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Spent 3 years troweling too wet before a old timer called me out on a job in Wilkesboro
I was out on a driveway pour last spring and this retired guy walks up just watching me work. He didnt say nothing for 20 minutes then just goes "you're bleeding the cream off" because I was starting the steel trowel way too early. He showed me the fingertip test and I felt like an idiot. My finish went from okay to glassy smooth after that. Anybody else get a rude awakening about their water content mid pour?
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charlie_allen5d ago
Ain't it funny how the old timers just know when to walk up and say the one thing that changes everything? Had a similar moment with my mix slump, guy told me to stop fighting the concrete and let it tell me when it was ready.
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