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Gilbert homeowners who want a tinted concrete floor can choose stain, dye, or dye beneath a polish from Gilbert Polished Concrete. Living areas, kitchens, offices and garages qualify; exterior patios, driveways and pool decks are not part of our work.
We serve Gilbert and nearby Chandler and Queen Creek. Gilbert’s median home was built in 2003, so a floor colored here is likely to be newer concrete, where the mix and the curing can change how evenly color takes.
Stain colors the surface of a concrete floor in cloudy, variable tones, and the slab decides where the color is darker or lighter. It is chosen for that character. The floor is sealed afterward, and the finish stays closer to the slab than to a smooth polish.
Dye is a fine colorant that goes onto the ground surface in a chosen shade. It can then be densified and polished, so the color sits inside a polished floor. It gives a more even, chosen tone than stain, though the slab, its joints and its patches still show through.
A dyed and polished floor combines both steps: the slab is ground, dyed, densified and polished to the level you want. This is how a garage floor can end up charcoal and reflective, or a living area warm terracotta in satin.
Color rides on the concrete. Cream, salt-and-pepper and aggregate looks take color differently, patches and cracks show, and an area that was repaired can read as a different tone. A weak surface may not take a finish evenly, which is why a hardness test and a test spot come first and why a mockup should be approved before the whole floor is colored.
A newer slab brings its own variables: admixtures can cause color variation, and a slab without a vapor barrier can show moisture-driven color differences. Variation is part of the character of a colored concrete floor, and it is better to expect it than to be surprised by it.
Three directions are a starting point, and a test spot settles the exact shade:
Shades are chosen from samples on your own slab, since the same dye reads differently on cream and on salt-and-pepper concrete.
Clean a colored floor the way you would any polished floor: sweep, damp mop with the cleaner recommended for the finish and wipe up acidic or alkaline spills quickly. A guard is optional, and whether a floor has one depends on how it was finished.
Sun can alter some colors and not others, depending on the product, so a floor beside sliding doors deserves a look at the maker’s data sheet first. No tint comes with a promise that it will never shift.
Paint sits on the floor as a film, while stain and dye go into the concrete. Stain leaves cloudy, uneven color that follows the slab; dye gives a more even shade of your choosing and can be polished afterward.
Yes, after the carpet, glue, tile or coating has been stripped and the slab ground. Whatever cracks, patches and joints are there will appear in the tint, which a trial patch demonstrates in advance.
It depends on the product and on how much sun the floor gets. Ask for the product’s data sheet for sunny rooms, and expect to see a sample on your slab before the floor is colored.
Color in the slab is the subject here. For a colored garage, the polished concrete garage floors page covers that floor; the Gilbert Polished Concrete home page lists everything else we offer.
Name the room, the color direction you are leaning toward and whether the slab is bare, covered or already stained. We'll get back to you soon with an estimate or any questions we have. Estimates are free and there's no obligation.
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