{"id":111,"date":"2020-01-16T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/?p=111"},"modified":"2023-10-09T08:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:30:38","slug":"cement-finishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/16\/cement-finishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cement Finishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like any cement job you need to float the cement to start, then finish it a couple of times. In our case we were a bit late in the final finsh coat and had to add some water in a few spots to get it glass like smooth &#8211; which we did!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49\" src=\"http:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/318-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/318-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/318-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/318-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finishing with a power trowl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-66\" src=\"http:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC03982-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC03982-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC03982-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC03982-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First float<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65\" src=\"http:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC03987-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC03987-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC03987-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC03987.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting a glass finish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once we had it smoothed out we sprayed on a sealer to keep the rain out and help protect it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50\" src=\"http:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/321-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/321-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/321-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leonardhendricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/321-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Concrete sealer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like any cement job you need to float the cement to start, then finish it a couple of times. 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