Concrete wall finishes all at thick our trowel applied concrete wall finish provides the look of cast concrete without the bulk and weight of precast or cast in place concrete.
Troweled concrete walls.
Slick troweled concrete is created when a steel hand trowel or machine is used by the cement mason to close the exposed surface of the concrete project.
Used after floating to produce a smooth hard dense slab surface.
Drag the flat of the trowel straight across the surface of the concrete to smooth it.
It can be applied to many different substrates to create a concrete finish on walls columns reception desks benches landscape elements and fireplaces.
Application is accomplished by trowel or magic trowel.
The most common types are blue stainless and high carbon steel.
Typically slick troweled concrete can be found as garage floors basement floors warehouse floors and covered front porches.
Scoop a small amount of the slurry mix out and put it on the middle of the blade of the mason s trowel.
Steel trowels look similar to hand floats except the blades are thinner and the handles are open rather than closed.
Apply the slurry to your new concrete wall by holding the trowel blade to the wall so the slurry is pressed onto it and wiping the slurry across the wall with a smooth arcing motion.
Trowel a 3 8 inch layer of concrete over the wall with a straight trowel.
After the concrete is laid in the formwork and leveled the trowel is used to smooth and fine level the surface of concrete.
The key difference among tools is the type of steel used for the blade.
You ll have to practice to develop a feel for it.
At first hold the trowel almost flat elevating the leading edge just enough to avoid gouging the surface.
Allow the concrete to dry for approximately 30 minutes until most of the moisture is gone from the top.
For a really smooth finish repeat the troweling step two or three times letting the concrete harden a bit between each pass.
Concrete finishing trowel was expertly designed for the trade professional and made of hardened and tempered spring steel for durability.
Concrete finishing trowel this 12 in.
The blade is permanently locked to the mounting by stainless steel rivets.
It may also be placed vertically on interior walls creating the look of venetian plaster.