The first time I ever heard about someone staining the floors in their home was about 15 years ago. We had a friend that didn’t like the carpeting but could not afford to replace it with tile or wood. Susie’s solution was to ripe out the carpet and stain her floors. Up until then the only stained concrete floors I had seen were in warehouses and garages.
Fast forward to today and it is everywhere. I now see it in homes, restaurants and stores. It’s easier to take care of and in most cases cheaper than tile or wood floors.
We have been telling our customers that carpeting is not a good thing to have it when you have allergies. No matter how clean it looks it still holds all sorts of allergens including pollen, dust, grass and dust mites. I believe staining is a nice alternative that should be considered.
A while back I wrote an article on concrete floors after talking to a few customers. How to Stain Concrete Floors. This was what I knew about it. On my to do list is cleaning out the garage ans staining the floor.
Anyway here are a couple of videos I ran across on Youtube while looking for more information. The first one just confirms what we already know. The second one is step by step instructions.
Video – Controlling Allergens With Concrete Floors
Video – DIY Concrete Staining: How to Stain Concrete Floors
Wishing you the best of health
Mike Krause
AllergyStore.Com
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