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How to Paint a Concrete Floor

Written by Cass

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How To Paint Concrete Floors, A Tutorial From Remodelaholic

For a beautiful transformation, come learn how to paint concrete floors. It’s amazing the difference that some paint and elbow grease can make!

Complete your project with a painted pallet porch sign, a diy mudroom cubby storage system, and some porch and patio decor ideas.

how to paint a concrete floor | remodelaholic.com

by Bekah of Country Mouse Tales

Hi!  I am thrilled to share how to paint a concrete floor! Here’s a before and after of my concrete mudroom floor:

Painted Concrete mudroom Floor Before And After

So much better, right?!? Here’s the process for how to paint a concrete floor:

Step 1. Clean and Etch

Our first step was giving it a good scrub down, followed by etching.  You need to etch the concrete to give the porch or concrete paint a good surface to adhere to. This keeps the paint from flaking off immediately. I used a long-handled shop broom to scrub the floor. Directions vary from product to product, so follow the directions for the cleaner you choose.  We used Valspar Fast Prep, which is a premixed degreaser and etcher in one.

preparing a concrete floor for painting by scrubbing and etching

 

Step 2: Paint first color of concrete floor paint

After allowing our floors to completely dry, I put a coat of pure white porch/concrete paint on all of the concrete surfaces.  Don’t bother with a paint tray for this, I just poured it out of the bucket as I went, then rolled it smooth.

how to paint a concrete floor

Step 3: Draw your pattern and tape the lines

After waiting for the paint to cure (I only waited two days, but I should have given it more time. I ended up causing myself more work! Check the directions on your can of concrete paint), draw your lines using a pencil, a level, and a tape measure.  I started on the far wall, and measured the starting lines for the points of my diamonds.  My diamonds are 22 inches long, so I marked each spot.  After that, it was simply a matter of measuring and drawing.  This is tedious! Then, on to taping.  I used Frogtape for delicate surfaces, and I put my tape on the outside edge of only the diamonds that I was planning to paint gray.  I used a putty knife held at an angle to give myself a good clean edge when I tore my tape off.

tape design to paint a concrete mudroom floor

Step 4: Paint second color of concrete floor paint

I used a foam roller to get a nice even coat of my gray paint (the color is New Concrete by Valspar).  I gave the gray diamonds two coats each and used a paint brush to do the edges next to the tape.  While my paint was still wet, I started pulling off the tape.  Remember how I said two days curing time wasn’t enough? This is why! I had to go back with a paint brush and touch up ALL the edges. Frustrating!

let your painted concrete floor cure properly
In the end, painting the concrete floor was perfect for this space and we love it!
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If you’ve got a concrete surface to paint, let us know how it goes!

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Find more ideas for mudrooms:

Mudroom Bench with Rolling Storage Bins
DIY Mudroom Cubbie System
How to Build a Shoe Cubbie

 

How To Paint Concrete Floors, A Tutorial From Remodelaholic
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Published: June 29, 2013Filed Under: Entry and Mudroom, Guest Bloggers, Remodel Inspiration By Room Tagged: Before and After, Concrete, DIY, Flooring, Painting, Tutorials

About Cass

Cassity started Remodelaholic with her husband, Justin, to share their love for knocking out walls together. Since then, Remodelaholic has become a great community and resource for all those wanting to know how to make their builder-grade home BEAUTIFUL on a budget!


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Comments

  1. Virginia says

    June 29, 2013 at 8:09 am

    Thanks for the inspiration! Heading over to Country Mouse Tales to let Bekah know how much I love her floors.

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  2. [email protected] says

    June 30, 2013 at 4:39 am

    Thank you so much for sharing. It looks wonderful. I’d like to do that in my shop later and I’ll try to listen to you and be very patient!

    Reply
  3. bekah says

    July 1, 2013 at 7:12 am

    Thank you so much for featuring my floors!!

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    • Justin says

      July 4, 2013 at 11:00 pm

      You are most welcome, Bekah!

      Reply
    • Barbara says

      January 24, 2017 at 4:53 am

      Be Kay. This is such a stupid question. But here goes. How or where does one save/store blogs so the most ones of interest are not forgotten? Want to continue to read yours. Thanks so very much. Barb

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      • Barbara says

        January 24, 2017 at 4:54 am

        Should have come up as Becka

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      • Cass says

        February 6, 2017 at 8:08 pm

        Hi Barbara,
        Not a stupid question at all! You can bookmark it in your browser (the steps to doing that depend on your browser), or you can follow on a social media such as Facebook, or you could use a feed reader, which is a program you set up with your favorite blogs and it automatically checks the blogs you indicated for new content and shows it to you (either on the website or by using an app on your phone or tablet). Or, for Remodelaholic, we also offer an email subscription, where you can sign up to get new emails — https://www.remodelaholic.com/email-newsletter/

        Have a great day!

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  4. web site says

    July 4, 2013 at 6:33 pm

    Sweet blog! I found it while browsing on Yahoo
    News. Do you have any suggestions on how to get listed in Yahoo News?

    I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get there! Appreciate it

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    • Justin says

      July 5, 2013 at 2:32 pm

      That’s great that you found us. Cassity use to write for Yahoo, maybe that is how we got there, I am not sure.

      Reply
  5. Paint It White says

    January 10, 2016 at 9:40 am

    Those floors are just beautiful and now I know what I’m going to do with our utility room floor (that I’ve hated for years) Thanks so much Remodelaholic and Country Mouse Tales for this fab idea. Off to see what other ideas Country Mouse has for me!!
    Marie:-)

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    • Cass says

      January 11, 2016 at 3:44 pm

      Thanks for the comment, Marie! Happy browsing 🙂

      Reply
  6. LOU ANN BEYL says

    March 31, 2017 at 7:45 pm

    I am getting ready to do my back patio and my front porch and my walkway to my front porch. I bought a brick stencil on ebay and I am planning on doing this soon. The only problem, every time I ask someone what to do, I always get a different answer. I would like to know if it is alright, after I cleaned the concrete floor with bleach and scrubbed it good, can I now start painting as I want to use the grout of the concrete, then I plan to paint my stencil brick red to match my brick on one wall. I talked to someone last night and they said that is all I needed to do to my concrete. What do you say? Since I wasn’t planning on doing anything else, do you think that my concrete paint will stay as I do not want it to peel at all. When I do it, I want it to be nice and stay nice for a very long time, so I need your advise, please.

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