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cleaning indoor basement concrete floor (post #192936)

buckteeth on Sun, 08/29/2010 - 10:40
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We have a 7 year old concrete basement floor that has stains from 'wood stain' and wall and ceiling paint.  Also, it was 'sealed' with some stuff that was pretty strong smelling a while after the floor cured.


We want to acid stain the floor. Is there a "proven" method to getting the wall paint off. I'm sure the Penofin won't come up, but we want a brown acid stain anyhow and that's what the siding was stained with. Hindsight is 20/20 - should have been more careful, but we thought (then) we'd cover the floor with something.

 

Thanks.

-A +A

Small amounts of wall paint (post #192936, reply #1 of 2)

by DanH in reply to buckteeth [original] on Sun, 08/29/2010 - 12:49

Small amounts of wall paint can be scraped off, or, if stubborn, treated with "Oops!" or something similar (though using a remover will drive a bit of the stain deeper).  Large areas probably require a large-surface paint remover, if scraping doesn't work.

(Though I suppose you could get a floor grinder and clean up a lot of the mess, though it would leave the ground areas looking different.)


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Thanks. Will give it a try. I (post #192936, reply #2 of 2)

by buckteeth in reply to DanH [original] on Sun, 08/29/2010 - 14:39

Thanks. Will give it a try. I considered a professional buffer or something.