I filled one up with clean water and in the other one with the acid stain.
Concrete acid stain floors.
Apply the acid stain.
There are two types of products you can use for staining concrete floors.
Depending on the amount of preparation your surface needs you can get this unique durable flooring option for as low as 60 cents a square foot including all the tools needed to apply the finish.
Any kind will do.
They work by penetrating the surface and reacting chemically with the hydrated lime calcium hydroxide in the concrete.
Acid stains can give concrete a look of deep marbling along with a color unlike any other type of available flooring.
After i had cleaned and etched all of the concrete it was time to apply the stain.
But i decided to go for it anyway as i figured a i have a ton of very thrifty very handy readers who love frugal diy stuff and b i honestly just wanted a reference for myself as i have a bad.
Applying acid stain to concrete can give new life to plain and otherwise dull looking surfaces.
For this i used two garden sprayers.
I repeated this until the entire concrete floor was done.
Acid based stain and water based stain.
It also won t fade peel or chip.
But everything can be done by even a beginning diyer.
The acid in the stain lightly etches the surface allowing the metallic salts to penetrate more easily.
Most acid stains are a mixture of water hydrochloric acid and acid soluble metallic salts.
Acid based stain the color palette is more limited but the stain typically lasts longer than water based so it s the best solution for high traffic areas.