[SunRescue] way offtopic: concrete stain!

[fernande at internet1.net]

Bill,

I used to work for Lowes Home Improvement, if you haven't heard of it,
it is Home Depots biggest competitor.  I worked in the Paint Department
and sold various floor paints/stain.  I have two areas that you need to
be concerned with.

1. Prepare the surface correctly.  It will need to be clean, but also
most paints will ask you to acid etch the surface with Muratic Acid. 
Proper preparation will allow the stuff to stick/soak in/not come up.

2. Use something that can be used indoors, I don't want you to kill
yourself.  Even if you leave the house, something meant for outdoors
might continue to give off fumes for quite some time.

How did you get cement in your living room?  Is your house on a slab, or
is this in a basement?

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA




Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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>     Austin, TX
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