Concrete Staining, need some tips.

[Turbo3000]

Closing soon on a townhouse. I want to rip out the carpet and linoleum downstairs and have the concrete stained.

I am excited to be a property owner, but I have zero handyman skills. Had a couple of questions about this process.

Does the baseboard need to be removed?

Anyone have stained concrete, likes/dislikes? A couple of old friends had it, but I never really inquired much about it.

Any tips are appreciated.

[Turbo3000]

You all suck.

[decadecadeca]

H&C Concrete Stain then top coat of sealer until you get the level of shine you want.

Baseboard will need to come up for sure.

Good luck.

http://www.hcconcrete.com/

[Bouncer]

thats gonna be cold and hard as fuck. your feet are gonna take a beating walking around on that mess. that sort of thing is fine for kitchens or bathrooms but fuck having that in a living room.

go hardwood or go home!

[Turbo3000]

thats gonna be cold and hard as fuck. your feet are gonna take a beating walking around on that mess. that sort of thing is fine for kitchens or bathrooms but fuck having that in a living room.

go hardwood or go home!

You ever heard of rugs?

[Bouncer]

You ever heard of rugs?

go with something like this. shag or whatever its called.



i want that in bright orange like the 1970's!

[Bouncer]

bad ass.

[Turbo3000]

Is it sad that I don't know if you are serious or joking?

[Bouncer]

shag carpeting is fucken bad ass. lot of the 70's style shit is coming back.

have you ever walked bare foot on shag or laid on it. most comfortable carpet ever.

i was joking about the orange though.

[Turbo3000]

shag carpeting is fucken bad ass. lot of the 70's style shit is coming back.

have you ever walked bare foot on shag or laid on it. most comfortable carpet ever.

i was joking about the orange though.

:thumup:

A cream color shag rug would look great, but my hairy ass dog would be all over it. I would have to convince him hat his bed/palette is more comfy then my rug.

[mugzy]

You will want the concrete cleaned very well first. Is the concrete in generally good shape?

[Turbo3000]

You will want the concrete cleaned very well first. Is the concrete in generally good shape?

Don't know.

Should be closing in two week and then I can rip up carpet an check it out. It was built in 2008 and never been lived in, I would assume it is in good shape.

I have found a guy that does staining on commercial jobs, he has access to all the tools needed for prepping.

[Bouncer]

any update turbo?

i didnt realize how nice stained concrete can look.

Photo Album - Imgur

[Bouncer]

Before and after of same place.

Photo Album - Imgur

[Turbo3000]

Before and after of same place.

Photo Album - Imgur

Thanks.

That stamping is amazing but I doubt it fits in with our budget.

Should close next week and I have a couple guys coming out for quotes, if it isn't too much more then I would love the stamping.