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Basement Turned French Country Farmhouse Style Family Room
Our home is mostly “French Country farmhouse”, but this space will be a little more casual incorporating industrial farmhouse and rustic elements, including a reclaimed wood feature wall, live edge bar area and sliding barn door. We chose to stain our interior concrete floors with Desert Amber and Coffee Brown as our two color acid stain process.
Rustic Farmhouse Style Pole Barn Floors
After Removing Tile From Concrete Floor
Family Fun Garage Floor Makeover
Concrete veining is one of those techniques that is only achievable using concrete acid stain. The marbled result and vibrant colors are hallmarks of concrete acid stain’s reaction to concrete surfaces. If you’re thinking of adding some concrete veining to your surfaces, you’ve come to the right place.
Family Hang Out
I had a fresh concrete slab made for our family’s new hang-out Pool Hall/Gym game room. 20×30 slab. Had to wait 30 days for the concrete to cure. I wanted to make our floor look fun and beautiful without having to add flooring or carpet. I wanted it to be easy to clean too and waterproof. It came out great!
Project Info:
- Project Completed In: 3 day(s)
- Estimate of Square Footage: 600.00 sq. ft.
- Project Description:
I had a fresh concrete slab made for our family’s new hang out Pool Hall / Gym game room. 20×30 slab. Had to wait 30 days for concrete to cure. I wanted to make our floor look fun and beautiful without having to add flooring or carpet. I wanted it to be easy to clean too and waterproof. It came out great! - Personal Tips:
Well please please have extra sprayers just in case!!!! All of mine stopped working properly and definitely delayed my project and took longer to finish. I think it would have came out a lot better if I had proper equipment. Test your sprayers before using it with acid. Don’t don’t don’t stain in the hottest part of the day like I did. The heat made my stain dry too fast to work with and I got heat stroke too. I did not have the building up yet, I do recommend doing this prior to adding a structure if that’s a possibility. It made the prepping work much easier. Yes yes and yes I think all acid stain prep should have the concrete cleaned and Etched! My concrete was already porous but I decided to etched just in case and glad I did. I don’t think the stain would have gone as deep. I did water down some of the darker acids and happy I did. The azure blue I wish I had not cut down with water as I had to go over those spots several times to get a deeper color.I waited for building to be put up before I did final Sealer. Glad I did because the trees around me and sand would have gotten stuck on the sealer before drying completely. I did 2 coats but wish I had more to do a 3rd coat to bring out colors vibrancy more. - Direct Colors Products Used:
Concrete etcher, Azure blue, Cola, Desert Amber acid stain, Solvent Sealer, Sprayer Pump, Spike Shoes.
Other Products Used:
Soft brush, squeegee, water hose sprayer, hand bottle sprayer.
Pole Barn Floor with Flare
We recently built a pole barn with new concrete. I knew I would only get one chance to add some flare to the barn before we started packing stuff inside. So I did some research and videos and went with direct colors.
Project Info:
- Project Completed In: 6 day(s)
- Estimate of Square Footage: 1620 sq. ft.
- Project Description:
We recently built a pole barn with new concrete. I knew I would only get one chance to add some flare to the barn before we started packing stuff inside. So I did some research and videos and went with direct colors. - Personal Tips:
I started from the back and worked my way out the door. I had two pump sprayers ready to go. I worked my Desert Amber color first in a random camo pattern and filled in with Black and a touch of overspray. - Direct Colors Products Used:
EverStain acid stain black and desert amber.
EasySeal Satin and finishing wax.
Other Products Used:
2 pump sprayers, sponge mop, soft bristle brush.
Earth Tone Basement Stains
A Touch of Green
Easy Maintenance Garage Floor
Covered Patio
Making Concrete Pavers Pop
I created my own pavers using a mold and colored cement. However the cement color wasn’t entirely consistent or rich in color, so I decided to acid stain the blocks.
Project Info:
- Project Completed In: 7 day(s)
- Estimate of Square Footage: 500 sq. ft.
- Project Description:
I created my own pavers using a mold and colored cement. However the cement color wasn’t entirely consistent or rich in color, so I decided to acid stain the blocks. - Personal Tips:
Spray the entire area with light color, go back and paint brush the dark areas.
Direct Colors Products Used:
Desert Amber, coffee brown, solvent based satin sealer.
Just a White Concrete Slab
Bought a home with a torn out sport court with just the white concrete slab remaining.
Project Info:
- Project Completed In: 7 day(s)
- Estimate of Square Footage: 950 sq. ft.
Project Description:
Bought a home with a torn out sport court with just the white concrete slab remaining
