Cleaning the Floor

We spent the entire day today cleaning the floor...  We are pretty happy with what it looks like -- when it is wet, but it seems to be returning to a dreary gray when it dries.  So, the question is what will it look like when we apply the sealer...  There are imperfections and irregularities, but that is sort of what we wanted.  There are some lines where I had put plastic down, and it caused irregular color variations.

We believe the sealer will darken and bring out the color, but we'll find out tomorrow...  We bought a mop to damp mop it before we apply the sealer.  We will actually apply the sealer while the floor is still damp.  They tell me they often apply the sealer early to help keep the water from evaporating too soon, so there shouldn't be any problem -- as long as we don't have water setting on top.

We do have to caulk the stress cuts that run across many of the doorways and two across the hallway...

We tried to capture the floor color on camera today, but it is really difficult.