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“Free Lime”

Nov
17
2009

Learn How to Stain Concrete Floor

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Of the many DIY projects one may undertake for home improvement, concrete staining is perhaps the most interesting and convenient that results to having better looking concrete floor.The alternatives, like epoxy, tearing out existing concrete and replacing with new or [...]

Sep
24
2009

Concrete Stain Samples

Concrete stain samples should be used when you are not sure of what the results will be are maybe you’re not sure of which color may be right for your decor. It’s a lot better to spend $5-15.00 for samples and try them out on the floor to be sure this is the look you [...]

Sep
1
2009

Concrete Curing Agents can be the death nail to a concrete acid stained project.

Concrete curing agents are used by concrete contractors and GCs to hold the moisture in the slab during the curing process. The problem with this when staining the concrete is that the curing agent acts as a resist and will not let the stain penetrate the surface of the concrete and introduce the metal salts [...]

Aug
28
2009

Concrete Stain not taking too well

One of the most frequent questions we get by email or phone is the “I used another brand of stain and it didn’t take well, what can I do” . The most common reasons are that the floor wasn’t cleaned properly or the concrete was power troweled so much that the pores are very closed. [...]