Redid the office floors!

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nguyendot
nguyendot Posts: 3,594
edited December 2009 in The Clubhouse
So the girlfriend and I ripped up the carpet in the "office" where I stored all the excess audio equipment and painted the walls. The next thing was to redo the floors. We went with stained concrete and the works. It took a week to sand the floor by hand to remove 40 year old paint stains and carpet adhesive but we got it done.

Then we acid stained it and sealed it. Here are the pics:

Cleaning the floor:
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Acid soaking in to the concrete:
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Acid dried & texture shot
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Epoxy coated and finished...
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I'm going to let it cure for another day or so and then put the trim back on that we stained mahogany. It's natural wood trim from 1960's so it looks very very good.

This took about 9 days since we're lazy and only worked every other day and skipped one here and there. I'm pretty happy with the results. A small area rug is going in there and my two desks. If I can swing it, my Yamaha M-35 amplifier and some pair of polk speakers will be the monitors!
Main Surround -
Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub

Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250

Den - Rotel RSP-1068 / Threshold CAS-2 / Boston VR-M60 / BDP-05FD
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited December 2009
    Very nice. The floor has a nice pattern.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,429
    edited December 2009
    Looks like another planets landscape :cool:. Did you see this technique somewhere?
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited December 2009
    Awesome. I love concrete floors.
    Sharp Elite 70
    Anthem D2V 3D
    Parasound 5250
    Parasound HCA 1000 A
    Parasound HCA 1000
    Oppo BDP 95
    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited December 2009
    Yeah my friend did it to his shop. Because my concrete is so old the pattern was going to come out quite unique!
    Main Surround -
    Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub

    Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250

    Den - Rotel RSP-1068 / Threshold CAS-2 / Boston VR-M60 / BDP-05FD
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  • potee
    potee Posts: 610
    edited December 2009
    What epoxy coating did you use? I like how it looks good job
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited December 2009
    Sherwin Williams sells a good variety of concrete stains and sealers
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  • gelinas
    gelinas Posts: 226
    edited December 2009
    very interesting.
    We have that finich on one hallway in my office (at work).
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