Concrete Flor

[ashbypower]

Does anyone know of a good supplier of Concrete floor Etch?? need to prepare 100sq M of powerfloat flooring prior to painting.??
Thanks in advance guys

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[Pete7]

Toolmart do concrete cleaner (hydrocloric acid) at £6+VAT for 5 litres, any good for you?

Pete

[Limey Linda]

Muriatic acid will work fine, 50% solution (add acid to water not the otherway) and is cheap. Mask of the skirting first. All etch products are acid based. Remove any grease first.

[ashbypower]

Thanks Guy's off to Toolmart up the road Cheers Pete
Funny how we call it hydrocloric acid and over the pond its Muriatic acid
thanks again B

[Limey Linda]

Originally Posted by ashbypower

Thanks Guy's off to Toolmart up the road Cheers Pete
Funny how we call it hydrocloric acid and over the pond its Muriatic acid
thanks again B

Yes it is weird. It depends on the application. In the swimming pool industry it is called Muriatic both sides of the pond. This side it is also called hydrocloric. All the same stuff. I buy it for $1.50 for a US gallon. Funny how when you put a different label on it the price more than doubles. If I bought it with a "drain cleaner" label on it it would be 10x.

[ian parkes]

www.sovereignchemicals.com

These guys are very popular in the building trade and will give advice . Prices are ok to .

I guess you are refering to what the trade call brick acid to etch the floor ??

I really don't know but I would find out if it could effect the paint you put on afterwards .
iam sure you can hire a machine not unlike a power float that kind of abrades the floor