Light Maintenance
What could be easier than just wiping something up when it spills - leaving no stains, odors, or other adverse lasting effects? Acid-stained concrete floors are just as easy to clean as this glossy countertop.
No floor is maintenance free, but some floors require less care than others. Carpeting requires frequent vacuuming and occasional shampooing. Tile comes loose, can crack or shatter, and requires careful attention to accumulation of dirt and grime in grout lines. Hardwood and wood laminate require frequent mopping or waxing, and careful control of ambient relative humidity levels. But acid-stained concrete flooring requires only light, minimal maintenance to maintain its initial appearance indefinitely. What this means is sweeping, vacuuming, or dust mopping as necessary, and cleaning, re-polishing (re-application of floor finish), or buffing only periodically, depending on the amount of foot traffic, and the floor's proximity to exterior entrances. Re-polishing or buffing may seem labor intensive, but an average-sized acid stained concrete floor, of between 1,000 and 2,000 square feet, can easily be re-polished or buffed in approximately 10 to 15 minutes, with minimal effort. As such, average, annual maintenance costs of acid-stained concrete flooring are the very lowest in the floor covering industry: estimated at only $.17 per square foot, annually. There are detailed, product-specific recommendations for the inexpensive maintenance of acid-stained concrete flooring on this page of our web site: Care & Maintenance of Acid-Stained & Decorative Concrete Flooring