Had an old foreman call me out for dragging my float instead of lifting it clean

I been finishing concrete about 7 years now and always thought dragging the float a bit was no big deal. Then this older guy I was working with on a driveway pour near Austin last summer stopped me and said I was leaving micro gouges that would show up after sealing. I watched my own pass and sure enough there it was. He showed me to lift the float at the end of every stroke and let the finish lay flat. Took me about a week to break the habit but now my work looks way cleaner. Anybody else get called out for a bad habit they didn't even know they had?

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terryk2822d ago

Hang on, you sure about that? I been doing this 20 years and I drag my float on purpose sometimes. Keeps the cream from piling up on the edge.

emmawood21d ago

My uncle used to say the same thing about his fishing net, and he never caught a single fish after he started doing it.

nora_walker5721d ago

TerryK28 might be onto something with the cream thing, but dragging a float is a different game in still water. I've seen folks do it in a current on the Roanoke and it works for a specific kind of bite, but it turns into a mess in a pond. You gotta match the technique to the water or you're just feeding the turtles.