Power Trowel Concrete Floor Finishing

We offer power trowels to be used as a finishing tool on concrete.

Power trowel concrete floor finishing.

The most important part to power troweling a concrete floor is knowing when to start. The second most important thing is to know how to operate the power trowel properly. For concrete vibrators click here. Evaluate the quality of your concrete floor the first most important and unfortunately most often overlooked step in the power trowel polishing process is to evaluate the integrity of the existing surface.

The power trowel must be used at the correct time power trowels or power floats are used to smooth and finish poured concrete before it is fully dry so timing is a critical element in how your finished product will turn out. These concrete finishing tools or concrete trowels are available in walk behind trowels ride on trowels and edging trowel machines. Small imperfections are an inherent characteristic of concrete but structural damage will require remediation before you can safely polish. Howtofinishconcrete concretefinishing handtrowel concrete finishing techniques.

A power trowel allows you to stay in control of the floor. In this video i m showing you how to finish a concrete floor smooth by usi. Check the concrete by pressing your fingers into the surface you should be able to press in no more than 3 8 to 1 2 of. You don t want to finish early but you don t want to finish late both wiese and drew fagley president of hover trowel in mohnton pennsylvania say in the end a power trowel is more about the finish.

Our concrete power trowels are manufactured by name brand bartell global whiteman and multiquip. Finishing a concrete slab with a power trowel concrete finishing is performed after floating and it produces a dense smooth hard surface. Just make sure that you wait and allow the slab to dry up between passes to allow the concrete to reach proper set. You may need to do two or more passes.

The third most important thing is to know the pattern a concrete finisher uses to get a really nice looking and smooth floor using a power trowel. Once you have the surface mag floated start.