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How to Stain Concrete Garage Floors

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Learn how to stain garage floors. Following these steps for painted and unpainted floors will help you protect and preserve your stained concrete floors using Sherwin-Williams products.

Painted Concrete Garage Floors

  1. Remove all old, peeling, flaking paint.
  2. Roughen the surface with sandpaper and clean thoroughly to ensure proper adhesion.
  3. Apply H&C® Shield-Crete® Water-Based Epoxy Garage Floor Coating according to label directions. A test area should be applied to check for compatibility to previous coating.
  4. Apply two coats of H&C® Shield-Crete® Clear Acrylic Glaze Coat according to label directions.
  5. For additional slip-resistance, H&C® SharkGrip® Slip Resistant Additive can be used.
  6. SharkGrip® should not be used in place of a non-skid finish.

Unpainted Concrete Garage Floors

  1. Prepare the surface by removing foreign substances. Scrape off any surface debris, such as putty, oil, old chipped paint and dirt.
  2. Apply H&C® Shield-Crete® Water-Based Epoxy Garage Floor Coating according to label directions.
  3. For additional slip-resistance, H&C® SharkGrip® Slip Resistant Additive can be used.
  4. SharkGrip® should not be used in place of a non-skid finish.

Concrete Walls

  1. Prepare the surface.
  2. Apply two coats of H&C® COLORTOP™ Water-Based Solid Color Concrete Stain according to label directions.
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H&C® Concrete Stains

Beautify and protect your home's concrete surfaces.

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