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Watched a crew pour a patio in my neighborhood and saw the same old mistake with the bull float
They were working on a small backyard slab, maybe 15 by 20 feet, and the guy on the bull float was just dragging it back and forth in straight lines. I've seen it a hundred times. That just pushes the cream to the edges and leaves the middle weak. You gotta use an arc, like you're drawing a big 'C' with each pass, to keep that surface cream even. I learned that the hard way on a garage floor job about three years back, had to grind down a bunch of high spots because the finish was so uneven. It seems small, but it makes a huge difference in how flat and strong the top layer sets up. Anyone else notice crews still doing this, or have a different trick for working the bull float right?
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johnson.jade7mo ago
Saw a video calling that the "bull float shuffle".
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calebw506mo ago
That bull float shuffle video @johnson.jade mentioned looks like a great way to ruin fresh concrete.
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