How to Make a Decorative Concrete Overlay in 2 Days Install

Decorative concrete overlays are thin layers of fine concrete for resurfacing unattractive concrete surfaces. Most applications are on the floors, but can be applied to vertical surfaces can.

The process is fairly simple if you have all the right tools, products and systems. A basic application is milk achieved by priming floor with a polymer that looks like. It is white and the consistency of milk. Then polymer is poured into a 5 gallon bucket AddColor mixing fast and slowly mix concrete to a pancake batter consistency. Pour evenly distributed on the floor and thin.

Most systems have a 2-coat process that is sealed with concrete sealer. That's it. No big deal.

Here are the steps to apply fully informed of the weekend. This system is the same whether it is a 3,000-square-foot retail shop or a 500-square-foot basement.

Step 1 - Friday night, after work. Make sure surface is clean. Use bluePainters tape on the edges, columns, stairs. You can use plastic to protect your walls. Use the way in a roll with a strip of blue painters tape is attached. Always apply from the bottom and work on. Then (spray garden-style sprayer cheap) or water based polymer floor and MOP on the surface. Takes about an hour for a 500-SF space.

Step 2 - Saturday morning, again with polymer stock and allow to dry. If the room temperature is comfortable and slab temperaturedry time is less than an hour. Use this time to set up a mixing station. You need a drill and mixing paddle (available at hardware stores) 2 five gallon buckets, "x 7" Plane to ground to protect a 5, knee pads and a "Magic Cellar". (A magic ladle squeegy for the distribution of your mix used)

Once polymer mixed dry blend of the first bucket. Most manufacturers overlay package product to cover 200 square feet per pail. Process is pour manufacturers specified amount of polymer in 5 gallonsBucket, add color, mix with a drill and mixing paddle for a few seconds. Then slowly begin to take concrete and mix until smooth without lumps.

Once mixture is ready pour the floor on a 2-3 cm height on the ground and spread out thin and accidentally. A 500 square meters of floor should take only about an hour. Let us leave to dry for 5 hours. If there are any marks or drops high places them easily with a grain size 100-120 Palm Sander can be ground. Then apply the second layer istypically a finer, wetter coat. This step should be faster than the first.

Step 3 - Sunday, Apply 2 layers of sealed concrete. Acrylic sealers are recommended.Sealers They should be sprayed in your garden pump sprayer with light coats. Allow to dry 2-3 hours between coats. Final Exit application or wax coated. The wax layer is usually thick for a pump sprayer so extensive to the ground and pour it on thick with a microfiber mop. With a thick microfiber mop will not create streaks.There are a few layers of wax finish that 30% of solids, which are a 2-layer system. 25% solids wax layers typically require 5-6 coats to the same result as 30% solids product reach. Each step of sealing wax and application should be 20 to 30 minutes.

This is the process. If you figure the total application time for a 500-square-foot floor is about 5 hours of actual work with a lot of dry time. Total cost of all tools and product is about $ 1.50 - $ 2.00 per square meter.

If youPlan for application of concrete acid stains or dyes add a tag for the project. Stains and dyes are not expensive, but can not on the ground. Must have 24 hours to dry Crashed. You do not want to rush and bind moisture into your plate.

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