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Brushes can help you get into tighter spots, like between deck boards or individual pickets on a fence, but they also make it easier for the stain to pool in one spot. Or try back brushing.

Fly ash in a mix, for example, can alter the concrete and affect the chemical reaction of acid stain, Thome says. The condition of the concrete plays a big role. Is the concrete new or old?

In September 2010, Don Wagner, owner of Concrete Worxs LLC, Boonville, Ind., and three of his employees took on the task of acid staining a new restaurant floor in Evansville, Ind. Concrete Worxs ...