Tips & Instructions are for use with

Concrete Camouflage Concrete Acid Stain.

Apply the Acid Stain. Shake well before use.

Concrete Camouflage Concrete Acid Stain is designed to be used right out of the bottle with no mixing required.

If you do desire to dilute the acid stain, use water. Use equal parts in your measurements to ensure you keep the color constant. When diluting, you may need to add very small amounts of muriatic acid to maintain the acidic strength.

Apply the concrete stain with an inexpensive all plastic garden type pump up sprayer and/or a soft bristle brush. Both can be bought in the Tools & Supplies category, or at most home improvement stores.

When using a sprayer, pour the acid stain into the sprayer and pump up. Spray or brush the concrete stain on enough to saturate the concrete but not so much as to cause puddling.

If using the brush only, pour the concrete stain into a bucket and dip the brush and apply, but be careful! Acid stain may splash onto you and you're surroundings.

The applicator brush can be used to even out puddles and move around the concrete stain to ensure complete coverage along edges and overall, but the brush is not for scrubbing. The concrete stain does not require scrubbing. Avoid excess brushing or brush marks could be left. Brush in a circular motion to hide any potential brush marks.

Allow to dry completely.

A residue will form which must be neutralized and cleaned off with water. You can use mops, water hoses, and/or extremely soft bristle brooms to remove the residue. We recommend you clean once with water and ammonia at the rate of one cup ammonia to 5 gallons of water, which will neutralize the stain, and then final clean with clean water only. (You can use T.S.P. and water instead, though ammonia neutralizes the stain better.)

Let concrete dry completely before applying sealer and/or wax.

Important Tip. Before doing your entire job, we suggest trying it on a small out of the way area first. To ensure not only desired color and look, but also compatibility with your particular slab of concrete.

Tip. When cleaning the residue, a very soft bristled push broom, similiar in softness to the brushes at a car wash, can be used to lightly brush the area and help the residue come off easier.

Tip.The stain will dry faster than water. For maximum reaction allow the stain to dry overnight to 24 hours.

Tip. How to stain concrete with Fiestaflage Standard grade acid stains.

Apply 1st coat and allow to dry completely. (1-2 hours usually)
Apply 2nd coat and allow to dry completely. (Overnight - 2h hrs.)
Wash off Residue which forms and allow to dry completely.

Standard grade stains should be Sealed with concrete sealer.

Wax if Indoors. If outdoors, use the traction additive in the sealer and forego the wax.