If you are remodeling your home you can apply stain to your existing floors.
How to add acid stain to a concrete floor.
Now to apply the acid stain.
Create beautiful floors using a combination of acid staining.
We scored the concrete first into 18 blocks which are now grouted so they look like tiles.
It s just about the same color as yours.
I filled one up with clean water and in the other one with the acid stain.
You can let the surface dry and then work back into the floor with the stains to get the desired color.
To do this wear your protective gloves and then mix one part etch clean with four parts water in your pump sprayer.
A small amount of acid added to the water will pull the stain out of the concrete without etching the concrete surface.
Once you ve covered the entire area let it dry for about four hours or until it s completely dry.
The acid stain mix.
My husband and i did our whole downstairs of our strawbale house with acid stain on our concrete floors.
We too used quart spray bottles.
Put the acid in your pump sprayer and apply it to the floor in a circular motion.
Also stain works perfectly with overlays.
Or if you have a new home project you can stain new concrete floors.
After applying the acid sweep it with a broom to ensure that the acid will be spread evenly.
After i had cleaned and etched all of the concrete it was time to apply the stain.
When adding acid stain to a concrete floor already laid the walls and any other low lying fixed objects will need to be protected from the discolouration process of the acid stain.
When it comes to staining your concrete floor you can choose to use acid based chemical stains or water based stains.
Spray this onto your floor allow to rest for a few minutes you will hear it fuzzing and then scrub over it with your synthetic broom.
Your floors look great.
To lighten an acid stain first make a dilution solution of approximately nine parts water to one part muriatic acid and then dilute the acid stain with that mixture.
I repeated this until the entire concrete floor was done.
For this i used two garden sprayers.
Any kind will do.
Applying mixture of etch clean and water.
By doing this you maintain the level of acid in your mixture.