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White stains on concrete  Q. We recently had a new patio laid - concrete tiles. Very quickly we noticed a white stain on them, which has got worse over time - may be some sort ...

REMOVING CONCRETE STAIN  Q. I love the natural look of concrete stains so I decided to do my garage floor. I got the Behr etching, primer, and stain. Follow every step exactly ...

Black walnut stains on concrete driveway  Q. Squirrels eat walnuts on our concrete driveway and leave the shells. If they are not removed immediately or a car drives over them a stain results....

concrete countertop stain repair  Q. Our contractor applied acrylic staining to our new concrete countertop just last Friday.

Due to inexperience on his part, there are a couple of ...

milky spots after sealer applied  Q. We recently stained concrete floors in new construction. When we applied first coat of sealer, we noticed some spots that appear "milky". I was ...

Spilled muriatic acid  Q. My exsposed concrete had some muritic acid dumped on it in a few spots. It turned white like it ate into the concrete how do i fix it.

A. Muriatic ...

How do I remove black sealer from bathroom floor?  Q. I pulled up the carpet and pad in my bathroom in preparation for painting/staining the floor or installing tiles, either stick-on or ceramic.
When ...

Primer Overspray on Basement Concrete Floor - Want to Stain  Q. We want to stain our basement floor with a dark stain. However, there is a LARGE amount of primer overspray around the perimeter of the basement....

Remove acrylic concrete stain  Q. How do i remove "5 minute stain", 100% acrylic from concrete? I oversprayed my neighbors concrete.

A. Since it's an acrylic stain, most acrylic ...

Gasoline Soaked into concrete  Q. I had a generator stored in the garage and the gas in it turned bad and leaked onto the garage concrete floor in about a 3 foot by 3 foot square. I ...

Removing white stains on concrete patio  Q. I have some white stains on my stamped concrete patio. I think they are mineral build up or residue from when I sealed it years ago with a water ...

Removing white stains on concrete patio  Q. I have some white stains on my stamped concrete patio. I think they are mineral build up or residue from when I sealed it years ago with a water ...

removing carpet glue from rough concrete  Q. I removed green carpet from the front porch a year ago because it left black matter on concrete so I thought if I left it it would wear off ( wrong)...

Removing spilled paint on stamped concrete patio  Q. What would be a safe way to remove some watered down painted that ran onto our stamped concrete patio? The patio was sealed two years ago.

A. You ...

Removing overspray from patio  Q. My girlfriend was spray painting a light fixture in the yard and didn't cover a large enough area. She got overspray on the concrete patio. Is there ...

Concrete sealer problems  Q. I had a plain concrete slab patio put down last September.No sealer could be applied at the time because it literally rained constantly for two months ...

PAINTED CONCRETE  Q. WE HAVE A POOL DECK THAT IS STAMPED CONCRETE. THE PREVIOUS OWNER USED EXTERIOR HOUSE PAINT TO PAINT THE ENTIRE SURFACE.

WE WANT TO GET RID OF THE ...

Remove old stain  Q. How would I go about taking the old stain off my patio that is peeling,, there are two layers?

A. The easiest way to do it is with a high power ...

Removing Spray Paint Before Staining  Q. Since my husband is a concrete contractor, and has stained concrete on new construction before, we decided to remove the carpet and stain the concrete....

Removing bubbles from sealer  Q. I just had a stamped concrete patio placed in my backyard. My wife decided two weeks after it was completed that it needed a good cleaning and used ...

Discoloration after cleaning with muriatic acid  Q. I have new concrete (4 months old) and had some stains on it. I wanted to clean it up before sealing and went to the local Lowe's and was given a ...

Messed up with acrylic stain  Q. We recently stained our porch/patio with a blue acrylic stain. We ended up hating the color and want to know how to remove it.

A. The easiest ...

Gall Stains on concrete Patios  Q. Can you please help me with some advise on how to remove the stains on my new patio which have been caused by Acorn Galls.

Please see the attached ...

Removing concrete stain caused by muriatic acid  Q. I just had a pool installed with a concrete decking. I also had a short stucco wall built along one side of the decking. The workers used Muriatic ...

Remove wood flooring glue from concrete  Q. How do you remove the glue from wood flooring that has been glued directly to the concrete? Is it the same as carpet glue, and is the removal process ...

How to remove COLORED concrete stain  Q. Our homes' previous owner stained their concrete patio (about 40x60) with a colored concrete stain, I believe by Behr. However, they did not do it ...

Removing sealer from patio  Q. I had a colored concrete patio poured in my back yard.My Painting company(Kwal Howells)told me to put a sealer on it after it cured for about 60-...

Removing sealer  Q. My concrete "wet look" sealer is cloudy looking. I think the shark grip additive may have caused the problem. Is there anyway to remove the sealer ...

New sealer, old sealer?  Q. I know what kind of sealer to stay away from, will it be bad for the concrete if i use a different name brand or product when i re-seal? such as,...

Carpet on front porch  Q. I am hoping you can help us. We are trying to remove
this turf off our front porch and every time we take some of the carpet up some of the concrete ...

Spray paint on concrete nightmare  Q. We just bougt a ten year old house that has spray paint on the walk and driveway. What is the best way to clean the paint off?

A. A high powered ...