Painted Concrete Floors Interior

Painted Concrete Floors Interior

how do you stain and paint interior concrete floor?

i removed my carpet and thought it would be neat to acid wash, stain, paint and seal the concrete but i have no idea how to go about it.

H&C concrete stain is the bomb, and it is self-sealing. It is now available in water-base, and for an interior application, that is probably advisable.

A good, clean concrete floor etched with diluted muratic acid and thoroghly dried will take the stain well. Plenty in stock at Lowe's and Home Depot.

Now, there is an alternative, and it is catching on mostly on garage floors. Rustoluem and H&C sell epoxy kits that contain a seperate catalyst and require mixing before application. They have neat little bags of paint chips, that when scattered on the wet epoxy, give a terrazo-type finish when dry. I've got it in my garage and patio and really like the look. If it is too slick, they sell skid-resistant additives, and H&C includes it in their kit.

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