Q. Good day John,
My husband and I are writing to you with hopes that you can answer a few questions about the concrete staining. We would like to do this to our basement floors, a last minute change as we were going to put carpet in… and because of this, we were not clean painters as we painted our walls. We now have primer and acrylic paint on our floors… what do you suggest we use to get that off before we do the stain? Also… is there a difference between concrete staining and concrete acid staining? And. I am 7 months pregnant, would you recommend that I do not assist in the treatment of the floors?
A. If you were my wife I would not involve you in the staining process, that being said, I think it would be perfectly fine for you to assist in the cleaning of the floors if you are using a product such as Soy Gel, available at franmar.com, to remove the paint on the floors.
To actually scrub the floors for the prep stage I would just use the floor buffer with a black pad and a sandscreen under the black, this will clean the floor as good as anything. You could use a citrus degreaser such Citra Pro diluted in water and scrub the floors wet.
Make sure to shop vac the water to remove all the crud from the floor and up and out of the pores of the concrete.
I really don’t think it would be a good idea to be around when the acid stain is sprayed down and it definitely wouldn’t be a good ides to be present if you are planning to use a solvent sealer, if you are in fact using a water based sealer it would be no more harmful than painting your walls so you be the judge.
Hope this helps
John
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