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cement floor stain or paint?
My husband just finished his shop and he wants to either paint or stain the
cement floor. Which is the better, more durable, method? Opinions please. Jackie |
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J. Davidson wrote:
My husband just finished his shop and he wants to either paint or stain the cement floor. Which is the better, more durable, method? Opinions please. Jackie Probably difficult to get good results with paint if there is grease/oil in the concrete. Some painted concrete becomes terribly slippery when wet. |
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cement floor stain or paint?
On Dec 1, 8:00�pm, "J. Davidson" wrote:
My husband just finished his shop and he wants to either paint or stain the cement floor. �Which is the better, more durable, method? �Opinions please. Jackie stain is better than paint, paint peels and no matter how good never remains good looking long. why not vinyl tile? |
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cement floor stain or paint?
I've heard mixing sand with paint to give it some grip when it gets
wet/greasey. There is also actual garage floor paint/dye that has antislip properties. not sure the name but a google search wouldn't go astray. -- Steve http://jackpot.netwinner.com/?signupCode=vwprheak "Norminn" wrote in message ... J. Davidson wrote: My husband just finished his shop and he wants to either paint or stain the cement floor. Which is the better, more durable, method? Opinions please. Jackie Probably difficult to get good results with paint if there is grease/oil in the concrete. Some painted concrete becomes terribly slippery when wet. |
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cement floor stain or paint?
In my opinion and experience:
Do NOT paint, not even the epoxies. Stain with sealer is not bad. Be aware, the sealer will need periodic reapplication. http://www.thestampstore.com/ Look through their products and examples. Sealer on concrete may be the most forgiving. Think Home Depot floor. Ground and polished concrete for the elitists. This will still require maintenance. Here is one example: http://www.fgs-permashine.com/products-hardener.asp -- ______________________________ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) "J. Davidson" wrote in message ... My husband just finished his shop and he wants to either paint or stain the cement floor. Which is the better, more durable, method? Opinions please. Jackie |
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cement floor stain or paint?
I had a clean floor to start with. I did my garage/workshop area with
the epoxy stuff. One kit per single car garage size. Other than a couple of spots where the tires have scuffed the stuff away (my fault for not letting it likely cure completely), it is great. With the smooth surface, it sweeps or hoses down nicely. There is an acid etch with the kit that should clean things up pretty good. If there is a lot of grease, all bets are off. About $65 for each kit. I have had it in 18 months now. You sprinkle "speckles" on it, which breaks up any irregularities in the concrete. It does have to be warm ( 60f) to use the stuff, however, if that is an issue. Takes a couple of days to set up/cure. |
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In article , "J. Davidson" wrote:
My husband just finished his shop and he wants to either paint or stain the cement floor. Which is the better, more durable, method? Opinions please. I'd go for a stain. A couple of good products: http://www.hcconcrete.com/product/3011.asp http://www.hcconcrete.com/product/3012.asp The first one may not be available in your state (VOC regs). The second one is water based and should be available anywhere. -- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". | | Gary Player. | | http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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On Dec 1, 5:00 pm, "J. Davidson" wrote:
My husband just finished his shop and he wants to either paint or stain the cement floor. Which is the better, more durable, method? Opinions please. Jackie What is condition of existing concrete? new? old? greasy? clean? moisture barrier beneath slab? I have painted several lab / shop floors; some new concrete, some old. and a couple of garage floors with Rustoleum 9100 Series DTM Industrial Mastic cheers Bob |
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On Dec 2, 12:59 am, BobK207 wrote:
On Dec 1, 5:00 pm, "J. Davidson" wrote: My husband just finished his shop and he wants to either paint or stain the cement floor. Which is the better, more durable, method? Opinions please. Jackie What is condition of existing concrete? new? old? greasy? clean? moisture barrier beneath slab? I have painted several lab / shop floors; some new concrete, some old. and a couple of garage floors with Rustoleum 9100 Series DTM Industrial Mastic cheers Bob Sherwin Williams carries HC oil stain it lasted 10 years in a garage for cars and did not peal, but it is a toxic blend of toluene and zylene. |
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On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:00:21 -0600, "J. Davidson"
wrote: My husband just finished his shop and he wants to either paint or stain the cement floor. Which is the better, more durable, method? Opinions please. Jackie There are some new acid etch/stain for concrete, that look really good, but is quite pricey and i'm not sure it is a DIY job. I've seen it in a few showrooms. They can make a pattern in it of any kind. samurai |
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On Dec 2, 11:18 am, samurai sammer003 @ yahoo.ca.spam wrote:
On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:00:21 -0600, "J. Davidson" wrote: My husband just finished his shop and he wants to either paint or stain the cement floor. Which is the better, more durable, method? Opinions please. Jackie There are some new acid etch/stain for concrete, that look really good, but is quite pricey and i'm not sure it is a DIY job. I've seen it in a few showrooms. They can make a pattern in it of any kind. samurai I have seen photos of the new acid etch process, it is worth looking into |
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