Q: I have an older concrete porch that has never been painted. I will be painting it with patio latex paint. I plan on cleaning with TSP (trisodium phosphate) and then applying a concrete bonding ...

Question: I have a concrete porch that’s been painted several times. But the paint bubbles and peels off, leaving a mess. Each of the painters has said that this happens to concrete when you paint it ...

If your concrete patio is worn out, badly stained, and weather-beaten, don’t despair. There’s a simple, affordable way to restore patios to like-new condition, and it’s no more difficult than painting ...

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Whether it’s your garage floor, your patio or some other spot where that concrete slab could use some dressing up, a coat of paint might be just what’s needed. The trick to a good-looking, ...

Q: When we added handrails to our front entry last summer, the contractor had to extend the bottom steps to meet code requirements for the rail supports. The new concrete isn’t the same color, so I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A worker with white gloves uses a roller brush to paint a concrete wall blue. To paint concrete successfully, so that it looks ...

Q: My 30-year-old house features a large concrete front porch. One side edge has been crumbling over the past few years, and paint is peeling from a brick design was pressed into the concrete. How ...