Tried a power trowel after years of hand finishing... big difference

I finally rented a power trowel for a slab job in Denver last month, a 36 inch Whiteman. Usually I hand finish everything cause I like the control, but this 5000 square foot warehouse floor was just too much. The power trowel got a way tighter, smoother surface in half the time, and my knees didn't hurt for a week after. Has anyone else switched over for big jobs and not looked back?

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evanb877d ago

Wait, you HAND FINISHED 5000 square feet?

sagen364d ago

Well hang on now. That's a lot of work but it depends what you're finishing. If it's drywall or concrete then yeah that's a big job, but if it's wood floors or something then that's not as crazy as it sounds. And honestly @evanb87 half the time people who brag about hand finishing stuff are just using a fancy term for running a random orbital sander for a weekend. I've seen guys say they "hand finished" a deck and they just used a brush on a stick. The real question is what the final product looks like, not how many square feet you covered.