DAE think slurried joints look better than hard troweled, or did I mess up on the Elm Street job?

Aaron Lee · 2026-09-16T21:40:02.988018+00:00

Was finishing a 40x60 slab on Elm Street last Tuesday and the GC wanted a mirror finish, so I ran the power trowel with blades instead of pans and ended up with swirl marks all over the west corner. I told him we could either burn it in and hide the marks or leave it and call it a texture, and he picked the burn, which meant three more passes and a whole extra hour. Now the owner says it looks too dark compared to the control joints, and I'm catching heat for a call that was half his idea. Do you fight the GC on the finish spec or just eat the labor and keep the peace?

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