GrindingInAustin
Member
Hello and thank you for any help you all can give us.
My wife and have taken up some laminate "wood" planks in our closet to investigate the possibility of going with a concrete floor. After removing the planks and rolling back the blue plastic barrier the slab looks to be painted with a white paint, perhaps a moisture barrier / primer. Looks deliberately painted and not just over spray from the walls.
I easily scraped some up with a water based stripper if that lends any insight to what it might be.
So just for grins I took out the big grinder and a 50 grit diamond pad and sanded a larger portion of the painted floor to see what it would do. It made the floor very smooth and removed about 60% - %70 of the paint.
We stood back after wiping it with a wet cloth and thought the mottled / distressed look might be very attractive.
My question is does anyone see any potential problems with sealing it like that? Sealer adhesion issues?
I have had concrete floors in the past and am familiar with regular waxing etc to keep them looking good.
Please see photo, thanks!
My wife and have taken up some laminate "wood" planks in our closet to investigate the possibility of going with a concrete floor. After removing the planks and rolling back the blue plastic barrier the slab looks to be painted with a white paint, perhaps a moisture barrier / primer. Looks deliberately painted and not just over spray from the walls.
I easily scraped some up with a water based stripper if that lends any insight to what it might be.
So just for grins I took out the big grinder and a 50 grit diamond pad and sanded a larger portion of the painted floor to see what it would do. It made the floor very smooth and removed about 60% - %70 of the paint.
We stood back after wiping it with a wet cloth and thought the mottled / distressed look might be very attractive.
My question is does anyone see any potential problems with sealing it like that? Sealer adhesion issues?
I have had concrete floors in the past and am familiar with regular waxing etc to keep them looking good.
Please see photo, thanks!