Concrete Acid Stain Floors

They work by penetrating the surface and reacting chemically with the hydrated lime calcium hydroxide in the concrete.

Concrete acid stain floors.

Apply the acid stain. Acid based stain and water based stain. The acid in the stain lightly etches the surface allowing the metallic salts to penetrate more easily. Applying acid stain to concrete can give new life to plain and otherwise dull looking surfaces.

It also won t fade peel or chip. No two acid stained floors will be the same. Acid based stain the color palette is more limited but the stain typically lasts longer than water based so it s the best solution for high traffic areas. But i decided to go for it anyway as i figured a i have a ton of very thrifty very handy readers who love frugal diy stuff and b i honestly just wanted a reference for myself as i have a bad.

The topic of acid staining concrete floors strays a little from my usual subject matter and seems slightly more suited for a home renovation blog. Acid stains can give concrete a look of deep marbling along with a color unlike any other type of available flooring. I repeated this until the entire concrete floor was done. Most acid stains are a mixture of water hydrochloric acid and acid soluble metallic salts.

For this i used two garden sprayers. But everything can be done by even a beginning diyer. There are two types of products you can use for staining concrete floors. After i had cleaned and etched all of the concrete it was time to apply the stain.

Any kind will do.