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Tom & Barbie’s Lone Star Shop. This one was done at two separate times. Transition boards are a good way to stop a section of floor and then come back later to add another section. The star was the beginning of the overlay. It was stained first, allowed to dry, then the rest of the… Continue reading Tom & Barbie’s Lone Star Shop

There were several different types of floors in this house. Walls that had been removed, carpet tack divots, weak spots, potholes, and long cracks in the concrete. Parts of it had a stain coating on it. Also, we had to remove some 1960 linoleum, and all of it was glued down very well. It was… Continue reading Mark & Gerry’s House

Have you ever had a DIY stain job go bad? Yeah, Most of them do go bad. It’s the rare one that turns out right. It doesn’t matter what brand of stain you use. All those Youtube videos only work in a perfect world. Having a concrete stain job turn out bad is a complete… Continue reading James & Tia’s Back Porch

This was nice concrete before but it was real slick. That won’t do for a shop that doubles as a pool house. Too many slip & falls. The solution is a thin layer of 4278 psi brushed concrete. Thin as a credit card. I scored it into planks 7-1/4″ wide, stained it solid first, then… Continue reading Tom & Barbie’s Shop #1

A little sun room with some really rotten, cracked and spalling concrete. The flooring had to be replaced often because of the moisture coming up through the concrete. We dug out the soft spots, widened the cracks, then filled the holes with concrete and filled the smaller cracks with 5000 psi self leveling concrete. Then… Continue reading Mack & Sondra’s Sun Room

It came some heavy rains while working on this one. Still turned out real nice. The distressing was done with balled up craft paper used as a stomper, knocked down light with a 14″ knife, then brushed with a heavier broom. The planks are 12″ wide.