Even after your concrete floors have been covered with a new color their condition will remain visible.
Covering painted concrete floors.
A floor buffer is a fast moving high powered machine.
Doing the prep work before you repaint a concrete floor avoids a peeling paint job later.
Concrete floors can be treated with concrete stains or concrete paints.
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Stains can be applied quickly and offer color options but do not protect the concrete.
How to repaint concrete floors.
Lumps cracks and other imperfections that you didn t deal with before you painted will.
If your concrete porch floor isn t severely damaged and you want a simple way to cover it up a coating of paint may work well.
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Concrete paint can be purchased in either latex or oil based epoxy enamel.
Allow the cleaned surface to dry.
For garages and concrete floors that regularly encounter tires vehicles and outdoor power equipment choose a high performance epoxy based floor paint that resists hot tire pickup and marring.
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Both have their advantages.
The best paints for concrete floors have finishes designed to be highly resistant to chemicals oil and gasoline.
Paint covers and protects the concrete but requires more work.
If your concrete is slippery anti slip paint will get rid of that problem too.
You can rent a floor buffer from a hardware supply store.
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If your old concrete floor is beyond the help of patching or painting but you don t have the budget for a concrete overlay self stick vinyl tile is an easy inexpensive alternative.
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Step 2 buff the concrete surface.
Use caution when applying.
A gallon of drylok has efficient coverage with one gallon covering up to 400 square feet of concrete expanse.
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Use a floor buffer for scuffing away the loosened spots of paint.
The durable paint is resistant to fading cracking peeling and scuffing.
Drylok s concrete floor paint is an excellent choice for covering up imperfections.