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Any of you boys dealt with stained concrete?
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:40 pm
house or camp or wherever?
Fixing to start building my new house.. We decided to go with the stained concrete floors.
Fixing to start building my new house.. We decided to go with the stained concrete floors.
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Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:41 pm to TIGRLEE
It's badass and not cheap. That's pretty much all there is to it.
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:42 pm to TIGRLEE
Very low maintenance..........
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:43 pm to CBLSU316
quote:Hose pipe ftw
Very low maintenance..........
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:44 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Cold, clammy, dirty looking all the time...
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:46 pm to TIGRLEE
Cheaper than tile, you can etch it and make groves like tile also. DIY is a pain in arse.
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:47 pm to Drop4Loss
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Cold, clammy, dirty looking all the time...
This.
We did our pool house like this a few years ago, and while it is perfect for that application, I didn't do it all in the house we just built.
I think it is a trend that has passed, IMO.
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:48 pm to TIGRLEE
Cheap if you DIY. Jimjackandjose has done a couple
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:49 pm to TIGRLEE
Man, w/e you do make sure the people doing it know wtf they are doing. My cousin has stained concrete floors in her house, and the color looks nice, but the people that did it were high, drunk or a combination of both b/c there's no way a sober person could scrape the lines for the designs that crooked.
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:50 pm to TIGRLEE
Nope but my dad and I put a NASCAR floor in his workshop. Clear 20 mil coat with red white and blue flakes.
I'm guessing you're not gonna want that in your house though?
I'm guessing you're not gonna want that in your house though?
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:53 pm to Drop4Loss
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Posted by Drop4Loss Cold, clammy, dirty looking all the time...
This. Hated them in my old house.
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:54 pm to TIGRLEE
Stained and polished is the way to go. Like super polished like marble.
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:55 pm to Drop4Loss
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Cold, clammy, dirty looking all the time..
somebody didnt know how to do it..
my last house was all coca cola stain, with 6 layers of wax over it,,, looked great ALL the time, looked like it had about 2 inches of glass on top of the concrete, ducks would have never been able to light..
had every room etched around the walls and diamond patterns were matched to the size of the room,, loved it... the maid mopped it with plain water once a week..
It stayed the same temp as the inside of the house,, not hot, not cold,,, whatever your house was..
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:55 pm to SpeckledTiger
tried to do it in garage but I sucked at it
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:56 pm to VanRIch
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Stained and polished is the way to go. Like super polished like marble.
Yeah, this is what my cousin has on hers, its stained a deep red/maroon, and looks really nice, but like I said, some of the lines that were etched are cooked and wavy.
Posted on 8/13/13 at 8:58 pm to brass2mouth
Jjj did a badass job on the ones he did.
Posted on 8/13/13 at 9:02 pm to brass2mouth
all depends on the contractor.. my guy used a straight edge, skil saw with diamond blade, pulled lines on the naked slab and cut the whole thing before any walls or anything was ever installed,,, came out perfect..
VERY important to keep slab covered up during construction and super clean... I had 2 layers of cardboard, and 4 layers of paper protecting it mainly from the dang plumbers that dropped crap everywhere..was not a cheap alternative, by any means..
VERY important to keep slab covered up during construction and super clean... I had 2 layers of cardboard, and 4 layers of paper protecting it mainly from the dang plumbers that dropped crap everywhere..was not a cheap alternative, by any means..
Posted on 8/13/13 at 9:05 pm to Drop4Loss
I think the bottom line here is some of you had it done right and others skimped.
Posted on 8/13/13 at 9:13 pm to TIGRLEE
Built my house a couple years ago. We didn't put one bit of flooring. Stained and scored concrete throughout and I love it.
Here is a pick during construction.
Here is a pick during construction.
Posted on 8/13/13 at 9:15 pm to TIGRLEE
ask to see his portfolio, names of references,, etc... go see the jobs....
sound carries on nekkid concrete,,, will need a few rugs, maybe... i hated to put them down,, loved the concrete... the first night after i poured,, some deer got on slab,, several months later the light hit the slab just right and i found deer tracks on my coca cola stained floor, it looked pretty cool,,, kinda gave it character.
sound carries on nekkid concrete,,, will need a few rugs, maybe... i hated to put them down,, loved the concrete... the first night after i poured,, some deer got on slab,, several months later the light hit the slab just right and i found deer tracks on my coca cola stained floor, it looked pretty cool,,, kinda gave it character.
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