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Originally Posted by Mike the Grump
Love that look.
How has the floor held up? How's the maintenance?
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Here we are talking about acid stain on concrete with a clear sealer over it.
Acid stain is only the color, the sealer is a different component.
The color lasts forever, it is burned into the concrete with metal as the colorant. Although copper based colors,(blues) will fade and darken in direct sunlight, the others are stable. The clear has to be special to penetrate the concrete to leave that 'Wet" look. The finish may have to be re coated periodically depending upon the traffic.
I have acid stained floors in my wood working shop, and where I stand in spots continuously will wear eventually. When recoating it actually melts back to itself and leaves a seamless transition as it is xylene based solvent polymers.
There may be an epoxy coating that will work on top of the initial coat lengthening it's life. There are coatings to go over acid stain that are made to be driven on.