Stained COncrete Flooring?

[sandygirl]

I have heard of this in passing, and would like more information. Has anyone here done this with interior floors?

How hard is it do do? How do you keep it clean afterwards? Can it be mopped?

[crazyeight]

i'm surprised no one has answered yet. i have not personally done anything with it or even researched it but i do watch "flip that house" (and similar shows) and when someone does it, they seem to choose it for cost reasons. They do usually stain, stamp and seal. Since its sealed then you'll be able to mop it and not worry about the color (although after YEARS i don't know). We used epoxy on our garage which is probably very similar to what they would use inside and depending on the color it COMPELTELY covers the concrete color and I've also seen (on tv) that they were able to put lines in the concrete so it looked like REAL tile (they might have added some color in the "grout" lines). i think you can even get a natural stone look with the staining and such.

[talia rose]

we have a green building store and sell a product called Ecoprocote, which is an earth friendly and non toxic concrete stain. They have a great website with pics. Our local health food store did thier floor and it is gorgeous!

[gothnurse3]

We have stained concrete floors. I love them. I clean them with diluted simple green. We've been in our house for almost 4 years. I have a industrial dust mop and a mopping bucket with a wringer attached that makes cleaning a breeze. Love 'em.