First Question, then Story. -- I have 800 sq-ft of exposed concrete Floor I just scraped tile off in the hall way by the bedrooms, and in the kitchen/dining room. We will be putting floating laminate floors on but not for a few months to a year. The concrete as you are aware never stays clean, its incredibly dusty and i want to seal it for now so my kid can crawl on it without looking like a trailer park kid 5 seconds later. I went to home depot to buy some sealer and the paint expert recommended against it, i usually don't listen to the salesmen [I]but he said something that made me nervous[/I]. he said [B]"if you lay a sealer down and cover it up, in a few years when the sealer starts to break down all the particles will 'burp' around the edges of your floating floor, spreading contaminates throughout your home and will make your family sick"[/B] he recommended concrete paint, as it will last up to 30 years before breaking down, as opposed to about 3 years for sealer. [U]Is this true? if it is, will using the home made trick of 50/50 linseed oil and turpentine avoid this issue? If i use the linseed oil will it leave an oily residue that leaves my kid oily as he crawls on it? [/U] [B]THANK YOU!!!! Please help me understand! [/B] Now for the story -- My wife and I bought our home back in March of 2012 in Mesa, AZ. One by one we have been tackling project after project with the intent of NOT going into debt making our home lovely, it was a foreclosure so it hasn't been an easy task! Especially considering I am just starting out in my career and have a 9 month old now, so money is tight. We are living in it while under construction but her parents live close so when i do something really smelly or dusty i send them over to her parents for a few days. We finally decided to buy new carpet even though we couldn't afford it because the baby is crawling around now and the old stuff was disgusting... which means we have less than a year now to pay off the interest free for a year credit card before we get hit with with the absurd 27% interest rate. So finishing the flooring in the rest of the house is on the back burner! hence the need to seal it off until we pay off our carpet. We got the cheapest carpet we could find in a color we liked, and we searched around long and hard. i figure if it lasts 5 years ill be happy, and in 5 years I'll be in a much better financial place to buy good carpet.

This driveway had a golf cart's batteries rinsed off and left dark stains running down the driveway - we've cleaned it fairly well by pouring "The Works" household cleaner onto it - but some residual remains. (see photo) We could keep going and even it out, however it appears it will not come off completely. [I](Our next thought/attempt might be a diluted muriatic acid wash and power wash.)[/I] The landlord hasn't seen our first pass but originally said he wants it "back to the way it was" - so we likely need to further clean or [B]discolor it[/B] to match the old driveway. It's NOT very much area - the whole driveway is only about 12 yards long and 4 yards wide at most. Any suggestions? We only need to do a [B]simple, temporary cover up[/B] to it - not a major improvement - the driveway was in poor shape to begin with but we fear they will try to keep our $1500 deposit and say it needs a whole new driveway. How about a bag of cement, diluted to almost water consistency spread around on top? Or something else? It there a paint that looks just like concrete we could spray a light coat on top?