Category Archives: How To's Before I get into this post, I would like to tell you how we managed to figure out what worked best for us. The very first thing I did on our house was walk in the master bedroom and rip a piece of the wallpaper off, not knowing ANYTHING about wallpaper (other than ours was...  After pulling up the carpet, remove all of the tack boards and nails. (Note: DO NOT “rip out” nails if it’s ripping up your concrete. This was our problem.) If any glue is left behind the acid should eat it while etching the concrete. 3 comments July 8, 2010 - 7:35 pm
I’m glad it’s been a great help, thank you! We did not do too much to the concrete before we applied the etcher stuff. We did sweep and do a quick mop over with just some water since it was quite dusty and dirty. Of course once the etcher goes down you will likely be using water to get it up which in a sense is cleaning the floor all over again anyway, haha. I do want to add that I’m not sure about Soycrete’s etching/stripping process. As I recall it was quite different from the stuff I purchased at Home Depot in the photo as far as application and the directions. I’d double check with them, they are quite helpful if you call their customer support. I will suggest one thing is try to make sure you get all that white chalky stuff, adhesive, or anything else off the concrete as well as possible. Thankfully after ours was finished we agreed you don’t notice the “little spots” here and there too much, and our floor is quite dark. Also I’d suggest checking out the new post I’m about to put up about putting on the “sealant” stuff. (If only we knew, lol…) July 8, 2010 - 2:50 pm
Your blog has been very helpful as I am getting ready to stain my concrete slab with Soycrete after ripping up all the carpet the day my husband and I moved into our newly purchased home. In the first picture here before you apply the cleaner/etcher, your concrete already looks pretty clean. Did you do anything other than sweep before you applied the etcher? I am looking at the different stripping & cleaning products from the same company that puts out Soycrete and I can’t quite decide whether I can go straight into the etching or whether I need to clean and possible strip first. My concrete looks like it has a bit more adhesives than yours does in the initial picture. Any tips would be great. Thanks again for all the helpful information on each step. Your final floor looks great. December 29, 2009 - 10:01 pm
Thanks for the very informative post. I have bookmarked the site as I usually do when its related to concrete. |
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