Use a degreasing cleaner and a scrub brush with water to remove any dirt and grease from the concrete floor.
Strip paint off a concrete lanai floor.
The carpet had a foam pad backing and had been glued to the concr.
Peeling paint is not only unsightly but it can trap moisture against the concrete of the porch which can cause the concrete to erode over.
Clean the surface with a dry mop.
Hardened residue may require a scraper.
How to repaint concrete floors.
To learn more about how to remove paint from concrete using baking soda and a pot blaster read on.
Use a floor buffer for scuffing away the loosened spots of paint.
Drylok s concrete floor paint is an excellent choice for covering up imperfections.
When oil resins contained in the floor coating come in contact with the alkaline concrete surface they combine react with one another and form a soap film between the.
Soda blasting is a great way to remove paint from large areas of concrete.
Method 2 to remove paint from concrete with soda blasting.
How to remove old peeling paint from a concrete porch.
Next use a wire brush to scrub the paint off of the concrete working your way around the surface until all of the paint is gone.
Allow the cleaned surface to dry.
This video shows how we removed carpet and prepared the floor to install vinyl plank tile.
The durable paint is resistant to fading cracking peeling and scuffing.
Step 2 buff the concrete surface.
The best concrete paint results come from careful preparation and concrete repair followed by application.
Doing the prep work before you repaint a concrete floor avoids a peeling paint job later.
Sand off any splatter residue lumps or uneven areas on the concrete floor.
You can rent a floor buffer from a hardware supply store.
A gallon of drylok has efficient coverage with one gallon covering up to 400 square feet of concrete expanse.
For this stage of the job so long as you re working on a compact concrete patch you can probably get by with a wire scrub brush or a paint scraper.
Remove paint stripper residue.
Paint stains on concrete completely disappear using this method leaving you with a clean surface for repainting if necessary soda blasting is also an environmentally friendly way to remove paint from concrete and causes no damage to the underlying concrete.
Application of an oil based floor finish is applied to a bare unetched uncured concrete floor.
Finally rinse the area with a pressure washer multiple times to remove any paint stripper residue.