Painting Concrete Porch/Steps: yay or nay?
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Anonymous
| Painting our house and just patched concrete porch and steps, the patch is a darker concrete, and the porch/steps were never painted previously- should we paint, and if so, what color - main color (deep blue) or trim color (light turquoise?) |
Anonymous
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No, no, heck no. don't paint the concrete
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Anonymous
| Paint it the color of the concrete so that it does not look patchy. Do not paint in any other color because it will be a lot of maintainence. |
Anonymous
| Mine was painted to prep the house for market and now I'm going to have to repaint it forever or figure out how to get it off. |
Anonymous
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I have been watching the free curb appeal episodes on the hgtv app on roku. Season 25 and 26 are the best. Definitely paint the concrete! It makes a huge difference! Just do it correctly with cleaning the concrete first. Possible acid etching the concrete and then painting or using a acid wash to stain it.
A lot of time people don't take the time to prep correctly or use the wrong product, and then you get maintenance problems. |
Anonymous
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We had a concrete coating applied professionally to our concrete porches. It looks really nice.
It wasn't cheap though. You could call and get an estimate. |
Anonymous
| No, stain it. Paint will peel. |
Anonymous
| I painted top step/porch area 2 months ago before listing our house. Looks great and I was really worried it would look tacky but it doesn’t at all. |
Anonymous
| Are you sure the patch will hold? |
Anonymous
| Cover with Stone |
Anonymous
| We had very patchy steps. We had a reputable contractor recoat all of our steps (a thin layer of concrete that bonds to the existing concrete). Our neighbor had it done a few years ago and it's holding up great. Our contractor also sealed the new coat of concrete with a product called Ardex - it's a light grey and it looks fantastic. He swears it will not chip off like paint. Time will tell but in the meantime, we've gotten a lot of compliments at how well our stairs look now! |
Anonymous
| the patch will probably lighten up, give it some time. It's still "green" concrete. |
Anonymous
| You can get concrete stains in many different colors now, this turquoise one is pretty: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Eagle-1-gal-Aquamarine-Interior-Exterior-Acid-Stain-EDADQ/203012916 |
Anonymous
This!! |
Anonymous
| Painting concrete looks nice. They sell a lot of concrete paint at Home Depot. Obviously covering it with stone is a great look but that's a lot more money. |