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Appreciation post: the 30 year guy on my crew said 'don't fight the cream, wait for it' and I finally listened
I was pouring a 12x20 slab in Fresno last Friday and rushed the finish like always, edges tearing up on me. My lead Armando, who has been finishing since 1989, just said to wait until the bleed water went glossy before I touched it with the trowel. I waited about 25 more minutes and the whole thing floated out clean with no tear marks. Anybody else got a short phrase like that from an old timer that ended up being gospel?
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mary_foster926h ago
My buddy ran into the same thing down in Bakersfield, his old super told him "let the mud tell you when it's ready" and he pretty much rolled his eyes at first. Couple weeks later he was fighting a hot load and the guy just stood there watching the bleed water instead of hopping on it. He said once that sheen showed up and the water started pulling back, the trowel just glided and he stopped getting those little drag marks on the edges. Now he won't touch a slab till it talks to him, swear it saved him a call back on a driveway last month. Those old guys don't say much but when they do you better write it down.
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