Step 1 clean the surface.
Acid wash cement floors.
Use a hose to rinse the acid rather than a pressure washer.
With the washing process the floor will gain a better thermal mass ability that is related to the way it adjusts temperature when the weather is hot or cold.
Laitance is a weak milky accumulation of fine particles of cement dust lime and sand fines on the surface of fresh concrete usually caused by an excess of water bleeding to the surface.
Hose the surface in order to remove any tough particles.
Commercial floor refinished with concrete overlay and stained with diluted coffee brown acid stain.
The easiest dilution to remember is 1 cup of acid to 1 gallon of water.
A wash of an acid based product such as vinegar can open the pores of the concrete floor.
Muriatic acid must be diluted with water before use.
In order to achieve the perfect finished project you must first clean the floor which you plan to acid wash.
After i mopped the entire floor with the neutralizer i went over it a few more times with clean water.
Along with customizable color acid staining and sealing ensures durability and added life to any indoor or outdoor concrete floor.
Acid stained concrete floors are a low cost flooring option.
Once it was nice and dry i applied sealer to the concrete.
This will make the product you choose glide on and adhere to the concrete.
Follow these easy steps to acid wash your concrete or garage floor.
Acid etching with vinegar is easy and less labor intensive than using a machine to pretreat the concrete floor before sealing or painting.
After cleaning the floor one last time i let it dry for another 24 hours.
To be safe test the final rinse water with a ph test strip.
What is etching concrete.
If you need a stronger solution mix 1 part acid to 10 parts water.
With this ability.
Always add the acid to the water never the other way around or you can cause a heat reaction which can make the solution burp up out of the container.
The best adhesion requires a clean floor free of laitance and contaminants.
Less commonly a result above 9 0 means you ve added too much basic neutralizer.
If it is below 6 0 there is too much acid and the floor needs more rinsing.
Remove everything from the surface and sweep away the dirt.
This removed all of the acid residues while also neutralizing the acid.
