What paint is better for a cement floor?

We are painting our living room floor. My husband wanted me to buy a BEHR cement paint stain at Home Depot. However, they didn't have the colors we wanted available in that paint, so they told me that the BEHR Porch and Floor paint was exactly the same (the stain just has the option of semi-translucent colors, whereas the other does not) and they had a better variety of colors. I trusted the people, but have I made a big mistake, what is the difference? I'm nervous my husband will be very upset when he gets home, since it is non-refundable.What paint is better for a cement floor?
well, the paint is exactly that, paint. when you put it on it will cover the cement totally. what you could do is thin it out to make it more like a stain, it is probably oil based but check it out first and what ever they tell you to clean it up with is what you thin it out with, make sure you test a small inconspicuous area first to see how much thinning it needs to get the right finish that you wantWhat paint is better for a cement floor?
Cement stain is very different from paint. However the big advantage to paint is that you can patch any cracks in the cement and the paint will cover those patches completely. You can't do that with stain. Stain will show your patches.





I have used Behr cement paint on a patio and I was very happy with it.





Maybe your husband will be happy with it after all. I thought they could mix any color of stain just like they can mix any color of paint? You should probably call Home Depot to see if that paint guy knew what he was talking about. It's good paint though. You'll like working with it.