Concrete Acid Stain Floors

For this i used two garden sprayers.

Concrete acid stain floors.

After i had cleaned and etched all of the concrete it was time to apply the stain. Here are the pros and cons of each. Acid stains can give concrete a look of deep marbling along with a color unlike any other type of available flooring. Depending on the amount of preparation your surface needs you can get this unique durable flooring option for as low as 60 cents a square foot including all the tools needed to apply the finish.

Any kind will do. They work by penetrating the surface and reacting chemically with the hydrated lime calcium hydroxide in the concrete. No two acid stained floors will be the same. I filled one up with clean water and in the other one with the acid stain.

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. There are two types of products you can use for staining concrete floors. Apply the acid stain. It also won t fade peel or chip.

The acid in the stain lightly etches the surface allowing the metallic salts to penetrate more easily. But everything can be done by even a beginning diyer. I repeated this until the entire concrete floor was done. Acid based stain and water based stain.

Most acid stains are a mixture of water hydrochloric acid and acid soluble metallic salts.