Q. Can a Previously Carpeted Concrete Floor be Stained?
A. The short answer is yes, but there are a few things you need to be aware of and a few remedies to the issues you may face.
Your carpet may have been held down by tack strips which when you remove them will leave small holes in [...]
Q. Good day John,
My husband and I are writing to you with hopes that you can answer a few questions about the concrete staining. We would like to do this to our basement floors, a last minute change as we were going to put carpet in… and because of this, we were not clean painters [...]
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 decorative overlays, are not recommended for do-it-yourselfers and can be very expensive. Some of the [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]