Hugh Monteith, of Ventura, Calif., created this floor with CF-630 Amber in the Old World Stain series, an acid alternative from Smith Paint Products.
We explored several acid-stain alternatives in "Acid Stains: Still Strong," published in the March/April 2009 issue of Concrete Decor magazine. As it turns out, the trend was too widespread to cover in just one article.
As contractors discover the beauty of water-based products that mimic acid stains but don't need to be neutralized or rinsed, some are reportedly starting to forgo the old way and convert to the newer technologies.
"Time is money," says Linda Meierer, one of the owners of L&M Industries LLC, which manufactures SimStain. "And contractors are discovering they can get in and out quicker (with a water-based pH-neutral alternative...
