Repainting faux marble finish on a basement floor

Question: I am a victim of my own creativity.

Several years ago I put a faux marble finish on my basement floor and covered it with a polyurethane. I would like to repaint it. I tried just floor paint. The paint never dried. I mopped it off several days later.

The paint adviser at Lowe's recommended paint remover or sanding. Do you think epoxy paint would cover it?

All other options seem like a lot of work.

Answer: On the one hand, I like to hear that a product - in this case, the polyurethane - is doing its job by protecting your faux floor.

On the other hand, epoxy paint application in every situation I've examined or heard about requires surface preparation that would involve exactly what the fellow at Lowe's recommended.

Any kind of paint requires a surface to adhere to, and one coated with polyurethane is no exception.

Face down: A few weeks back, during our discussion of detergent, I asked for recommendations on which way utensils should face in the dishwasher.

I reported one vote for up and down to prevent "nesting," but apparently the polls weren't closed in Hawaii.

I received two votes recommending down: One via snail mail from Patricia who writes "always place any pointed utensil down. Children might trip and fall into the open dishwasher. Someone might cut their hand or fingers."

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Repainting faux marble finish on a basement floor