Learning How to do This
So I feel like I got a good start on Saturday...figured out the steps to take, products to use and began perfecting working on my technique. One thing I did discover was that the cement mix didn't go as far as I thought it would. I went through a 20 pound pail for just that one stretch of one wall. Lowes doesn't carry the 50 pound bag, so I'm going to have to search that out.
After scraping, brushing, vacuuming, dusting, vacuuming and dusting again, applying bonding agent, and waiting, more cement finally went up.
On Sunday I picked up where I left off:
The next section looked like this:
And so, another shot of the progress:
Not bad for the first weekend of work. Now that I have at least a general idea of what to do, I'm hoping to pick up the pace a little. Sure like to get this one done before spring!