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"Cat", I have both finishes in my house. The older floor was waxed and they used acrylic finish on the new ones. I don't think it was Kemiko's though. I was told that one can put acrylic on top of wax but not the other way around. I was going to research it thoroughly to avoid doing something 'stupid'. I didn't like the wax finish for the same reason you don't like yours: everything leaves a 'scratch' mark on it. The waxed floor gets dull all the same - there is no way around it. Plus, I was told it had to be professionally waxed once a year and, though the fee wasn't bad, I resented not having a DIY option, especially that the fee keeps going up. With acrylic, you can (at least) do it yourself and it is easy (I was told) - just use a rayon mop. When it comes to concrete floors, I would not take your SW guy's word (not at all!) but consult as many concrete floor experts as I could find (in my experience, there will be quite some differences in opinions among them). This is what I was going to do in the nearest future (as soon as I finish the rest of remodel), so I'd be very interested in what people say to your question. Have you considered using area rugs? Also, check out the post called something like "Porcelain vs. Ceramic" (might have been on the Kitchen forum). Tom posted a link there to a website that might give you more info. I might be 'missing the point' and stained concrete floors may be a lot better than I think. And one more thing. Somebody has told me recently that one can get a bucket of wax at Sam's club for a good price and rent a buffing machine to wax it DIY. Good luck and let us know what you find.

Pure Carnuba should not be a problem. Just Google "carnuba on granite counter" and you will see lots of recommendations. Do not get just any car was. Some car waxes have polishing and cleaning compounds that could do more harm than good. Pure carnuba is what you want. Here is a link that might be useful: Flitz Granite Wax

As a teenager with my first car, a '74 Roadrunner, I was hand-washing that thing all the time. The neighbours swore I'd take the paint off of it. I like the notion of hand-washing and keep telling myself I'll do it, but I haven't yet. We'd run the car through the car wash......hubby liked the do-it-yourself spray ones. I did it recently and thought it was more pia than doing a good job, I was always panicking I'd run out of money before I was done. I put out a request for some car soap on Freecycle. A member who've I've traded stuff with in the past responded. He said he'd give me some, and also mentioned that he does car detailing. He'd wash my car and clean the inside for $20, or give me the shampoo, whichever I preferred. I said 'let's do both!' So I took it in, and he did the outside, the windows, rims, the dash, cleaned the floor mats, wiped down the leather seats, trim, and a light coat of wax. It looked great! So I still have my bottle of shampoo and I have permission for the landlords to do it. I wish there were some shade though. Once we have 'normal' summer temperatures, none of this 30C+ crap, I'll do it. Hopefully I find it as relaxing as I think.