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Bull Floating for Leveling and Initial Smoothing

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How the Pro's Pour Concrete with Victory Outdoor Services #3

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What happens here

After the concrete has been poured and roughly screeded, the first step is to use a bull float to further level the surface. The bull float, attached to a long extension handle, is pushed and pulled across the entire concrete slab. This action helps to embed larger aggregate particles below the surface, brings the finer cement paste (known as 'cream') to the top, and removes minor imperfections, creating a smoother and more uniform working surface for subsequent steps.

Goal: Level and smooth the freshly poured concrete surface.

Tools and materials

  • Bull Float — Leveling and initial smoothing of the concrete surface
  • Extension Handle — Extending the reach of the bull float across the patio
  • Wet Concrete — The material being finished

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[Music] hey i expected a mistake and you didn't disappoint thank you i don't like to disappoint people just tell me what else you want me to wreck and i'll get right on it so you got a pretty good ridge going there so now when you pull it back pull it hold about six inches to the left so i get see that ridge yep so you get rid of that ridge and then you're good do i slide it over or just so as you're pulling it you kind of slide it over as you're coming back oh man yep now just walk it over a little bit six eight 12 inches oh you're good concrete's wet it's going to leave ridges right now that's okay nice job okay pretty sure that deserves a high fiber oh thank you bam got it he's better than you already sarge

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