DIY Concrete Floor Painting: Faux Finish

[GingerDodson]

How is the floor wearing? How easy is it to mop and sweep after the paint has worn some? She did a great job! I want to do mine but I wanna know how easy they are to maintain. Thanks for your help!

[dreamweaver822]

i know its been years but do you remember how long this DIY job took? I have pets but would relocate them for a week or so if i could get something like this done at my house. i've tiled some rooms but i actually think i prefer my bare floors! Just not in boring grey. Good Work!

[dropdeadlegstoo]

Incredibly beautiful! The stenciling and border make this technique truly special.

[aemooredk]

I have pulled up the carpet in my daughter's room and want to paint the floor. What did you use to patch the little holes form the nails that held down the tack strips?

[cheddarjojo]

I just bought a home with 20 year old carpet- eegads! pulled it up, mostly concrete- I will try this! and...by the way... I think the music is wonderful =)

[javalen]

beautiful job of painting but the music made me want to punch my mother in the face!

[annabirdy2]

Stunning! Thank you so much for posting this and giving me inspiration!

[annabirdy2]

Stunning! Thank you so much for posting this and giving me inspiration!

[gocezar]

WHAT WAS THE RATIO OF GLAZE TO BASE COLOR????? :)

[marnegibbs]

That was amazing! I have been debating on what to do with my, already painted concrete floor. I love it, but it just looked so unfinished, and the final clear coat that was put on it, turned it yellow in some spots! The border was the "finish" I was looking for! This video gave me some new ideas! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!!

[BenevolentLaughter]

@marnegibbs Sorry for the tardiness of my reply! I could've sworn I replied to this but I am purging my inbox and saw the email notification for it and realized I hadn't! Sorry about that. How is your border coming along? Let me know if you need any help and thanks for watching!! =]

[jcmid2]

thanks for your reply; I'm gonna try painting my living room floor as soon as I can and will let you know how it turns out. Thanks for great directions

[BenevolentLaughter]

@jcmid2 How is the floor project coming along? Any more advice we can offer?

[jcmid2]

We have removed carpet from the floor and there are the holes where the tack strips were.....should we fill them before painting??? Your floor looks great! thanks

[BenevolentLaughter]

@jcmid2 we didn't fill ours in, but it depends on if you want it to look really smooth or not. the primer would probably fill any little holes in, but we didn't fix any imperfections in the floor before painting it.

[glamorouspooch]

Thank you so very much for posting this video!!!! I have to say that when considering flooring options to replace our carpet Lowes was incredibly ignorant about painting the concrete floor. After watching this, my daughter and I began several trips to our local Ace store and began the process. It honestly is not as time consuming as I believed and the floor looks amazing so far!

[BenevolentLaughter]

@glamorouspooch really glad to hear the video has helped! yeah it isn't as hard as it looks. and it has held up very well. this was done over a year ago and still looks brand new. thanks so much for you feedback and good luck on finishing your floor. =]

[dkm1268]

what brand of paint and primer did you use. how has it held up? durability?

[BenevolentLaughter]

@dkm1268 the paint/primer brands were Ace Royal Exterior latex paint and Quikrete sealer for painted concrete. it has held up wonderfully and has no wear on it at all after about a year of daily wear.

[cacufoster]

@BenevolentLaughter Thanks for posting this video! I'm following your mom's instructions to the letter to faux finish my porch concrete floors. Can you please tell me which Quikrete sealer your mom used? I've found one called "Concrete & Masonry High Gloss Sealer" and another called "Wet Look High Gloss Sealer." Neither of them say that it is for painted concrete floors (and the sales people didn't now), so I am hoping you or your mom can recall which Quikrete sealer your mom used. Thanks!

[jdavidgurney]

Does anyone know the ratio of glazing liquid to darker and base color she used?? After seeing this video I am in the middle transforming our concrete floors!

[phazen93]

impressive



[BenevolentLaughter]

@phazen93 i'll let her know you liked it! :]

[theashleebrookee]

Well good! I can tell ther was a lot of effort put in to make it look that good.

[BenevolentLaughter]

@theashleebrookee yeah it took her a while to get it done but she loves it! it was for her hair salon which is now up and running and she got a lot of compliments on it!

[theashleebrookee]

Wow.. that's gorgeous! Looks like marble or tile! Great job

[BenevolentLaughter]

she will be happy to hear that! my mom worked really hard on it :]

[UGotMalk]

love to see that closer up for sure..it was unbelieveable but cool as hell..:-)

[h0llYD0lliE]

wow that looks great!!!

[rudyallisonisfloofy9]

so it turned out beautifully but I'll admit I had to watch w/ no sound. Sugarland? Really? I had my country phase and now Im not such a fan of the stuff. at all.

[BenevolentLaughter]

lol i don't like sugarland either but this was my mom's project and she's a big fan :]

[terriberrysworld]

awesome! it looks amazing!

[BenevolentLaughter]

Thank you! It was worth the hard work!