Now, that doesn’t mean it looks bad, and it works very well with this salon’s theme; we just want to make sure that there are no surprises at the end of the project.
If a client wants to eliminate this, we usually apply a microfinish overlay that will hide the “ghost image” and at the same time fill in small divots, holes, cracks, and patches. In this case, we didn’t go that way; we ground the floor, patched some of the really rough areas, and then applied the acid stain.