System and method for restoring and aesthetically enhancing concrete surfaces

A method for creating a desired pattern in an exterior surface of a concrete body using a conventional chipping hammer, comprising steps of:

• imparting a line design in the form of a series of temporary marking line segments upon the exterior surface of the concrete body;
• providing a plurality of chipping hammer bits each having a blade body at a distal end of a shank, and securing an attachment end of the shank of a selected one of the plurality of chipping hammer bits to a working end of the conventional chipping hammer, wherein the blade body of the selected one of the plurality of chipping hammer bits terminates at a bottom edge having a bottom edge length;
• resting the bottom edge of the blade body of the selected one of the plurality of chipping hammer bits upon the exterior surface of the concrete body such that the bottom edge length of the bottom edge of the selected one of the plurality of chipping hammer bits is disposed upon, and aligned with, a selected one of the series of temporary marking line segments of the line design;
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• manually manipulating the conventional chipping hammer, via a chipping hammer handle, to effect movement of the bottom edge of the blade body of the selected one of the plurality of chipping hammer bits along the selected one of the series of temporary marking line segments, thereby excising concrete from the exterior surface of the concrete body along the selected one of the series of temporary marking line segments to create a groove there along,
• wherein an operator of the conventional chipping hammer selectively varies the width of the created groove and/or the roughness of an upper edge of the created groove by manually tilting the conventional chipping hammer vertically and/or laterally to thereby vary the angle of the blade body with respect to the exterior surface of the concrete body, while simultaneously moving the bottom edge of the selected one of the plurality of chipping hammer bits along the selected one of the series of temporary marking line segments.