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Wash. state Desk Jet

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5. home depot or lowe's ,builders supply
Mon Feb 9, 2015, 02:44 PM
Feb 2015

sell a product you use to clean concrete . You will find one recommended for garage floors ,removes oil stains and all the other stuff.
That would be the way to get your project started. When you are there take a look at garage floor paint-it is an epoxy mix-look at the floor preparation procedure -same procedure will apply preparing the floor to except your choice in flooring material.

Basically you are washing the concrete floor with a industrial product ,a garden house is handy when rinsing down floor.

If you think about it auto mechanic's scrub down the concrete floors in their shops periodically,and so an auto supply store will also sell the industrial concrete cleaning washing products.

There is also an etching compound you brush into the concrete ,part of the final phase after the floor has been cleaned.


You can also look up the procedure on the internet- just google preparing concrete floor to except vinyl flooring.

Also if you wanted to put in carpet the tack strips glue down to the floor. Of course best to clean up the floor first so odors don't come up.

Good luck with your project.

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