Painted concrete inside and outside. Here is how to do the painting on painted concrete. Should you fail to paint the concrete, it will readily absorb moisture. Such soaking induced by rain or snowfall might cause the concrete to break. Its degradation will hasten greatly. We shall go into the concrete painting process—more especially, the painting of concrete stairs—in the next post. Still, stairs are only one concrete surface; any other concrete surface can be coated similarly. One should get ready the surface. Without it, the whole painting process can be useless since the paint might start to peel on a badly ready surface.
Painted concrete inside and outside. Concrete painted with colors. First step: get ready the fresh concrete surface for painting.
See whether the concrete surface you are about to paint is ready for it beforehand. Usually, concrete takes thirty to sixty days to dry totally. You can start the concrete painting process only after this period. Look over the concrete for wetness. One can accomplish this by doing a test. It involves one day hanging a piece of translucent material over the concrete. Should the material be sweating after 24 hours, the concrete requires extra time to dry.
Painted concrete inside and outside. Concrete painted on demand. Second step: find the concrete’s porosity.
Test the concrete’s concrete’s porosity here. If the concrete surface does not soak in water, the paint will behave the same. Spray the surface with water. Paint the concrete waiting for the test to show positive.
Concrete painted with color. Third step: etching the concrete.
In the last stage, etch the concrete with Betolix liquid; then, rinse everything well with lots of water.
Choosing a new paint and removing old one
Use a particular agent if you intend to remove old paint from a given concrete surface. Usually, old paint seems chipped and faded; this indicates that it should be removed and the surface painted once again. Old paint may be removed with a wire brush really conveniently.
Which particular paint is best? I advised applying latex or oil paint. Epoxy and latex paints are other ones you could want.
Concrete paint has anti-slip characteristics.
Certain paints feature aggregate added to them, resulting in a rough, non-slip surface. You might also mix aggregate into the paint yourself. Applying paint with aggregate with a sprayer might be challenging most of times. I advise a 10 cm brush. Remember too that adding aggregate lowers coverage. Get ready for more paint—four to five liters extra. You can save a little and add just to the last coat.
Painted concrete inside and outside. Why is paint used on concrete?
First of all, painting concrete increases its lifetime. Furthermore particularly convincing is the look of the painted portion. But the fact that painting concrete will enhance its matte color—which I even find appealing—excites me most about it.
How to clean painted concrete?
To clean painted concrete, you need to learn how the paint reacts to different chemicals. Unless you are using a plant-based or cosmetic cleaner. Our specialist cleaner called BETOFF-B is cosmetic-based and is ideal for cleaning concrete surfaces painted with paint. It is very effective, safe, and 100% BIO.
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