{"id":6294,"date":"2016-04-18T10:24:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T09:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simauk.desarrollotrevenque.com\/blog\/professional-concrete-finishing-with-power-trowels-and-other-equipment\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T09:08:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T08:08:44","slug":"professional-concrete-finishing-with-power-trowels-and-other-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simasa.co.uk\/blog\/floor-road-saws\/professional-concrete-finishing-with-power-trowels-and-other-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Concrete Finishing with Power Trowels and Other Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>If there&rsquo;s one thing that will give your DIY concrete project away as amateur, it&rsquo;s poor <strong>finishing technique<\/strong>. Poured concrete that isn&rsquo;t finished well can look lumpy, rough, or uneven and even be susceptible to cracking. Fortunately, there are a variety of tools and equipment you can add to your arsenal to ensure your <strong>concrete pours look professionally finished<\/strong> and are something you can be proud of. Some of the most common professional concrete finishing tools include: <a title=\"power trowels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simasa.co.uk\/power-trowels-39-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>power trowels<\/strong><\/a>,<a title=\"floor planers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simasa.co.uk\/power-trowels-39-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> floor planers<\/strong><\/a>,<strong> and <a title=\"floor saws\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simasa.co.uk\/floor-road-saws-32-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floor saws<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_light_blue no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#smoothing-wet-concrete-with-a-power-trowel\">Smoothing wet concrete with a power trowel<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#leveling-uneven-cured-concrete-with-a-floor-planer\">Leveling uneven, cured concrete with a floor planer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#cutting-and-scoring-dried-concrete-with-a-floor-saw\">Cutting and scoring dried concrete with a floor saw<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"smoothing-wet-concrete-with-a-power-trowel\">Smoothing wet concrete with a power trowel<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the most important steps when pouring concrete countertops is giving it a smooth finish with a hand trowel or float &ndash; aside from making the concrete look great, it also makes the surface more durable. The same is true of <strong>power trowels<\/strong>, but on a much larger scale. Sometimes called <strong>helicopter floats<\/strong> or <strong>power floats<\/strong>, these machines do the same job as a hand float but allow you to cover much larger areas and don&rsquo;t require as much technique to get a professional result. Power trowels must be used when the <strong>concrete is still slightly wet<\/strong> &ndash; a good option for a smaller surface area would be the <strong>SIMA Halcon 60<\/strong> (a walk-behind available in petrol and electric motor), while very large projects would benefit from a ride-on model like the <strong>SIMA Halcon Duplo<\/strong>, which has two large trowels to cover space in half the time.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"leveling-uneven-cured-concrete-with-a-floor-planer\">Leveling uneven, cured concrete with a floor planer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But what if your concrete has already cured and you realize it&rsquo;s very uneven or wasn&rsquo;t leveled properly? That&rsquo;s where your <strong>floor planer or scabbler<\/strong> comes in handy. These walk-behind machines chip away at the surface layers of concrete and other hard surfaces, making them a great solution for <strong>leveling dried concrete<\/strong>, smoothing lumps and bumps, and removing paint or other coatings. You can also use a scabbler to work an existing slab down and then pour fresh concrete over it (although this may compromise the concrete&rsquo;s stability somewhat). The <strong>SIMA CAT 202<\/strong> is an excellent floor planer, with a working width of 8 inches to give you precision control over your planing without sacrificing efficiency.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"cutting-and-scoring-dried-concrete-with-a-floor-saw\">Cutting and scoring dried concrete with a floor saw<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Even a perfect concrete slab is pretty boring to look at. One easy way to make a concrete slab patio more beautiful is to make faux tile or pavers by <strong>scoring the concrete with a floor saw<\/strong> and then staining the concrete. Floor saws are easy to use, walk-behind machines that easily cut through hard concrete when fitted with the correct diamond blade. This type of equipment can also be used to <strong>clip corners or cut off a section of a concrete pour<\/strong> that needs to be removed (up to the maximum cutting depth of the saw, of course). <strong>SIMA&rsquo;s Cobra MKNO floor saw <\/strong>models are available with max. cutting depths between 5 and 7 inches, which is appropriate for most residential projects. If not, <strong>road saws<\/strong> (basically just a larger version of floor saws) are available with cutting depths of up to 11 inches!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional Concrete Finishing Equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-floor-road-saws","category-power-trowel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Finishing Concrete with a Power Trowel or Floor Planer - SIMA UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn what tools professionals use to finish concrete with beautiful results, including power trowels, scabblers and floor saws.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simasa.co.uk\/blog\/floor-road-saws\/professional-concrete-finishing-with-power-trowels-and-other-equipment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Finishing Concrete with a Power Trowel or Floor Planer - 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