If you re unsure whether your garage floor has previously been sealed you can pour water on it to perform a simple test.
Can you paint a concrete floor that has been sealed.
In combination with the right tools and techniques today s masonry paints designed specifically for concrete make it easy to.
1 for no paint or epoxy.
You would have to do this no matter if you use semi transparent or solid concrete stain.
If you want to paint over a stained and sealed floor u must sand the floor first.
There is a primmer called zinser 123 that adheres to any.
Unless the acetone dye was not properly applied an acetone dyed floor will have a sealer to protect it.
Because paint is hard to adhere to glossy surfaces.
Repainting concrete surfaces is a bit more demanding than painting freshly laid concrete.
The chemical stains or acid stains react with the concrete s lime content and produce the color.
Aged concrete surfaces are coated with various things such as staining compounds sealants and of course older paint all of which present difficulties.
The water should soak into the concrete relatively quickly.
You can refresh the entire space by painting your concrete floors.
Therefore a concrete surface that is painted or sealed cannot be acid stained.
Remove all of the furniture from the room or area that you will.
With that being said in order for you to stain your concrete you will have to strip off the sealer.
There is a concrete stain available that soaks in and won t peel off.
Clear sealer after the concrete has cured completely.
You can paint over the sealer but will get better results if you remove it.
Acid staining and sealed.
If it beads up or just sits there for a long time the cement has been sealed before and probably needs to be etched before you can re seal or paint the garage floor.
If the concrete surface is painted or sealed acid stains cannot penetrate the concrete and react with the lime.
You can t apply paint over an acrylic concrete sealer and expect it to bond for very long.
Behr suggests using behr premium concrete and masonry stripper number 992 to strip off the sealer before staining.
They have all been filled with the primer paint and sealer you have already applied.