No matter how well you clean it dirt and debris will get on that roller.
How to paint a porch floor concrete.
My paint sprayer was perfect for this project i couldn t imagine painting this with a roller or a brush.
Prime your porch with exterior primer.
Learn how to paint a concrete patio floor and create a faux rug.
It will almost always be necessary to apply two to three coats of paint while letting the surface dry for two to four hours between each.
Prime and paint priming before you paint concrete floors helps ensure that your new look will stick.
All concrete is porous and absorbs moisture but if your concrete patio contains too much moisture you won t be able to paint it until you correct the moisture content.
Use a paint brush to prime cracks or tight spaces.
When you paint your porch floor you don t just want to make it look like stone from above.
Use porch and floor paint made to go over concrete to cover your concrete patio use paint that is self priming and self sealing to save yourself a few layers.
After giving the porch a thorough sweeping i used painters tape all around to protect the house.
Apply paving paint or porch and floor enamel first to the perimeter and then the middle.
Instead transform the whole porch floor by painting the sides with a rougher texture like the stone in this picture.
The result is a stylish porch surface resembling slate at a fraction of the cost.
How to stamp a concrete porch floor rock solid hosts derek stearns and dean marsico show how to use overlay and a pattern stamp to rework a cracked and peeling concrete porch floor.
Pour some concrete paint into a roller pan next and use your other roller to coat the patio in color.
Work from one end of the porch to the other until the entire porch is covered with a smooth even coat.
If you already have stone beneath or near your porch make sure your new paint matches that stone s color.
Prep the surface step 1.
How to paint concrete.
Take an 18 inch by 18 inch square of aluminum foil or thick plastic and tape down all four sides sealing the square to the concrete with tape.
Wait 16 to 24 hours.
Do not try to finish the job in one coat.
Use paint rollers to cover your porch with exterior primer.