Continued from my December 3rd post on the same subject.
4th step: paint is sprayed randomly on the concrete overlay,
3 colors that tied in the granite counters and the red base cabinets.
Last step: 2 coats of urethane.
Looking good!
We had John (owner of Arizona Decorative Concrete, good guy) apply a 2nd urethane coat because there was considerable sheen variation when the first coat dried. John said he would arrive mid afternoon to do the work but his schedule changed and he arrived at 9:30 AM. Trish was already out and about, had left a bag of frozen chicken in the sink to thaw for a crock pot dinner dish. I was just leaving for pickleball when John arrived.
I returned home around noon, floor all done but not dry yet. Throughout the afternoon we kept checking the floor to see if it was dry enough to walk on. We wanted to get the chicken from the sink, and coffee, tea, cereal, etc. No way, darn floor was still tacky at 8:30 PM.
Said I to Trish, "I think I can get to the sink by walking on the counter." She beat me to it though, grabbed the stepladder that was nearby (we'd been decorating the Christmas tree) and crawled over the bar. She sat down on the counter and shuffled sideways until she got to the open space where the range was removed. That space didn't get the 2nd coat of urethane so she was able to step on the floor and gain access to the next counter area - and the sink. And the chicken! She grabbed the chicken and back she came. I cheered her on and gave her a high five when she returned to safe ground. I then told her that she would hence forth be known as Scuttle-Butt.
Not content with just one heroic deed, she made 3 more scuttle-butt trips for spices and what not.
It took 3 days for the doggone urethane to become thoroughly dry, well worth it, though.
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