How to use a concrete power trowel. Blade angle adjustment explained.

No video

How to use a concrete power trowel. Blade angle adjustment explained.

Рет қаралды 31,148

Күн бұрын

Here I will show you a project we just finished a part of. We demo a garage floor and pour a new concrete floor and some support sono tube footers for some structural issues. I try to shed some light on how and when to tip your blades on a power trowel as the floor becomes harder and harder with each pass. I hope you enjoy the video and any comments or questions be sure to leave them below. Also be sure and subscribe and hit the bell notification for more great how to videos.
Bondo 👍

Пікірлер: 62

@CherokeeJackson 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the information on the Power Trowel Blades.

@bondobuilt386 3 жыл бұрын

No problem bud I’m glad to help. 👍👍😊

@masoudpourjam9930 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ron(Bondo) second video for pouring slab was very helpful. Cheers

@bondobuilt386 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome glad to help ya. 👍

@govsux1 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! that's the first time I saw somebody explain the blue pitch! Great video. I subscribed..

@ismaeldiaz6486 2 жыл бұрын

Mr Bondo your the boss ! Thanks for your advice,I 'll do mi concrete here in Guatemala with this trowel,helicopter .first time user! New subscriber.

@bondobuilt386 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks for subscribing

@tommckinney3947 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips Ron. I'm learning a lot from watching you videos.

@bondobuilt386 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the support Tom. I’m glad to help. My channel is starting to grow. 👍

@jasoncanmore5838 3 жыл бұрын

The demo was a real mess, turned out nice though. A lot of good information, thanks.

@bondobuilt386 3 жыл бұрын

Jason. Thanks. Yes that place was an absolute mess. I’m gonna do some stamped concrete there next week. Should be sweet. 👍

@pauldenver4319 3 жыл бұрын

a trick : you can watch series at flixzone. I've been using them for watching a lot of movies lately.

@dillongregory3146 3 жыл бұрын

@Paul Denver yup, have been using flixzone for years myself :D

@jakobaarav7722 3 жыл бұрын

@Paul Denver yup, have been using Flixzone for months myself :D

@TheSledgehammer009 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic. Thx!!

@misterbulger Жыл бұрын

We finish entire gas stations by hand LOL. I need to explore this amazing technology.

@RDJim 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing better than a smooth new garage floor. Ask me who did mine? ;)

@bondobuilt386 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊I’m sure your enjoying that new floor Jim 👍👍

@franciscoharo5492 3 жыл бұрын

Marshalltown sells a real nice garage door mag that leaves it nice and even when you get to the digging stage of it

@taylorchandler7132 3 жыл бұрын

Does your ready mix supplier put polyheed in as an “add on”? We would charge extra for doubling the polyheed, but not charge for the typical 3 ounces per hundred weight of cement. I did have some customers that didn’t like any chemicals and we would take it out. Towards the end of my concrete career, I supplied the concrete for NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas. I used Glenium in the shear wall mix. It was 8,000 psi pea gravel mix. It was a learning experience for me. You put it in when batching and not on the job like the old rheobuild. I’ve been directly involved in over 1,000,000 yards of concrete, hitting the ground in northeast Arkansas. We have steel mills here and they take a lot. In fact, I went to work for one of the mills here. I used to work for Razorback Concrete and the thing I miss the most, is the people that I met over the 25 years. Stay safe brother! I definitely liked and subscribed! Randy Chandler

@bondobuilt386 3 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome Randy. Sounds like you got a ton of experience with concrete. I should ask you questions on mix design. 👍 We got charged extra for the Polyheed in this mix design. You definetly meet alot of good people in this business. I cant believe all the awesome people I meet on KZfaq like yourself. Thanks for Subscribing buddy. 👍😊😊

@d.r.d7775 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video. On a combo blade does the beveled edge ride on the floor or does the flat side ride on the floor? Wanna make sure my blades aren't backwards!

@josecardenas7515 2 жыл бұрын

Di uou lift up ur blades all the way or uou just stay half ways

@Mike_Drew Жыл бұрын

What thickness poly do you use under your slabs?

@josecardenas7515 2 жыл бұрын

How far can you lift ip ur blades

@stevemazz3121 2 жыл бұрын

May I ask... What do you pay journeyman concrete finishers / form builders / concrete men in your area?

@bryanmcrae3952 2 жыл бұрын

How much water reducer per yard

@JayZoop 3 жыл бұрын

Where's my boy "Big Biscuit."

@bondobuilt386 3 жыл бұрын

Can't miss the Biscuit. 👍👍

@didisaythat4230 2 жыл бұрын

Hey buddy. I have a trowel that is exactly like yours. It always wants to fight me to one side pretty hard unfortunately. The trowel is in really good condition but I got it used for a good price. I read that the spider bearing is out of balance. How do I put that back in balance?

@bondobuilt386 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds to me like maybe someone hit something or dropped it. The arms the blade mount to might be bent. Thats probably why it was so cheap. I'm not sure how to fix that. sorry bud.

@didisaythat4230 2 жыл бұрын

@@bondobuilt386 I was also thinking it was dropped. I appreciate the response. Keep up the good work. I'll stay after it and if I find that there's an adjustment to fix the problem, I'll let you know what the fix was.

@misterbulger Жыл бұрын

Maybe try to take it off and true it by spinning it like you'd check if a bike wheel is bent by spinning it? Idk I never even used one of thes things lol

@didisaythat4230 Жыл бұрын

@@misterbulger tyvm.

@mikebolinger5359 3 жыл бұрын

Why are you holding farther down on the handle of the powers screed with your left hand sometimes instead of pulling on the handle?

@bondobuilt386 3 жыл бұрын

Mike thats a great question. Thats usualy because my puddlers are not doing a good job. Im trying to pic up one side od the screed and push down the other side because one guy has it good and the other side is high. If they had it nice and to grtade I could fly right through there and just hold the handles.

@mikebolinger5359 3 жыл бұрын

Makes sense. That answers my next question. I was going to ask why sometimes one of my sides is cutting down too low and the other side rides high.

@bondobuilt386 3 жыл бұрын

Mike yesterday we poured and I noticed I was doing again and the puddling was good but i was sweeping with the machine. I guess I do that quite a bit. LOL

@mikebolinger5359 3 жыл бұрын

@@bondobuilt386 sometimes I feel like I have to hold mine up on top of the concrete too. I’m considering getting the screed demon power screed instead. It seems like it would float better. One thing that I think has helped me is by slowing down and barely having the throttle up.

@bondobuilt386 3 жыл бұрын

@@mikebolinger5359 I think the key is having the grade real close. if your trying to pull back a bunch of material its a pain. Sometimes i stop and grab the puddlers cumalong and rake it down myself. LOL I think the screed demon would float better. Mike Day uses it alot on his chanel and he poures a 8” slump. Looks like cow manure. LOL