Decorative concrete, achieved through acid-staining, can rejuvenate the look of your business, and add value to your company, while providing all of the advantages of concrete flooring.
Most people have tackled a furniture stripping project once or twice in their life. But what about concrete? This article addresses the chemical stripping of paint and other types of adhesives from concrete flooring before acid-staining it.
If you have a beautiful acid-stained concrete floor, make sure to maintain it so that it never needs to be refurbished. If it does need refurbishing, however, all is not lost, if you hire the services of a good decorative concrete flooring contractor.
Almost all acid-stained and decorative concrete flooring has joints and saw-cuts. To maximize the floor’s potential and beauty these joints and saw-cuts often need to be filled with joint filler and/or joint sealant.
If you’re planning to acid-stain a concrete floor in your home or business, carpet glue can be one of the most difficult residues to remove in getting the concrete clean enough to stain. In this article, we cover some of the best methods and approaches for removing carpet glue.
One of the biggest questions homeowners face in choosing a type of decorative concrete flooring for their finished basement, garage, or other indoor living space is: "Should I go with acid-stained concrete or a metallic epoxy coating?"
Jeff Donius, the owner of Premier Veneers, was appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to the Michigan Residential Builders’ and Maintenance & Alterations Contractors’ Licensing Board, in recognition of his construction expertise in the concrete and painting & decorating trades.
The last five years has seen a significant resurgence in exposed aggregate concrete for driveways, porches, patios and pool decks. The problem is sealing and resealing exposed aggregate concrete is tricky. It requires not only a high quality sealer, but experience, attention, and finesse.
Most people, even in construction, remodeling and flooring, have probably never heard the term, “self-leveling overlay” - let alone similar terms, like “self-leveler”, “floor leveler” or “concrete leveler”. But self-leveling overlays play a key and expanding role in decorative concrete.
When acid-staining concrete, excess dampness has two possible effects: first, it can dilute the acid stain after it is sprayed and absorbed into the concrete, thereby lightening the ultimate color; second, it can prolong the reaction with the concrete and over-intensify the color.
