I just got through patching the cracked, chipped junction of a tread/riser of my mom's cement stoop. I used Quikrete mason mix and their adhesive compound, and I did as good a job as I could in this hard-to-maintain (slushy) area. The salesman at HD said not to buy a masonry bit or any kind of drill-based sanding pad but to use a rubbing stone.
It was $11, and before I use it, I want to ask if sanding cement with adhesive in it by hand is something a woman who doesn't work in the construction trade can reasonably do. I don't like to waste money 'cause we don't have money to waste.
Thanks.