My friends think that I'm in some sort of secret society. Ever since they went over to my place, they were astonished at how I polished my own concrete floor, mostly because it actually turned out well. Truth be told, however, my only grunt work with regards to the floor was removing the tiling that used to be there. Otherwise, all I did was surf the web for a contractor in the vicinity; he's the one that would know a secret handshake, if there was one.

Nevertheless, I went to my friend's place last week because he wanted me to get a look at his own concrete floor. I recommended my contractor to my friend, but he preferred to have me take it a look at it first before calling someone. He heard that not all concrete could be polished. So before doing anything drastic, he determined that I should check out if the concrete was fit for the task.

We needed to see the totality of the floor, but my friend's place was carpeted all throughout. The first task, then, was for us to remove the carpet. Problem was, the carpet was nailed down to the concrete floor. I then thought that if we were to even check the concrete floor, we'll have to do something drastic after.

My friend really wanted me to look, though. One de-carpeting later, we were finally able to see the floor underneath. Now, I'm not really an expert with regards to concrete, but I can still tell that it was a long shot. There were imperfections here and there, especially around the part where the nails have been. There was also a white sand-like layer above the concrete, but hopefully that's something coarse grinding can get rid of.

It wasn't difficult to convince my friend to contact the contractor after. We both agreed that it was the right move. So a few days after, I went back there, this time bringing along the contractor.

As luck would have it, even the contractor seemed skeptical when he first saw the house. Unlike us, however, who seemed hopeless, he had an idea. He said that it was still doable, but it'd require us to be more creative. We will work out the imperfections into a pattern. My friend was willing to try it out.