Finish and Cure Concrete

Hope I didn't waste a whole ton. I mean, there's a little bit on this side. Oh, there's a crap ton there. But we'll shovel it up. It's all right. This is one of those times where the shovel actually works a lot better than trying to pour it in. [Music] If you've never mixed concrete, it could be a little bit intimidating, but it shouldn't be cuz a lot of people will tell you, and it's true, if you put too much water in there, uh, it takes the tensil strength, the structural integrity of the concrete away. Uh, if it's too dry, it kind of does the same thing. Plus, it looks horrific. There's all these like dead patches that are dry. So, you have to meet someone in the middle. The way I look at it, and there's formulas you can read, but I'm not going to have a measuring cup with me. The way I kind of think about it is when they pump with a cement truck, concrete, right, footings, whatever. If it's viscous enough to suck in through this pipe for them to come up over the roofs and then pour your foundation, that's what you're looking for. So, ideally, ketchup, maybe. Anything more runny than that, you don't want to play with. And the great thing about it is if you find that sweet spot, which this might be a little bit too much on the wet side. Let's add a little bit more. If you find that sweet spot, you're going to have a better chance or better opportunity to have a a cleaner finish, meaning less imperfections. [Music] We got just the right amount of concrete. In fact, three bags over, which is awesome. Um, got to have more than less. We're just going to scrape this with a triel. It's up to you how finished you wanted to get it. I just got to make sure it's between these two borders so it's on the same plane. [Music] So, I'm just leveling it. And then after that, we're going to get our reciprocating style with no blade and start shaking the sides. When you do that, all the imperfections, all the bubbles start rising to the top and all those imperfections of concrete, maybe rock was missing, starts filling in. So, if you really want a better finish, you definitely don't want to skip out on that step. [Music] [Applause]