Has anyone done a venetian plaster floor with aquawax topcoat? And if you have how durable would it be even with several topcoats of the wax? I am thinking about pulling my carpet up from the living room and I was thinking venetian plaster floor would be awesome a lime green color........

Glo, it is possible to install certain venetian plasters to floors,but not topcoated with wax. I myself have never done so and never will, there are much more resilent flooring options available... the variety and look of tile has come a long way over the years so there are some very cool looks on the market these days. Not to bust your bubble, just my $.2

What is the substrate to your carpet? Is there wood framing underneath? If so, I would completely abort the idea.....the expansion and contraction of wood will not be good for the finish...I doubt it would last. If you are determined, I would install cement backerboard and proceed from there. Prep would be a total killer on this, not worth it in my opinion.

Greg

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look into a modified portland cement product like "skimstone".

hey guys, I was talking to James in Atlanta and he was telling me about some guys in Germany doing it on the floors and sealing it with several layers of clear coat..I'd call him or write privately..he may have a contact for you or more info...My opinion..wood or tile or stone the floor, who wants to trowel on their knees?? Have fun, let me know how it works for you

Hi ya'll thanks for the input I am really debating on doing this. Greg no it's a concrete floor this is why I was thinking a lime green Venetian plaster floor almost gives me some sort of high just thinking about it. It's only like 350 sq. ft. so it would not be but a weekend project.......Graham is there any way you could get an email on those guys or James even? Thank ya'll bunches! yes i'm from TEXAS!

Hello Glo
Venetian Plaster is not really a floor finish. There are many floor finishes that you can do. I would choose one of them. I would go with Rob's suggestion.
Doyle

Hey Glo where in Texas are you?

since the floor is concrete, have you thought of acid stain?

Steve I was thinking the same thing, you can do some beautiful work with those stains.

Desert Bob, "I crap sunshine and bleed chocolate syrup" that's quite an image

Glo,

Kemiko has a line of concrete stains that features a wide range of colors. They really bring out the natural features of the floor (cracks, swirls, aggregate). With a tough varnish coat, it is a really durable finish, too.

Here is a furniture showroom floor I did a few months ago. This color is called "Cola."

Honstly, it is a huge, messy job, but the results are so worth it. Before we started, this floor was covered with 50 years of dirt,old adhesive, and mystery paint. Now it has character!

Hello everyone! Steve I am from Marble Falls, I have tought about stain, but the only thing is there is carpet now and wouldn't you be able to see the adhesive lines? We stained a floor before and it looks crappy because of the adhesive lines, we used everything we could to get rid of them and we had no luck! Could I use like two different colors on it or just one?

Glo,

To get rid of the adhesive lines, I used a chemical remover (yes, it was really nasty smelling!)

Then I used a grinding machine to take off about 1/16" of the cement surface. This gave a smooth, clean surface for the stain to work with.

It's a multi-step process that took about 5 days. If you don't get all of the adhesive off, the stain will look spotty, then flake off with traffic.

Thanks everyone for all of your help!!