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Too soon for 1 step stain/sealer?  Q. I have a new slab that is 16 days old. I want to use a 1-step stain/sealer but the problem is all the products that I look at need 28 to 45 days cure ...

Preparing an interior floor for acrylic stain  Q. I am considering using an acrylic stain on the concrete in our family room, which is a remodeled garage area. My problem is the preparation, the ...

Preparing Previously Carpeted Concrete For Stain  Q. We had to rip out all our basement carpet due to flooding. We want to stain the concrete but we have paint over spray from when the walls were painted ...

Staining concrete pavers  Q. Can pavers be stained? if so, should i use acid or acrylic stains?
How will the original color of my pavers (my patio is a combination of tan square ...

Concrete Dusting and Popping  Q. I have a patio/porch that was acid stained and sealed last July. In November after a rainy cold spell the floor started getting dusty. Now it is also ...

paint over sealant?  Q. I have used muriatic acid twice to etch my 15 year old interior concrete floor. It hissed and bubbled (about 1 part acid to 10 water) and I left ...

Combining different colors of acid stain.  Q. I am currently building cabins in costa rica and would like to stain the floor instead of using tile. I've seen photos of floors that have been done ...

Acid stained floors with paint spots  Q. My husband and I recently acid stained our floors. We were told that other than cleaning the floors well that there would be no need to clean using ...

customer  Q. We went with a warm shade gray coloured concrete. When they sealed the concrete in certain areas the seal looks cracked or webbed what can we do ...

home exterior staining  Q. The outside of my house is newly plastered with a rough texture, coins on all the corners and all the windows are banded I would like to stain instead ...

Acid Stain vs. Colored Sealer  Q. If it's suggested that you seal the concrete after staining it, then it seems logical to just go with a colored sealer and get it done with one step....

Trying to color sealed concrete  Q. I have a large outdoor concrete patio that I want to color or stain but it has recently been sealed. It looks like removing the sealant is a big ...

Removing stains from sawdust on concrete  Q. Allowing redwood sawdust to get wet will stain unsealed concrete patios.

How do you remove the staining?

A. Probably the only way to remove ...

Staining old & new concrete surface together  Q. We recently added concrete to our garage to level it (converting the garage to a playroom/ utility room). The utility room will now contain the leveled ...

Acrylic Stain vs Epoxy Paint  Q. On new concrete floors, what are the pros and cons of acid stained floors vs epoxy painting?

A. Whether you choose acid staining or epoxy painting ...

Too cold for concrete staining?  Q. Can I stain and seal my concrete patio as long as temperature is above freezing?

A. According to manufacturer instructions, the temperature should ...

Staining and engraving concrete floor  Q. I would like to acid stain a small area of new concrete (no more than 150 square feet), then etch it to look like stoneS or brick, held together by ...

Acrylic Stain in Retail Business  Q. I have a retail shop that currently has carpet. We want to rip it up and stain the concrete. It is appx 30 years old, so I am gussing we need to ...

Sealer doesn't shine  Q. I recently acid stained my patio. It came out very brown rather than the color that it showed on the picture. Also, I applied 2 coats of clear sealer ...

Sealer bubbling  Q. I have a problem with the sealer bubbling after it's applied.

A. This is a common problem with sealer, especially with exterior applications....

Staining old concrete foundation  Q. We have a 25 yr old interior concrete foundation that had the same carpet for 20 yrs. and when the old carpet was removed, heavy traffic areas had ...

Reviving 8 year old stamped porch, walks and patio  Q. We moved to a home in SW Missouri that has a stamped concrete walk, patio and porch. As far as I can tell, these have not been maintained or been ...

Half-sealed Acid Stained Patio!?  Q. As part of our summer yard renovation, we had a patio added to the back of our home. It has contoured (curved) edges and is a beautiful addition ...

Colored concrete sealer for driveway  Q. If I am putting in a concrete drive do I have the contractor use a color sealer immediately after it is poured? One company quote said that the drive ...

cost of staining interior floors  Q. We have a room that is 18x18. We are going to pull up the carpet and stain with acrylic. We are wondering about how much this will cost to do?

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Discoloration after sealing acrylic concrete stain  Q. I recently stained my concrete patio with acrylic stain, and followed it with a concrete sealer. Unfortunately I now have white roller marks all ...

How to remove concrete sealer before acrylic staining  Q. I moved into a five year old home that has a plain concrete backyard patio, in excellent shape,no stains of any sort, but major ugly. I would like ...

Why Not Muriatic Acid??  Q. Why shouldn't you clean concrete with Muriatic Acid before acid staining? I recently cleaned my patio with Muriatic Acid and have now decided I would ...

cloudy sealer  Q. Is there anyway to clear up cloudy spots in the sealer?

A. Get some xylene and apply some to the spots of cloudy sealer. This will emulsify ...

Overlay pool deck or replace it?  Q. I live in Minnesota and have weather realted issues to contend with. I have two concrete slabs that that have cracked and have loose concrete. It ...

Mixing sand in the sealer  Q. Can silica be mixed into the sealer rather than broadcasting?

A. Yes, the sand can be mixed in the sealer but needs to be done with an electric ...

Floor Staining question  Q. After patching the divots created when I removed the carpet tack strips, how long do I need to wait for the concrete patch to cure before I stain ...

paint on concrete  Q. I got some paint on my driveway and i want to remove it. how do i do that if it is possible?

A. Removing paint from a driveway is usually more ...

Problems with stamped concrete turning white like a calcium build up...  Q. I had stamped concrete put in around my pool. It was a rust color stamped concrete. It was sealed professionally, but it has still turned an awful ...

Acid stain mix  Q. How do you mix your own acid stain? What chemicals do you use and what ratios?

A. I don't know the answer to this question because we don't make ...

Is my basement floor a candidate for acid stain?  Q. Our concrete basement floor is approximately 20 years old. For most of that time it was virtually unused. Over the last 3 years our dog tracked dirt ...