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Now that the floor is dry and has had a quick sanding to knock off the ridges its ready for staining.
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Dave (Montano Concrete) grinds the expansion joints to dress them up. |
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After a great bit of discussion on our part as well as with Dave we decided on a design for the center of the great room.
We figured we would dress it up since we had to have the expansion joints
running across the room.
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Dave cuts the design into the floor with a diamond grinder. |
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The layout is done. |
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Lots of stains to choose from! |
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The stain is hand sprayed on in successive coats. |
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Dave hand brushes the design onto the floor. |
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The design looks too washed out to us. |
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So we hand sanded the design areas to smooth them out and hoping that they
would take the stains more evenly.
Two days of reclining on the floor and sanding concrete - fun? |
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Success! It worked. |
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After giving the stain time to dry the floor was sealed so that we won't
mess it up as we construct the walls.
Now on to the walls!! |
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