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Bull Floating, Final Smoothing, and Edging

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What happens here

After screeding, workers employ various floats, such as bull floats and hand trowels, to further smooth and consolidate the concrete surface. This crucial process brings a creamy layer of cement paste to the top, effectively filling in any small voids and preparing the surface for the final finishing stages. Concurrently, edging tools are meticulously used to create crisp, rounded, and durable edges along the entire perimeter of the slab, which helps prevent chipping and improves the overall aesthetic. The final product is a perfectly level and smooth concrete pad, shown completed next to the deck.

Goal: Achieve a smooth, dense, and well-finished concrete surface with clean edges.

Tools and materials

  • Bull Float — Initial surface smoothing and bringing fines to the top
  • Edging Tool — Creating finished, rounded edges along the slab's perimeter
  • Hand Trowel — Detailed smoothing and final finishing of the surface
  • Fresh Concrete N/A — The finished concrete forming the slab

What they say

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let me show you how much extra concrete we had what you see in the bucket is the extra what in the bucket dust yeah pretty much so we got to do a little bit more work on her but this whole pad is going to be covered up so you're never going to see this pad it's a structural pad anyway yeah we got to broom it yet we got to we got to dust her off and get her get her final set so while we do that we're going to let you go hope you guys enjoyed the video I know it may be a little bit of a longer one but porn concrete is a longer bit of a process so thanks for going along for the ride with us that's going to call it for this one God bless and go

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