Visit a PAINT store for advise on cleaning and finishing. Visit a hardware store for advise on patching. Let them know how you plan to finish the surface. I personally have had much better results with concrete STAIN than with paint because it does not react to water as adversely as paint.
Get a gallon of Maple syrup pour it on the floor until it gets sticky then add 72 small boxes of assorted jello to it ,let it set 1 hour and spray it down with a hose. Add 10 gallons of tomato sauce a pinch or two of basil and stir. Let set overnight and yer floor will be like new the next day. I promise it will work......
HEY FEATHERS!!! I Tried yer idea--now my floor's ruined!! whaaaaaaa!! I want my money back!!
StrangeTom-I have that site open in another window right now-- gonna look at it when I'm done here---Thanks!! I did find another DIY site, and they suggested some acid etching stuff! AKKKKK!!
Waysider--um, duh! (Duh to me, not to you! LOL!) You're right-- Checking at a paint store for prep for painting makes sense!!! Thanks for the advice. I had already bought the paint, so will stay with that, but will look into stain the next time I want to color concrete. I'm guessing stain on concrete would be like stain on wood vs paint. On wood, when you stain, the grain still shows through, if you paint wood, you cover the grain. Is that true with concrete?
Amazingrace, yeah, I'm hoping it will turn out nice. I love projects like this. I have two colors, Deep green and a lighter blue. The green will be the background, then inset from the walls about 12", I am going to put a blue band about 8-10" wide running around the room. I hope it looks good! (Maybe I can borrow a friend's digital camera and take a picture when it's done). I got the paint from a guy who sells discount paint--$5-10 a gallon depending on the name brand. It's the rejects from paint stores where it was mixed to the wrong color or returned, etc. This guy will tint it and match it as close as he can to what you want. Thanks for the advice about the patching, also. I will look for a less caustic cleaner than TSP, but will use it if I have to. (I'm clutzy sometimes, and am worried I'm gonna burn a hole in my legs or something when I'm on my hands and knees doing the cleaning) The other chemical, in burning through my gloves, may have had some user help in it--I WAS scrubbing concrete, with it--the concrete may have been what rubbed the glove tips raw, instead of the chemical burning through it?
One more thing--I'm thinking of buying a stippling brush for when I paint--this paint is high gloss, and the guy said it will be VERY slippery when wet. (Not that I plan to get the school room floor wet, too often, but there is that outside door there!) Anyway, I've found out that the stuff--pumice--ya put into concrete paint to keep it from being so slippery will tear our skin up if we sit on the floor--and we do on the floor projects frequently enough. I'm thinking with the stippling brush, I can put a least a little texture into the finish to keep us from sliding across the room if we slipped. (brushing the brush at right angles, like when ya do a linen look on the walls with paint). If any of you DIY-ers have other ideas, run em past me? Thanks
NOOOOO, BirdBrain, I'm NOT gonna texture it with bird poop! :P
You might want to type "garage floor" (with quotes) into google and check out the different coatings used for garage floors (paint, rubber, epoxy combinations) and then return your paint... these things are strong, easy to clean and nice looking... paint will peel and scratch easily when desks are moved, etc. (not to mention that kids will always be trying to carve their names in it and mark it with their heels)...
OMG psalmy, when you do a project you go get the hardest one to do, huh?
Hey I know that your floors won't get a lot of water on them but I do know how wet kids shoes can be at times. So if they go outside from the outside door and come in it could be slippery city.
To get glue off is my worst nightmore. The carpet glue is an awful mess. I went through it with a wood floor so can imagine what it would be like with a cement floor....I feel for you......
You can sand it off with a floor sander which you can rent at most rentals they can get you a sanding pad. But it will make a dusty mess, so it's either the smell or the dust.
P.S.And I wanna be there to see ya being drug around the room in circles by the sander. whats this high switch do?
we had to cover the adhesive on a floor once...long story but to make it short, 2 seperate flooring guys (1 in way, 1 never in way) told us to skim coat it. What that turned out to be was spreading a thin more "juicy" if you will, coat of concrete over the concrete with the funky smelly adhesive that was uner the asphalt flooring.
It was not hard, but was time consuming and we had to get a couple tools...but we most certainly can say from 1-5 its about a 2 on DIY.
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Wow, what a project you have going on. Sounds like it will be great when it's done.
I've used TSP in the past with gloves and never had a problem with it. Did the other chemical actually eat through Neoprene gloves???? Yikes!
Your best bet might be to buy a cleaner made for concrete, sold at the home stores.
I'm no contractor, but I've done my share of remodling and renovating.
