Yet where there s a will there s a way.
Removing paint from concrete porch floor.
If you don t have concerns about damaging your walls or concrete floor old paint can be powered off with a pressure washer or sand blaster.
There s no doubt that removing paint from concrete is time consuming and laborious.
Method 2 to remove paint from concrete with soda blasting.
Start early and you should be able to complete a porch in one day.
There are many ways by which paint stains can be removed from concrete flooring.
Remove paint stripper residue.
Use the edge of a scraper to remove as much of the paint as possible.
Carefully follow the directions that.
If you don t already own a pressure washer or sand blaster you can rent these from local tool rental stores or your nearest big box home supply store.
Dunk a stiff bristle brush into the water bucket and scrub the painted surface of the concrete.
In this video i use an angle grinder with a diamond wheel and dust collection to remove old floor paint from a concrete porch.
For this stage of the job so long as you re working on a compact concrete patch you can probably get by with a wire scrub brush or a paint scraper.
To get oil out of concrete or remove unsightly paint or other stains fill both buckets with hot or warm water and add several squirts of dish soap to one of the buckets.
Paint stains on concrete completely disappear using this method leaving you with a clean surface for repainting if necessary soda blasting is also an environmentally friendly way to remove paint from concrete and causes no damage to the underlying concrete.
Peeling paint is not only unsightly but it can trap moisture against the concrete of the porch which can cause the concrete to erode over the time.
Soda blasting is a great way to remove paint from large areas of concrete.
Concrete floors are one of the most inexpensive and low maintenance flooring options.
Removing paint can give a porch new life.
For more details on removing concrete porch paint see how to remove paint from a concrete porch.
If you ve ever spilled paint on your driveway patio or garage floor you probably accepted that it wasn t going away.
Sweep the area to clean away dirt and debris.
However if there are any stains on it you need to know how to remove it efficiently.