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A finisher in Bakersfield asked me why I float before the bleed water leaves, and I felt dumb
So this happened last month on a driveway pour out in Bakersfield. I had a guy helping me who has been finishing for around 20 years. Halfway through I started floating the slab, and he just stopped and said, why you getting on it so early? I told him thats how I always do it. He said that water you see on top aint going nowhere and you are just pushing it back down into the mix. That is what makes those little blisters and crust spots later. I thought he was pushing my buttons but I sat and watched the slab for another 15 minutes while the sheen went away, and it was night and day after that. I changed my whole timing that day and the finish came out so much flatter with way less trowel burn. Now I catch myself almost every pour wanting to jump on it too soon and I have to remind myself to wait for that bleed water to go. Anybody else get called out on their float timing by somebody with more time in the trade?
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