We are homeowners who HAVE acid stained concrete in the past (sidewalk and front porch). WE recently started building a poolhouse... let the concrete cure, scrubbed with black pad and floor machine using TSP, rinsed, vacuumed (twice). Let completely dry, applied two coats of Klear Koat sealer, backrolling, etc.... BEAUTIFUL!! Let that dry, applied 3 coats of wax. Still gorgeous...
THEN we went to bed that night, my husband went out the next morning and told me the floor looked awful. I thought he was kidding.... (I will try to post before and after photos). It had turned cloudy, whitish, overnight. The man who sold it to us has tried to help per email, but frankly we aren't getting anywhere! Today we buffed the floor with a white pad and the wax turned into a powder and we rised and vacuumed that up. I resealed a small spot and that looks great. We would LIKE to just reseal, but we know you are never supposed to seal OVER wax. (There really doesn't seem to be any wax on the floor, as it looks dry and porous). The vendor says it should have a shine if the wax is gone (which makes sense .. the sealer should be there??)The spot I resealed is gorgeous again and is dry.. seemingly perfect. We don't want to have it peel later. How should we proceed to do it right? We still do not know what could have gone wrong as we took NO shortcuts, and went the extra mile on everything (letting it dry, etc.) We are not sure what the "cloudy" is... ?? Did the wax turn cloudy? Did the sealer fail completely.. If so why? We tend to think it is the wax which seems not to "wax" at all. Please give any advice you think will help. Thanks in advance!
At this point we are planning to go out and strip any remaining wax, let dry and then reseal. (Although the Vendor insists the shine will still be there and we will not need to reseal!) 1st photo is after sealing and waxing, second the next day (before we buffed and rised, etc.)
