1.) bluecat - 04/11/2016

Saw this done once and always wanted to try it. The different patterns and swirls in the concrete are accentuated by the stain and not due to brush strokes.

This is the unfinished concrete floor in my basement - cleaned it thoroughly and then sprayed a mild acid on the concrete. Once the surface is washed and dried a stain is applied. After two coats of stain, then I applied 3 coats of a clear acrylic.

2.) BULLZ-i - 04/11/2016

PRETTY COOL. NICE UPGRADE.

3.) Swamp Fox - 04/11/2016

That's incredible.

If I had a basement, I'd invite you over for a beer. :wink

Alternatively, what can you do for me on an old refrigerator that looks like it has acne on the doors, like the kid at the Radio Shack at the mall, only less East Asian and rustier?

4.) billy b - 04/12/2016

Bluecat, when are you going to be here for my garage, let me know & I'll have ribs ready.:grin::grin:

5.) bluecat - 04/12/2016

That sounds like a good trade actually.

6.) DParker - 04/12/2016

I'd tell you how good that looks, except I'm too jealous over the fact that you have a basement to begin with. That's one of the things I miss most about other places in the country that I've lived. Due to the way the ground here shifts you can have a basement, but it costs so much because of the extra reinforcement required that it's cost prohibitive.

It does look good though.

7.) crookedeye - 04/14/2016

the centepeds and spiders are probally thinking .."what the hell"!!

8.) DParker - 04/15/2016

[QUOTE=crookedeye;40799]the centepeds and spiders are probally thinking .."what the hell"!![/QUOTE]

"I told you not to take the brown acid!"

9.) Swamp Fox - 04/18/2016

[QUOTE=crookedeye;40799]the centepeds and spiders are probally thinking .."what the hell"!![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=DParker;40800]"I told you not to take the brown acid!"[/QUOTE]


LOL...


So maybe creepy-crawlies on acid hallucinate finished basements?

It makes a certain kind of sense.


Anybody ever wonder what the pink elephant thought the last time he saw you, or is it just me?

10.) bluecat - 04/18/2016

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;40817]
Anybody ever wonder what the pink elephant thought the last time he saw you, or is it just me?[/QUOTE]

Ride it out Swampy.

11.) Swamp Fox - 04/18/2016

LOL...