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DAE remember when we finished every slab with a hand float and a broom, now it's all power trowels and spray cure
Back when I started on a crew in Bakersfield we did a 40x60 garage floor with nothing but hand floats and a broom finish, and it took us two days of sore shoulders to get it done. Now the young guys on my current crew won't touch a slab unless there's a ride-on trowel and a pump sprayer for cure, and honestly the finish is flatter than anything we ever got by hand. Am I just old and stubborn for missing the hand work, or do some of you still pull out the wood float on smaller pours because it just feels right?
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faith_shah8819h ago
Remember the first time someone handed you a power trowel and you thought it was cheating? I still keep a wood float in the truck for small steps and edges, mostly because my knees tell me when to skip the machine.
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