Thank you! I was in the process of spraying, but was going threw a lot of stain to cover everything. I watched your video and using the broom was a product saver.
Hi Kevin! I finally got my basement floor acid stained. It looks great! Right now, it's in the drying process from being neutralized. I'm letting it dry for 5 days before I apply the water based sealer. I have some small paint spots that I couldn't remove with a scraper before I sprayed the stain which I'll use water color to touch up tonight. Just to let you know, your video has been extremely helpful as I viewed it several times to get the effect that you and your wife did. Thank you for posting!! Have a great New Year!
Looks great! I had my floors done professionally about 5 years ago in a brown shade much darker than what you guys did. I’d like to make a change and go with an almost white shade this time and attempt to do it myself after watching your video. Any ideas what I would need to do to prep, strip, primer before going with the lighter color?
I've ordered the materials to do my floors, and have 1 question. After watching your awesome video your wife had mentioned she scrubbed the stain in lightly. Did you notice if that added to the marble affect in the concrete? Thank You
I'm wanting to do my basement, which obviously has existing concrete. Do I have to cut the seams like I keep seeing in all these tutorials, or is that unnecessary? I really don't want to do that if I don't have to. Thank you! Great video!
Kevin, we have recently built, the company who stained and polished our floors were just short of a nightmare. The final result was acceptable. However, when the final cleaners went through the house allowed the cleaner to drip onto the floor leaving spots here and there. The company did come through and spot fixed the worst of them but would not acknowledge the minor spots through the house. And would not show us how to remove the spots that took him minutes to repair. How do i remove those lightened spots?
I apologize for not reading all the comments to see if this has been asked already... I'm staining a freshly poured patio next to a new pool installation. Will the sealing agent make it slippery when wet? If so, any tips to avoid that?
How bad are the fumes? We plan on doing this but my fiance don't want our dogs home while this is being done. What are the safety precautions besides ventilation especially if this is done during the winter?
Wondering the same thing...need recommendations on the easiest self leveling concrete that does not clump and emulsifies well and doesn't dry as quick as the 5 minute types
We are removing 40 year old tile from our basement floors & would like to acid wash them. There is some stickiness on the concrete from the tiles. How should we remove the stickiness? Thank you.
Is it possible to redo a floor that’s been already been stain? My contractor did a crappy job on our basement floor. There are areas that did not absorb color.
Perhaps you have listed them and I don't know how/where to find them, but could you show me a list of the products you used to create those beautiful floors!!
fantastic job! Looks amazing.. I have done a lot of my own remods to my home and now looking to do this in the last area of the house that is only carpet.. Living Room. Great video, i would be ripping up the carpet, I didn't seen where you prepped the concrete before the stain. Did you have to wash the concrete or anything like that?
I have 2 things: 1. The chicken singing in the background was great! I wondered if very many heard it. 2. Several of the videos I have watched showed them lightly spraying the slab before applying the stain. Did y'all do that and if not why?
Kevin, in the video she mentioned doing an accent color on top of the one we see being applied. Did ya'll do the accent color or is your end result after the 16 hours of dwell time of the single stain? Thanks!
I have some spots on my stained concrete floors that need to be resealed how do I go about doing that? Do I need to strip it and re-seal the entire floor
Hey, the video was very helpful but I can't find the sealer anywhere other than on amazon for $200. Are there alternatives? I live in New York so it is illegal to ship any of the eagle brand ones here as well.
If you’re floors do have a lot of residue from the original tile,... (home built in 1959) ...How much more work and time is a guy looking at if he wants to stain concrete? Residue is dark colored
Kevin Coy ok, 2nd question. After neutralizing does floor need to be 100% clean and will mop streaks and footprints(from neutralizing) show thru sealer?
Great job, thank you for the video. Did you back spray after brushing the original coat while still wet? What would you guess coverage is per gallon? Did you dilute with water if so what was the ratios did you use? Sorry for all the questions just trying to get ready to do about 1300 sq ft. first timer.
when did u use the neutralizing agent. that's the only thing I think wasn't specified or I just missed it. she said let the acid stain sit for 16 hours then rinsed it with water but when was the neutralizing agent added. thanks looks beautiful.
After we let the stain dwell for 16 hours we then poured a mixture of 8 oz ammonia to one gallon of water and rinsed the entire floor area. For our 576 sq ft area it took about 24 oz of ammonia.
I should show u guys what not having a new concrete floor looks like it's a hell of a lot of prep grinders and all to get out the imperfections. your wife was right having a new concrete floor is key!!
Please help! I am ready 2 do my floors after some grueling prep work. The part I missed was the neutralizing part. So I wait 16 hours and then spray with amonia?
Here is the link for the product we use amzn.to/2q47fsA you can get a scrub brush amzn.to/2rDrON0 and if you need to a pressure washer. All the links to the things we used for the entire project are in the comments below the video.
I would love to do this in my garage. However, there are currently some small/medium cracks in the floor. Would you recommend filling each crack with a filler and/or applying a thin overlay before applying the stain? Thanks
How long did this take from the time you started cleanin to the time the floor was ready to walk on? Im having a house built and Im trying to determine if the cost savings is worth the time lost. Obviously until the floor is finished I cant have any other contractors in the house.
Very nice video ! I have a question. Did you take all the cream of the top layer and expose all the aggregate ? Looks like you left some and it’s shading and looking great
or agitate with a brush just to break up the pattern. I left some prints to and when we finnished you really could not see them in the pattern of the stain.
Thank you for the great video! We are going to tackle our basement floors in the coming weeks. Did you sand the floors with the diamond buffer? Our house is brand new construction, and I wanted to see if this step is needed since the concrete is clean and new.
You show the finished product faster than I could blink!! Why? I watched the entire video waited to the end, and then you supplied one really fast picture?
What kind of sealant could I use, for indoors, such as rooms, kitchen or bathroom, beside the one you used? I want a matte/flat look. I would also prefer something that would stand the trial of time, and be as permanent as possible. What kind of material or properties should I be looking when shopping for such sealant? Would urethane work? Would this work? www.homedepot.com/p/Eagle-5-gal-Natural-Seal-Penetrating-Clear-Water-Based-Concrete-and-Masonry-Water-Repellant-Sealer-and-Salt-Repellant-EM5/203075976 Please share any info or suggestion, whether what I mentioned could work or not. (also, how many square feet of floor are covered by 1 galon of product?)
Hi there this is Annissa Kevin's camera girl and concrete staining chica :) Most sealers cover about 200 sq ft per gallon is what I have found. I am not familiar with the sealer you showed in your comment however I picked by sealer because of its long lasting properties and quality. They make a matte finish additive for most sealer that you can buy from amazon that you add to your sealer before applying it to get the desired matte finish you want.
Hi thanks for your reply! It seems amazon won't ship chemical components to where I live :( .... are there 2-3 sealer options you could recommend from Home depot or walmart?
That has not been our experience. I have lived on concrete slab floors for over 20 years. Some like this and others with tile or carpet. It is a popular form of construction.
