To avoid any risk of scratching floors wait 7 days before walking on painted concrete floors with shoes or adding furniture.
How to age concrete painted floors.
Prepare a solution of water mixed with any household cleaning chemical.
Step 1 cleaning and scrape.
Painted concrete floors aren t necessarily difficult to clean.
Even if your floor has been treated with a sealan.
The concrete should stay at this level of wetness until the acid is applied.
Existing paint needs to be scraped and sanded.
Pour a solution of eight parts water and one part muriatic acid over the surface of the floor to etch the concrete for better paint adhesion.
So once it s done you don t want to have to redo it.
Apply your second coat of concrete floor paint and epoxy paint.
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When your concrete is perfectly clean and clear use a hose with a sprayer attachment to wet the entire surface of the concrete.
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Scrub the surface with a long handled brush.
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It should not be a complete 100 coverage but just on the top surfaces to keep them from absorbing the next layers.
Start away from the entrance using a lambswool roller on a poll.
Rinse with clear clean water and allow to thoroughly dry particularly in the corners.
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I did it with a 4 grinder a half face mask earplugs safety glasses a wet rag to remove dust from my face a shop vac with a drywall hepa filter.
The method is similar to those used to clean most floors but you must use caution when choosing the chemicals and cleaning solutions.
It was only about 100 square feet so small next to yours.
Leave the solution on for 15 minutes.
Let this dry for a few minutes.
Maintaining painted concrete floors painted concrete floors should be resealed every few years to keep the paint from chipping fading and dissolving.
Allow the concrete surface to dry.
Make sure your brush has very little medium on it by rubbing off on paper towel.
To maintain most of the concrete colour on the surfaces i give it a dry brush type scrubbing with matt medium.
Spread the water evenly across the surface until all of the concrete is wet but no standing water remains.