Stain & Seal
Stained Concrete Floors in Granbury, TX
Residential and commercial stained concrete floors across Granbury, Weatherford, Stephenville, Glen Rose, Aledo & the southwest Fort Worth area. We grind the slab, stain it with acid or water-based stain, and seal it. The concrete stays concrete, just finished on purpose instead of left bare.
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What stained concrete floors actually are
A coating covers your concrete. Stain finishes it. That one difference drives everything else: the price, the look, the lifespan, and what it will and will not hide.
The work runs in three steps. We grind the floor to open the surface and take off whatever is sitting on it. We apply stain to color the concrete. Then we seal it, which protects the slab, stops the dusting, and lets you clean it like any finished floor.
No tile. No underlayment. No thick built-up film. Less material and less labor than nearly any other finished floor, which is exactly why stained and sealed concrete floors cost less.
We also carry a product that stains and seals in one coat, which trims the labor further where the slab suits it.
Where they work
Interior stained concrete floors
Some of the best candidates are inside the house. If your home sits on a slab, the floor is already there.
Living rooms, kitchens, and entryways. A seamless floor with no grout lines and nothing to lift or pop. It sweeps and mops, it does not hold what gets spilled on it, and it will not need replacing on a cycle the way carpet does.
Sunrooms and additions. Usually poured slab already, and stain lets the room read finished without adding height at the doorways.
Converted garages. If you are turning a garage into a room, stain is a way to make the slab look intentional. Our garage conversion guide covers the flooring decision in more detail.
Pulling up carpet or tile. Once the old flooring and adhesive come off, you already own the floor underneath. Worth knowing that adhesive residue and tack strip marks affect how stain takes, so we look before we promise a result.
Interior floors also hold their finish longer than outdoor ones. They are out of the weather and out of direct sun, so the sealer is not fighting UV and freeze-thaw.
Two kinds of stain
Acid stained concrete floors vs water-based
Acid stain
Reacts chemically with the lime in the concrete, so the color becomes part of the slab rather than sitting on it.
- Mottled, variegated, stone-like
- Earth tones: browns, tans, rusts, soft greens
- Every slab takes it differently, so no two floors match
- The color will not wear off, because it is in the concrete
Water-based stain
Sits in the pores of the concrete instead of reacting with it, trading some depth for a lot more control.
- Much wider color range, including grays, whites, and blues
- More even and more predictable
- Easier to match a specific color or an existing room
- Reads more like a finish, less like natural stone
Neither is better. Acid is the choice when you want movement and character. Water-based is the choice when you need a particular color or an even result. We test on a hidden corner of your actual slab first, because the same stain looks different on different concrete, and a sample board will not tell you what your floor is going to do.
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What stained concrete will not do
This is where people get surprised, so we would rather say it before your floor is done than after.
It does not hide anything
Stain is translucent. It colors the concrete without covering what is in it, so cracks, old patches, oil spots, and color variation all still show. Sometimes stain makes them more visible, because the color lands differently on a patch than on the original pour. If your slab is beat up and you want it to disappear, a flake floor is what does that. If your slab is in good shape and you want the concrete itself refined instead of colored, look at polished concrete floors.
The sealer needs redoing
There is no built-up film absorbing the wear, so the sealer does all the protecting and it wears thinner and faster than a coating. Plan on resealing periodically, with traffic deciding how often. Interior rooms go a long time. A garage or a patio does not.
Your slab decides the result
More than any other floor we install, the outcome depends on the concrete you already have. Age, finish, patches, and previous adhesive all change how stain takes. That is why we test first rather than promising you a photo off the internet.
Cost
What stained concrete floors cost
Stained concrete is the least expensive finished floor we install. There is no tile, no plank, no underlayment, and no thick coating build, so you are paying for prep, stain, sealer, and labor.
Four things move the number: the condition of your slab and how much grinding and patching it needs, the square footage, whether you want acid or water-based stain, and whether anything has to come up first. A clean slab in a new build is quick. A slab with old adhesive, tack strips, and patches is not.
We look at the concrete and put a number in writing. If your slab is rough enough that stain will disappoint you, we will say that instead of taking the job, because a stained floor that highlights every patch is not a floor you will be happy with.
Also for business
Commercial stained concrete
Stain and seal is a strong fit for large commercial floors where covering the whole square footage in a coating is hard to justify. Retail, showrooms, offices, storage, and back-of-house areas all work, and the seamless finish is easy to keep clean.
For floors that take hot tires, heavy rolling loads, or spilled chemicals, a sealed slab is not the right build and we will point you at a coating instead. More on that on our commercial floor coatings page, or compare the heavier options in quartz and flake.
Send us a photo of the slab
Stained concrete depends more on the condition of your concrete than anything else we do, so a couple of pictures and the square footage tell us a lot. We will tell you honestly whether stain is the right finish for that floor or whether your money is better spent on a coating. Serving Granbury, Weatherford, Stephenville, Glen Rose, Aledo & the southwest Fort Worth area.