Why does nobody talk about trowel blade break-in periods?

I spent 2 years fighting with my finish trowels leaving drag marks on every pour in Phoenix. Turned out I was using them straight out of the box without sanding the sharp factory edges first. An old timer at the batch plant told me to run a file along the edges for 10 minutes and now my final passes look glassy. Has anyone else wasted time not breaking in their blades?

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hunt.nora21d ago

I learned that lesson after scratching the hell out of a $400 polished pour in Mesa. My wife still brings up the "expensive sandpaper" comment I made before I figured it out.

reese12421d ago

Buddy of mine ruined three slabs before someone clued him in.

sarah_mason21d ago

Oh man, that's brutal. Three slabs is a painful learning curve.