Concrete acid stained Floor

So most homes these days are built on a concrete pad called most commonly called a "slab".  Depending upon which way a slab is finished will determine how and what kind of treatment you can do to it later on.

Because we knew we would be acid staining it then we had them put power trowels on it to semi polish it up.  As it starts to cure you get a bit of dust on top of it that is very white and gets on EVERYTHING.  Some of it blows off or gets tracked off but a lot of it just stays put until they start framing and actually working on the slab. 

So now we are at the point that we are going to be acid staining the floor.  A crew comes in and power washes the floor, scrapes up all the paint, texture mud and anything else that might not cause the acid to do its thing.  Then they take a polisher and polish to get up more of the dust and dirt. Vacuum that up, mop and mop again.  Floor should be squeaky clean by this time.  Then they do the wall prep. 

This is what it looks like.  That's to protect the walls from any splashing that might occur.  If they are an experienced crew then this should all be kept to a minimum but you cant always count on that.  

The prep people that they sent arrived around 1:30 ish p.m. and were gone by 2:30.  I mean, why even bother coming?  They were here the next day by 7:30 but were on the back porch smoking when I went down around 9:30 to check on progress.  I was hoping that we would be ready for stain on Monday but they were gone by 2:30 ish.  I guess I just come from a different era where you worked a full day.  I dont understand this half day working at all.  And of course they had about 1/3 of the house prepped.  

So I sent a text to their boss asking if this was just a crew that worked part time or was this how this all worked?  I also asked him if he would mind if I went down there and finished up what they had started.  I really felt like I could finish what needed to be done ( by myself) by weekends end.  Never heard from him so I went ahead and started.  

I'm 67 years young.  I have back issues that I have to watch or I'm flat on my back for a week.  And I still managed to get done in one day with breaks what it would have taken them 3 or 4 days to get done.  I'll admit it was slow going at first, but you find out what works for you and you develop a system that works for you.  I'm all about efficiency and taking less steps to accomplish the same task and have it just as good or better than it was supposed to be.  So I found a system that worked for me and managed to complete the rest of the prep work in the house.  I have NO IDEA how the crew is gonna feel about it but Monday is grocery day and I will not be here.  Sometimes you just gotta take the initiative and do the job yourself.  We've been far too delayed by everything and I want to be be in this house before June...its April 3rd....