If you ever wanted to replace your carpet with stained concrete you should watch this first.
Rip up carpet in new construction paint concrete.
Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips.
This includes removing carpe.
If you choose the right products and apply them properly you will get long lasting good looking results.
A paint sprayer that we purchased at a local hardware store was a clunker because you can t use metal when working with acid stain we searched high and low for a sprayer that did not have a metal wand.
It s a sound theory but should only be executed by a professiona.
Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers.
Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers.
Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.
Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet.
Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room.
It must be removed or the color of it will transmit through the new floor coating.
Use paint remover on the concrete to remove the carpet glue.
Remove the 3 foot wide carpet sections from the tack strips by shaking the carpet in a back and forth motion while pulling it up from the surface of the floor.
Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand.
Go easy on filling the holes where the concrete will pull up from.
Here is what you need to do to remove the carpet glue.
The right carpet is about more than color.
Browsing carpet samples at your local home improvement center is a great way to get pointed in the right direction for a new look for your floor but.
When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers.
To remove them use a floor scraper.
The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.
Tips on how to stain concrete floors.
Pull the carpet up.
Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing.