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Broom Finishing for Traction

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What happens here

After troweling and edging, apply a broom finish to the entire concrete surface. This is achieved by pulling a specialized concrete broom (often with an adjustable handle) across the slab, creating a uniform, textured surface. This texture significantly improves traction and prevents the surface from being slippery when wet. The edges are often broomed first, as they tend to dry faster in the sun.

Goal: Add texture to the concrete surface for improved traction.

Tools and materials

  • Concrete Broom — Creating a textured, non-slip finish on the concrete surface

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you step for me so how long is a banner on since you since this kind of crew was part about 45 minutes and your brooming yeah be an hour so is it necessary to go by time like stopwatch time or do you go by feel and consistency of the college by filling out setting up never never by time every time it's different every four you know I got I got three ounces of a daleville retarder in this thing so you can imagine if we didn't have retarder in it we'd be pounding our cuts in you know this way it gives you a little more time real nice so why are you just finishing the edges first and not brooming the entire piece grown this is a drill drying the Sun there ah so if I pull it it's gonna leave me a streak like it did to me getting there so I'm just trying to do with this first and then maybe I'll just pull up cross and be done with it yeah it's can I get a can I other way they got a push and pull and then all this stuff gets to roughing trick of the trade there you gotta add your there you had to hit this a little bit with your trick to the trade hey you're a JIT I got my I got I'm good stroke it all right I'm gonna clean up all our crap leave neck give me it's all good I hear good all right we got everywhere the brooming isn't meant to hide flaws it's to add traction this is a critical stage of the concrete if you leave the concrete smooth as soon as it gets wet it's almost like trying to walk on ice adding just this little bit of traction to it these grooves makes a huge difference so don't mistake grooming for a cover-up it's meant to save you from planning on your butt all right you guys well that's

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