Here Are 21 Pics Of Beyond Perfect Concrete Work To Satisfy Any Perfectionist

You jest...

It's not slippery. It has a lot of traction. It has tiny holes and bumps all over the place created by pressing salt into the surface and then washes off later. It also has a soft trowel instead of a hard trowel. It leaves traction on it's own. Very deceiving I know.

It's called rain :)

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Well, making concrete is not that hard. Sand, gravel, cement, water and some mixing. Easy as cake. The real fun begins when you need to make that perfect even surface. I can say only one thing. Good luck. And don't worry if it will look ugly after few first tries, that is normal. Just try again. It takes some time to learn how to make anything good. Good thing is that concrete is quite cheap so start with something small and grow.

It is a little difficult to learn and we still always learn new and creative ways to keep our lines straight. This particular one we use a straight 20ft long magnesiam rod and run our groove tools along it to make sure it stays perfect. Most companies will not care to do this. We do. :)

It's actually done with a series of rubber mats with the desired designs on them. This one is called "old granite". This is my work. I did this job about a year ago. Pretty cool to see it on here. :)

they make a giant rubber mat that you press into the concrete.

When wet 🤣

It has a soft trowel finish with salt added and pressed into the top to leave thousands and thousands of little holes which actually give a little traction. The soft trowel itself also leaves traction. Smooth concrete is even porous on it's own and has a little traction. This is actually my work so that is why I know. That's me taking the picture after I washed off the salt. Believe me, not slippery at all. Only beautiful. :)

maybe that's why the hose is out?

Yes, I'd be afraid to walk on it.

This photo is to show the pool. The other photo was to show the drain strip. Slightly different.

Yep, it's the same one.

Yes, photos will often show up twice because they change in ranking.

The grey strip in the middle is a strip drain that runs to the front yard drain system. We always make sure our work does not pond.

🤣 🤣 Loved that movie.

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They can’t, sometimes it just happens and they can’t stop it. if the concrete is still wet it can be dealt with by taking the leaf of and screed over it and the bird poop scraped off and again screed over. Once the concrete dries it’s a bit more difficult. Acid washing once the concrete has dried can help get rid of the bird poop.

Great ?, Nikki!

Thats small face of the concrete in the pool needs to be finished by hand so the ladders give us some thing to stand on while finishing. :)

What about it?

Looks like the space is unfinished. Would love to see this complete.

The foliage indicates they don't get ice often.

Also you can see where they roughed it up so it's not completely smooth concrete

It has a broom finish. Not slippery at all. A lot of traction. This is Sacramento California, we dont get any snow. A lot of rain in the winter but these steps have no slip on them. :) I am the one who broomed the finish on these steps. :)