[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Iron Sulphate Concrete Stain

[Lawrence Lile]

A red stain over a greenish yellow slab is likely to turn out a muddy
brown.  I'd either seal the slab with a clear sealer, if you like the
color, or add a colored sealer from Green Building Supply to modify the
color a bit.  If you have any areas that won't show, you can experiment
with their samples for $10.
http://www.greenbuildingsupply.com//Public/Home/index.cfm

 
 
Lawrence Lile, P.E., LEED AP

-----Original Message-----
From: Irina Golfman [mailto:irina at inera.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:56 AM
To: Lawrence Lile
Subject: [BULK] Re: [Greenbuilding] Iron Sulphate Concrete Stain
Importance: Low

Hello Lawrence,

Thank you so much for your post. I really enjoyed the detail description
of 
your floor project. I am trying to decide what to do with my slab (small

area: mud room + laundry room and 1.2 bath). We added a light 
greenish-yellow stain to the concrete mix when the slab was poured. Now
my 
contractor disappeared and I am trying to decide how to finish the slab 
myself. We just rented the buffing machine last week to refinish the old

parquet floors in the bedrooms so we could rent it again and my husband 
would probably be able to buff the slab.

I am intrigued with the iron-sulfate based stain, but am not sure if I 
should apply it over an already "stained" slab or if I should just seal
the 
slab instead.

I would very much appreciate any thoughts you might have on this.

Thank you very much for the help and happy New Year.
Irina Golfman Rosenblum


At 10:19 PM 1/2/2007, you wrote:
>
>I've completed my concrete stain using Iron Sulphate, a relatively 
>harmless garden chemical, and Green Building Supply Gloss Penetrating 
>sealer.  Complete instructions, materials, and an amazing photo of my 
>backside while I am scrubbing the floor are available on my Concrete
Stain 
>page at
http://members.socket.net/~llile/ConcreteStain/Concrete_Stain.html
>or on my blog at
http://members.socket.net/~llile/buildgreen/buildgreen.htm
>
>I can't think of a Greener way to do a concrete floor, unless one just 
>leaves the concrete bare.  I am really pleased with the results, the
color 
>is a rich, variegated terra cotta, and the patterns in it are like
clouds, 
>you can stare at them for a long time and find new shapes 
>continually.  The photos on the webpage can't capture the effect.
>
>Lawrence Lile, PE, LEED AP
>
>P.S., if you have a webpage or a blog, post a link to my Concrete Stain

>page, it'll raise the Google Score enough that people can actually find
it.
>
>
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