re: Any of you boys dealt with stained concrete?

I wouldn't do it everywhere, maybe kitchen, living, foyer. I'd imagine re-sealing every year or so is necessary. Also, kids heads gonna hurt when they bust it on the floor

I'm a lazy frick. Good to know its that easy

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mainly from the dang plumbers that dropped crap everywhere

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you mean like PVC cleaner and glue?

nails left on slab will leave a mark,, cant be anything on it,,, worst part is where they use pipe oil to hook fireplace pipes together,,, thats the worst,,, but, yeah, pvc glue makes spots,, so does solder,,, everything does. you have to keep it covered up and make sure the plumbers dont frick it up..

You can save a decent amount of money on a new construction as opposed to conventional flooring.

i didnt,my guy was very expensive,,, it came out to about the same as top line tile, wood and carpet,,, but it was worth it to me,,, was beautiful..

Think Im gonna do carpet in bedrooms and concrete every where else.

I liked to use the purple cleaner and get everywhere imaginable

I stained my own and it wasn't too bad at all .

I would only do it in a new construction with perfectly clean concrete.

I did a stain job in a couple rooms. Major pain the arse due to crap dropped on the concrete during original construction. Had to grind that crap out.

After weeks of struggling with it, it came out great. However, a couple years later, those place I grinded started discoloring. Looked like hell.

I finally covered it with a wood floor last year.

The pluses were, easy to clean, and most importantly, cool in the summer.