, and Blackish across roughly 3,000 square feet.
— DIY Customer
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Cola: FAQs
Will Cola look like these photos on my concrete?
Every photo here is a real customer project in EverStain™ Cola, but EverStain™ is semi-transparent, so your final color depends on the starting color and condition of your concrete. Test first.
What is Cola layered with in these projects?
Coffee Brown and Desert Amber for the game room’s vintage-leather character; Malayan Buff in the cabin addition; Azure Blue for the veined guest-house floor; and Azure Blue with Blackish across the 3,000 sq. ft. restaurant overlay.
How was the veining effect done?
That customer laid out veins with strands of toilet paper, added Miracle-Gro to Azure Blue to push it brighter, then blended Cola around the veins. Miracle-Gro is their own addition, not a Direct Colors product — for the standard method see layering two or more colors.
What's Next
- Worn-leather floors → Acid-Stained Concrete Floors
- Coffee Brown projects → Coffee Brown Gallery
- See every acid-stain color → Concrete Acid Stain Colors Guide
- How to apply acid stain → How to Apply Acid Stain to Concrete
- Layer two colors → How to Layer Two Acid Stain Colors
- Shop → EverStain™ DIY Kits · Trial Kits
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