[SunRescue] way offtopic: concrete stain!

[Sheldon T. Hall]

On Monday, October 02, 2000 6:41 AM, 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?

There are special concrete porch paints which (a) stick to 
properly-prepared concrete and (b) seal the surface so it looks nice and 
doesn't produce concrete dust....

There used to be clear sealers, too, thick ones that left a smooth, glossy 
surface, but I haven't seen 'em in years.  The thin stuff like Thompson's 
Water Seal isn't the same at all.

Nice wood flooring is _expensive_ and more or less of a PITA to put over 
concrete.

Were I you, I'd porch-paint the concrete and lay carpet over foam padding.

-S