Used to finish every slab with a hand float, bought a 4-foot magnesium trowel in March and my arms are thanking me

Terry Allen · 2026-10-17T13:10:03.548341+00:00

For years I did all my floating by hand because that's how the old guy on my first crew in Dayton trained me, and I figured a big trowel was for guys who couldn't feel the surface. Bought a 4-foot mag trowel in March for a 30x40 shop pour and got the cream up in half the passes with way less shoulder ache the next morning. Anybody else hold out on a tool way too long just because of how they got taught?

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