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Color Staining a Concrete Floor

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Tom Moorad joins Bob to show how his proprietary technique and product for color staining concrete is applied. He explains that the concrete slab should first be etched then treated with a mineral acid — not muriatic acid, as that is too strong and will degrade the acrylic stain that goes on the surface. This is called “shocking the substrate”. Moorad then applies the stain with a hand pump.

 
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