How To Prepare A Basement Floor For Staining

It s also an easy project.

How to prepare a basement floor for staining.

When applying a floor coating it is important to find a paint or stain formulated for the area and type of surface. Brush strokes may appear so go over the floor again with a second coat to cover them up. Simply cut the product with water 1 1 spray from a garden sprayer and wash off with clear water after 15 20 minutes. For excessively smooth concrete apply the floor prep full strength for optimal results.

Read the instructions on the can for dry time. After you have given the second coat of stain time to dry mop your floor. Apply the stain prep and let it sit for 5 minutes 30 minutes if you are removing heavy areas of grease oils or tire marks and then scrub the area with a stiff straw brush or a rented floor buffing machine with the aggressive scrubbing stripping pads. Painting basement floors is not a lasting solution as paint can and usually does chip and peel over time.

Concrete basement floors can benefit quite a bit from getting stained. Products for outdoor application like concrete paint are made to withstand more extreme temperatures and harsher wear a coating made for basement floors may not serve as the best garage floor coating. Sweep your concrete floor with a shop broom gathering up as much dirt and debris as possible. Use a rotary scrubbing machine with a special pad designed for the aggressive scrubbing of concrete.

Paints will sit on the surface and lose their bond to the concrete even with normal amounts of evaporation. Prepare the surface by cleaning the floor and etching the surface to permit penetration of the stain. 3 scrub your floor with the tsp. Vacuum up the water with a shopvac.

Test again whether water beads on the surface. Same process as before but this time your water will turn blue or whatever color of stain you chose spray the soap add water and scrub. Stains however make a permanent color change to a concrete surface via chemical reaction with the concrete. This will create a more consistent finish.

Spray it evenly across the floor. As you re spraying the stain have someone else follow behind you with a broom working the stain into the floor. Most slabs will be ready for staining after an application of hard troweled floor prep. You should start with a paintbrush then use a roller to stain the rest of the floor.

Allow the first coat to dry. Apply two coats of conflex flexible concrete waterproofer smooth h c colortop solvent based solid color concrete sealer or h c colortop water based solid color concrete stain according to label directions.