Contractors can achieve many different specified broom finish characteristics but the most important issue often affecting achievability is the size effect.
Broom finish concrete sidewalk.
If the weather is dry or hot consider having two people finish the concrete at once.
Pour the slab strike off with a screed bull float wait for the bleed water to evaporate although with low water cement ratio exterior concrete with the proper amount of.
Trowel there s some disagreement here.
With smaller concrete placements more consistent brooming results can be expected.
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Can the finish be fixed.
They swept the concrete to deep didn t work it properly now it looks and feels rough and the color is not consistent.
In this video we will show you how we broom finish concrete slabs.
If you don t like the appearance of broom textured concrete you can exchange that step for stamping the concrete with.
Rinse off the broom as soon as you can to prevent the.
I show a couple different ways i approach a broom finish on a concrete sidewalk etc.
In many cases today s finishers won t trowel.
The typical process for a broom finish is.
I recently had new concrete sidewalks a patio pour with colored concrete.