[SunRescue] way offtopic: concrete stain!

[ReagenWardward at zilla.nu]

I had excellent success with a laminate by Armstrong.  Looks wonderful, and 
isn't near the cost of true hardwood.  Now, if I were to do it again...

1.  Do it yourself and spend the labor money on materials
2.  Buy the best damn stuff you can find, with as much wood on top as possible
3.  Get the planked stuff, where each piece is an individual plank that fits
	via tongue-groove or the like

Now, very few slabs that were poured in Texas, esp those for carpet floors, 
seem to be level.  You will likely have to pay someone to float it, and that is
worth every single red penny.

Laminates are much cheaper than solid wood, and are quite durable.  They'd have
to be.. I have two dogs, 3 cats, and lots of junk.  We still put carpet in the
bedroom areas as we plan to resell in a few years, but I really like the wood
laminate.  Don't go for the Pergo cheap stuff, as it's just a photo printed on
a vinyl like stuff, go for as much real wood on top as possible.  The good stuff
can even be refinished a few times.

Reagen

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:03:21PM -0400, fernande at internet1.net wrote:
> Bill,
> 
> I used to work for Lowes Home Improvement, if you haven't heard of it,
> it is Home Depots biggest competitor.  I worked in the Paint Department
> and sold various floor paints/stain.  I have two areas that you need to
> be concerned with.
> 
> 1. Prepare the surface correctly.  It will need to be clean, but also
> most paints will ask you to acid etch the surface with Muratic Acid. 
> Proper preparation will allow the stuff to stick/soak in/not come up.
> 
> 2. Use something that can be used indoors, I don't want you to kill
> yourself.  Even if you leave the house, something meant for outdoors
> might continue to give off fumes for quite some time.
> 
> How did you get cement in your living room?  Is your house on a slab, or
> is this in a basement?
> 
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bill Bradford wrote:
> > 
> > Yall seem like an intelligent bunch of people.
> > 
> > Anybody here ever stained (on purpose) a concrete floor?
> > 
> > We ripped up all of our nasty old stained ruined carpet
> > from our living room, and now are debating what to do for
> > floor covering.  Whether to paint/stain/enamel the concrete
> > directly and use that, paint it and lay rugs down, do nothing
> > and put down wood plank flooring, or just have new carpet
> > installed... opinions?
> > 
> > Bill
> > 
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> >   mrbill at mrbill.net
> >     Austin, TX
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