Your patching should be done after the final cleaning. Then, just clean the patched areas after they are dry.
Why do all the contractors hide in the woodwork when you need 'em?
DIY people.... any other suggestions?
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Visit a PAINT store for advise on cleaning and finishing. Visit a hardware store for advise on patching. Let them know how you plan to finish the surface. I personally have had much better results with concrete STAIN than with paint because it does not react to water as adversely as paint.
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Take a look at this website: eHow.com : "Clear Instructions on How To Do (just about) Everything"
Look around in there... they might have something... I've got nothing!
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Get a gallon of Maple syrup pour it on the floor until it gets sticky then add 72 small boxes of assorted jello to it ,let it set 1 hour and spray it down with a hose. Add 10 gallons of tomato sauce a pinch or two of basil and stir. Let set overnight and yer floor will be like new the next day. I promise it will work......
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HEY FEATHERS!!! I Tried yer idea--now my floor's ruined!! whaaaaaaa!! I want my money back!!
StrangeTom-I have that site open in another window right now-- gonna look at it when I'm done here---Thanks!! I did find another DIY site, and they suggested some acid etching stuff! AKKKKK!!
Waysider--um, duh! (Duh to me, not to you! LOL!)
You're right-- Checking at a paint store for prep for painting makes sense!!! Thanks for the advice. I had already bought the paint, so will stay with that, but will look into stain the next time I want to color concrete. I'm guessing stain on concrete would be like stain on wood vs paint. On wood, when you stain, the grain still shows through, if you paint wood, you cover the grain. Is that true with concrete?
Amazingrace, yeah, I'm hoping it will turn out nice. I love projects like this. I have two colors, Deep green and a lighter blue. The green will be the background, then inset from the walls about 12", I am going to put a blue band about 8-10" wide running around the room. I hope it looks good! (Maybe I can borrow a friend's digital camera and take a picture when it's done). I got the paint from a guy who sells discount paint--$5-10 a gallon depending on the name brand. It's the rejects from paint stores where it was mixed to the wrong color or returned, etc. This guy will tint it and match it as close as he can to what you want. Thanks for the advice about the patching, also. I will look for a less caustic cleaner than TSP, but will use it if I have to. (I'm clutzy sometimes, and am worried I'm gonna burn a hole in my legs or something when I'm on my hands and knees doing the cleaning) The other chemical, in burning through my gloves, may have had some user help in it--I WAS scrubbing concrete, with it--the concrete may have been what rubbed the glove tips raw, instead of the chemical burning through it?
One more thing--I'm thinking of buying a stippling brush for when I paint--this paint is high gloss, and the guy said it will be VERY slippery when wet. (Not that I plan to get the school room floor wet, too often, but there is that outside door there!) Anyway, I've found out that the stuff--pumice--ya put into concrete paint to keep it from being so slippery will tear our skin up if we sit on the floor--and we do on the floor projects frequently enough. I'm thinking with the stippling brush, I can put a least a little texture into the finish to keep us from sliding across the room if we slipped. (brushing the brush at right angles, like when ya do a linen look on the walls with paint). If any of you DIY-ers have other ideas, run em past me? Thanks
NOOOOO, BirdBrain, I'm NOT gonna texture it with bird poop! :P
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You might want to type "garage floor" (with quotes) into google and check out the different coatings used for garage floors (paint, rubber, epoxy combinations) and then return your paint... these things are strong, easy to clean and nice looking... paint will peel and scratch easily when desks are moved, etc. (not to mention that kids will always be trying to carve their names in it and mark it with their heels)...
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OMG psalmy, when you do a project you go get the hardest one to do, huh?
Hey I know that your floors won't get a lot of water on them but I do know how wet kids shoes can be at times. So if they go outside from the outside door and come in it could be slippery city.
To get glue off is my worst nightmore. The carpet glue is an awful mess. I went through it with a wood floor so can imagine what it would be like with a cement floor....I feel for you......
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You can sand it off with a floor sander which you can rent at most rentals they can get you a sanding pad. But it will make a dusty mess, so it's either the smell or the dust.
P.S.And I wanna be there to see ya being drug around the room in circles by the sander. whats this high switch do?
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Hey salami!!
we had to cover the adhesive on a floor once...long story but to make it short, 2 seperate flooring guys (1 in way, 1 never in way) told us to skim coat it. What that turned out to be was spreading a thin more "juicy" if you will, coat of concrete over the concrete with the funky smelly adhesive that was uner the asphalt flooring.
It was not hard, but was time consuming and we had to get a couple tools...but we most certainly can say from 1-5 its about a 2 on DIY.
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