Before
Clean concrete after scrubbing with commercial buffer:
During (Step #1... etching)
During (Step #1... etching)We had to re-etch the bedroom floor because I "forgot" to sufficiently scrub the floor with an "acid brush" after the acid solution had had a chance to "work" (is forgetting possible at my advanced age?... I can't remember?)... DUH!... I also wanted to get a REAL mop for the second time around to get the etching solution up off the floor... those little kitchen sponge mops just don't "hack it" for essentially a commercial job like this... and I was right ... the traditional "almost Navy swab" and the rented mop bucket with squeezer arm made the job of getting the etcher solution up a whole lot easier. By 10 PM, however, we were both wrung out like we'd been unmercifully squeezed through the mop bucket. Here are shots of the bedroom, hall and office beginning to dry after the etching:
Master bedroom:
The hallway... for some reason the saw-cuts in the concrete took much longer to dry everywhere?:
The stain has been applied here with touch-up needed before the application of the sealer :Master bedroom:
The hallway... for some reason the saw-cuts in the concrete took much longer to dry everywhere?:
Looking into office at and me, "two of the boys" and my incredible 24" iMac. ("I think... therefore iMac")... Baxter (Alpha Dog) and Boone-Dog are getting ready to do one of the things that they do best... sleep. If you look closely you can see Baxter shedding the equivalent of one and a half Beagles:
During (Step #2... staining)
During (Step #2... staining)Master bedroom (touch-up paint needed in corner between "Orange Spice" and "Vanilla Delight")... we wanted a leather-look on the floor and got it:
Master bath needing touch-up before sealer:
Office looking at "barely pink" wall where large bookcase will go:
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