[SunRescue] way offtopic: concrete stain!

[KenHansenn2vip at bellatlantic.net]

In my basement, the floor was painted by the previous owners, and while I am
not sure how they did it, I can tell you it has one *very* upsetting
property... The paint is sticking to the nice rubber feet of all my
"treasures" in the basement. I can not put anything down on the floor
without something between it and the painted concrete...

I have a nice 17" monitor on my Den desk that is sitting on top of a folded
paper bag, becuse I couldn't get all the paint flakes off the rubber feet of
the monitor and I didn't want to ruin my desktop...

Maybe the previous owners used the wrong paint, but if you look in my
basment now, everything is resting on either a platic bag/sheet of bubble
wrap, or on a piece of furniture.

For my basement I bought a large scrap of the ugliest carpet I could find a
short-shag pink carpet that is about 12'x20' +/- this will be under my "play
area" in the basement once I get to it. Cost was well under $100, and I'll
not shed a tear if my 4 year old decides to spill paint on it! ;^)

Now, for my off-topic question, (well, it is *sorta* on topic) has anyone
ever gotten a soda machine for thier home, the kind that dispense 12 oz
cans? If I could get one that was signifigantly cheaper than a refigerator I
would jump on it, since all my beverages come in 12 oz cans, and I really
want to keep cold beverages in the basement.

Thanks,

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 6:41 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] way offtopic: concrete stain!


> Yall seem like an intelligent bunch of people.
>
> Anybody here ever stained (on purpose) a concrete floor?
>
> We ripped up all of our nasty old stained ruined carpet
> from our living room, and now are debating what to do for
> floor covering.  Whether to paint/stain/enamel the concrete
> directly and use that, paint it and lay rugs down, do nothing
> and put down wood plank flooring, or just have new carpet
> installed... opinions?
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford * KD5LQR
>   mrbill at mrbill.net
>     Austin, TX
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