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Feb 23, 2025 - 12:41 PM
To stain a concrete floor, it is especially important that the surface is very absorbent.
1. You need to evaluate the floor by spilling water over it. And then immediately wiping out the spill. If after drying the spill you can see a dark area where the water penetrates, and it remains dark for 5 to 10 minutes at least, The floor just needs to be clean with SealGreen Color Stain Primer Cleaner and then stain.
2. If the floor does not allow water to penetrate then you must treat the floor with a coating remover (see #3). If the original cure and seal was a surface coating like an acrylic you should be able to tell because the floor may have areas that still look glossy especially in all day shaded locations. A surface coating is the most common curing process used.
3. To remove the existing curing coating you can use the SealGreen SCR1600 Coatings Remover - With Oil Cleaner/Degreaser. This process should leave the surface ready for your color stain and then sealing the project for protection of the color and the concrete.
4. You have two options for color staining the concrete:
a. Color stain mixed with which will provide a matte finish colorful floor.
b. Color stain and then apply a SealGreen E15 Epoxy Sealer with SealGreen Anti skid to make the color wet looking and provide a gloss finish look.
5. If the water test fails when you spill water over the floor the concrete does not change color to a darker gray and it does not show signs that the floor was treated with a surface curing sealer then the concrete was cured with a penetrating curing chemical. To remove this penetrating curing sealer, you have one option.
a. You will need to grind the surface of the concrete with a concrete grinder using metal diamonds (using an 80 Grit level diamond) until you can see that water will absorb into the concrete easily.
If you call me 913-681-3451 or email me pictures to info@sealgreen.com of your water testing results, what the project looks like, and total square feet of your
1. You need to evaluate the floor by spilling water over it. And then immediately wiping out the spill. If after drying the spill you can see a dark area where the water penetrates, and it remains dark for 5 to 10 minutes at least, The floor just needs to be clean with SealGreen Color Stain Primer Cleaner and then stain.
2. If the floor does not allow water to penetrate then you must treat the floor with a coating remover (see #3). If the original cure and seal was a surface coating like an acrylic you should be able to tell because the floor may have areas that still look glossy especially in all day shaded locations. A surface coating is the most common curing process used.
3. To remove the existing curing coating you can use the SealGreen SCR1600 Coatings Remover - With Oil Cleaner/Degreaser. This process should leave the surface ready for your color stain and then sealing the project for protection of the color and the concrete.
4. You have two options for color staining the concrete:
a. Color stain mixed with which will provide a matte finish colorful floor.
b. Color stain and then apply a SealGreen E15 Epoxy Sealer with SealGreen Anti skid to make the color wet looking and provide a gloss finish look.
5. If the water test fails when you spill water over the floor the concrete does not change color to a darker gray and it does not show signs that the floor was treated with a surface curing sealer then the concrete was cured with a penetrating curing chemical. To remove this penetrating curing sealer, you have one option.
a. You will need to grind the surface of the concrete with a concrete grinder using metal diamonds (using an 80 Grit level diamond) until you can see that water will absorb into the concrete easily.
If you call me 913-681-3451 or email me pictures to info@sealgreen.com of your water testing results, what the project looks like, and total square feet of your
Source: SealGreen Website
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