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Switched from hand troweling to power trowel for small garage slabs
For years I did all my finishing by hand, even on 400 square foot garage floors. Last summer I finally borrowed a buddy's power trowel for a job in Phoenix and it cut my finishing time down from 6 hours to maybe 2 and a half. The finish came out way more even too, no more random high spots or trowel marks. Wish I'd made the switch a decade ago, honestly. Anyone else fight the urge to stick with old methods and regret it later?
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alicea266mo ago
So you're saying it cut your time by more than half and gave you a better finish, what's the catch? I've been thinking about picking one up for my smaller jobs but I worry about the learning curve on something like that. Did you have any trouble getting the hang of it or was it pretty intuitive right from the start?
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park.tara6mo ago
Oh man, I'm gonna push back on this a little... I actually tried one of those and ended up returning it. The learning curve was way steeper than I expected, and I spent more time fighting with the settings than actually working. The finish was "better" but it took me like three tries to get even close to what I could do by hand on the first go. Plus the cleanup was a nightmare compared to just wiping down a simple tool... I don't know, maybe I'm just old school but I'd rather stick with what I know for small jobs.
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