Cob: Re: stain for concrete floors

[Howard]

There are concrete stains manufactured by several companies, one is Behr.  However
I've also seen wood stain used on interior conc. floors with good results.  I prefer
the wood stain, the siliconized acrylics don't seem like a very nice finish to me.

Howard

Bill&Julie wrote:

> Hidare!  * Smiles to all *,,, This may not be congruent to this msg
> thread,. In Florida (Zypherhills) the fashon statement is to have
> your cement driveway painted. The contractors that do this, use a
> product that looks like vinal. It has some KIND of waranty. Don't
>  have any idea of its evironmental impact, outside, inside, or in the
> manufacture.
> It couldn't have been to bad on the pocket book, alot of the OLDE
> people in the trailer park had it done. As I remember, it looked like
> inlayed linolium, and marble..
> If you are interested, I'll ask Mom for the name. Hurry,,, She'll be
> 84 this year....  * but still swims laps *  bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kerry Doran" <kerdor at alberta.com>
> To: <coblist at deatech.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:57 AM
> Subject: Cob: stain for concrete floors
>
> >
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > I saw on a tv program that you can stain your concrete floor to prevent
> > upscale costs of conventional flooring.  Has anyone heard of this method?
> >  Does anyone know of what kind of stain to use??
> >
> > What I saw on the program was that after the cement is poured and set,
> > a floor sander/polisher is  used to ,make it smooth, a stain is applied
> > in different layers, making it almost a marbled effect and then 3-4 coats
> >  of varathane is applied
> >
> > Any input is appreciated
> > Kerry
> > --
> > Kerry Doran
> > kerdor at alberta.com - email
> > (780) 423-2492 ext. 8810 - voicemail/fax
> >
> >
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