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Angle grinder to get as level as possible. Then for sure V blade that crack and fill with Epoxy, Poly, crack filler.

You can for sure grind this by hand, but its going to be very time consuming and dusty. Make sure you get a shop vac with a hepa filter of some sort. You could also get a dust deputy from Harbor freight. I think they are around $40.00. Dust separator. Hopefully you do not have that much sq ft...

Brown stains are most likely a Top coat (Polyaspartic) drip on the driveway. The fiber board should not be coated, we try and avoid coating the fiber board as its a place for failure. $5.50 is pretty cheap for a floor. Sounds like they were just careless on the install. Thats what happens...

We handle these in Basements in Colorado. We grind the floor first to remove the efflorescence then apply a sealer. Power washing doesnt always work.

Do yourself a favor and have someone do it for you. Alot you can mess up, and its labor intensive. You rent a grinder from home depot with out the right tooling, and your about 4 hours into grinding alone.

Floor scraper from Home Depot, scrape East - West, then North South. Dont need to sand the flake. Shark Grip works good, from Sherman Williams. Or AO 100 grit.

Looks great! Take a look at Deco Crete as well. Good product.

What's your warranty, on the epoxy peeling using your Etching method?

Use Metzger / McGuire joint filler. RS88 they have color options, or Hi-Tech Polyurea on the joints. On the cracks I would use crack fill, use some concrete dust if you are grinding it first, then mix it into the crack filler and fill / Grind off. Metzger/ McGuire, Joint Filler, RS88

Nice! Good luck with everything. Just make sure they do a good job on the prep work. (grinding, or Shot blasting).

Got lucky I guess! We are redoing DIY etching jobs almost every 3 months. Acid Etch Failure.

Correct. Shark Grip or Aluminum Oxide. Shark Grip can be added to the top coat. You can get it at Sherman Williams or Amazon

You can get some ideas here: Epoxy Flake Colors . If you go with just a plain epoxy color with a Poly top, you might want to throw some shark grip in it. These floors can get pretty slick.

Sorry to say but you will be having issues with this process in about a year. Etching is not a good way for the epoxy. We install these floors daily. Diamond Grind or Shot Blasting is the only way. If you are trying to save some money I get it, but see if you can rent a concrete grinder from...

Hire someone to use Bush Hammers on a grinder, then diamond grind with 30 diamonds. Then you can either Epoxy flake, Poly top coat it, or you could put some self leveling products on it. TruPc is good stuff!