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Color Staining a Concrete Floor

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, making drip patterns over a small area and using a squeegee or skimmer to move the material across the surface. The key is to avoid pooling or puddles and to be sure that it sinks into the surface. The stain dries very quickly and will be covered with two other colors to complement the dark metallic look of the Porcelanosa tile inside. Moorad applies a final clear coat sealant once the colors have been set. Homeowners Jim Minardi and Teresa Fogelini tell Bob about the other selections they have made for floors, including a light oyster color for the pool deck, which will reflect light and stay cooler. The bedroom adjacent to the lanai area will have Bellawood hardwood Brazilian walnut.

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Color Staining a Concrete Floor

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" We're installing our beautiful porcelanosa. Tiles these oversize porcelain tiles that are designed. To look like kind of steel plates actually and it it's. Quite a dramatic effect in a Florida house it's also very soothing is when you have a lot of light colors remember they're reflective and they make it hotter sometimes and Jim and Teresa are here this morning hi Gloria. -- homeowners. It's great to see you must be getting very excited at this point right yes extremely excited. -- freedom always who went and then you move again. And you've been living in a trailer in in what town Arcadia. Arcadia Florida which is just east of here without the mountains and yet -- so have you got used to trailer life no no recruitment Gretna. Absolutely yeah it's a notebook. A swamp in the song. And you're just a handful of the many victims of hurricane Charley that were still living and those conditions. You're lucky your two dogs are being kept over here right so I have to worry about the now the gators are plentiful they Internet like I don't know that -- peace river dark yet."

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