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Cost of “refreshing” concrete floors?
Posted on 6/25/25 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 6/25/25 at 6:59 pm
Anyone have current experience of costs in S LA to refinish dulled/scratched clear coat on stained concrete floors?
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Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:29 pm to Sheepdog1833
We typically charge $1- $1.50/ sqft. depending on how rough shape it’s in.
Posted on 6/26/25 at 1:23 pm to robot55
Could stain color be changed? Also, I have grout lines cut into mine. Any way to fill these for a smooth finish?
Posted on 6/26/25 at 1:50 pm to robot55
If I set anything with a rubber coating on my concrete floors, it inevitably sticks to the floor, sticks to where it is a chore to get the item up. Also leaves marks behind on the floor. Any idea what is causing this?
Also, interested in this:
Also, interested in this:
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Could stain color be changed? Also, I have grout lines cut into mine. Any way to fill these for a smooth finish?
This post was edited on 6/26/25 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 6/26/25 at 2:15 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Anything rubber can stick to the floor, it’s probably just warm temps and it’s melting a little bit. Razor scraper should get it off. Stick on, felt pads may help.
Changing the color is tricky and I usually don’t recommend it. Most stained concrete floors were stained with acid stains. Acid stains are great because they eat into the concrete and are very durable, pretty much permanent. But once the floor has been sealed you can’t really use acid stains anymore. They have other stains, acrylic stains, acetone dyes… but they mostly sit on top the floor and are susceptible to scratching, peeling over time and nobody wants that.
Changing the color is tricky and I usually don’t recommend it. Most stained concrete floors were stained with acid stains. Acid stains are great because they eat into the concrete and are very durable, pretty much permanent. But once the floor has been sealed you can’t really use acid stains anymore. They have other stains, acrylic stains, acetone dyes… but they mostly sit on top the floor and are susceptible to scratching, peeling over time and nobody wants that.
Posted on 6/26/25 at 2:23 pm to robot55
I have grout lines cut into mine. Any way to fill these for a smooth finish?
Posted on 6/26/25 at 3:48 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Is it a skinny line, scored kinda deep into the slab? If so, you could fill it with a colored concrete filler. When we score slabs, we typically use a wider blade that just barely etches the top of the slab and that kind of score line wouldn’t be deep enough to apply any filler.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:29 am to robot55
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you could fill it with a colored concrete filler.
You have one you recommend?
Posted on 6/27/25 at 8:53 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Quickcrete patching compound works well. You can get the pint size containers in the concrete section of Home Depot/lowes. It’s premixed and ready to use, you would just want to add some colorant to it and mix well. For colorant, quickrete sells some bottles of different concrete colors. If they didn’t have a great color match to your floor color you could get a gallon of concrete stain mixed up in the paint section of Home Depot, lots of color options that way.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 9:16 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
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I have grout lines cut into mine. Any way to fill these for a smooth finish?
If its still a finished exposed concrete floor, I can't imagine anyone with any skill level can hide filled grout lines on a stained floor. A solid epoxy seems like the only option if wanting to fill lines and have exposed concrete.
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