concrete planer
my concrete planer arrived yesterday:
i'm going to use this to smooth out the remaining blemishes in the floor and get everything level. the only thing sexier than a power tool is a special-purpose power tool, and this thing is awesome. i gave it a run this morning on the floor--that diamond wheel gets spinning and plows right through the cement with little effort. the only spot that's going to need work is the edge adjacent to the laundry area; when i poured the batch of crap-leveler, it built up against the 2x4 i had along that edge and so the floor slopes up there and is higher than everything else. i used the planer to level a portion of it, and it worked great but took several passes to shave it all down.