Time to get working on this again.
Just rented a concrete grinder to strip off the crappy epoxy. For some reason my wife laughs at how excited I get about playing with new toys. Come on, who wouldn't get excited about loud machinery that spins fast and cuts into concrete?
Finally got an electrician out to the house. The benching wall's gonna have 4 separate 20amp circuits. Think that'll be adequate?
I liked watching his face change as he switched from "talk this guy back down to reality" mode to "oh my god, you could conceivably need this" mode. Now both of us are excited.