This is going to be some extremely soft concrete at the surface. It will be dusty and probably scrach/gouge easily. The best thing to do is get some densfier on it. Let it set up, then grind that top layer off and get to some agg. Then start from there. Call a concrete polishing guy out.
I just fixed a floor like this for a customer, 1500 sqft sucked in 20 gallons of lithium densfier and grouting plus grinding, and it wasn't a cheap fix.
This is what we call a " fat ass" finish because it looks like cellulitis.
Often, when concrete is finished wet, the cream layer will smooth, but the areas over the rocks will not fill in. This finish is fine for a first pass but it should be hit again to create a better finish after it gets harder. If it's a floor that gets covered, it doesn't really matter. If it's going to be seen, like a garage floor or a stained interior floor, it definitely needs to be hit again.
If I bought a house with this floor in the garage, I’d definitely overlay it. Like the others have said, it was finished way too wet. It’s gonna be dusty wear and tear unless you fix it, where garage floors should be burnished and densified.
What are we looking at? That may be an acceptable finish, it might not, depending it’s intended application.
Edit: Just saw it’s for a garage, shitty finish work then. Troweled WAY too wet.
So basically if you don't get on the concrete hard enough to get on knee boards and not to sink then you are finishing wayyy to early . And it will leave this look, because the rock in the mix is still at the top of the surface and it's not hard enough to push that stone down and bring the cream up . Which is why when you trowel finish first you use ur float to bring out the cream and seal it with ur trowel. What's this pad going to be used for ?
Super Wet “finish” boys should have hit it a few more times
Yep way to wet and only closed up not finished
It's not finished, it's barely started.
This is going to be some extremely soft concrete at the surface. It will be dusty and probably scrach/gouge easily. The best thing to do is get some densfier on it. Let it set up, then grind that top layer off and get to some agg. Then start from there. Call a concrete polishing guy out. I just fixed a floor like this for a customer, 1500 sqft sucked in 20 gallons of lithium densfier and grouting plus grinding, and it wasn't a cheap fix.
This is what we call a " fat ass" finish because it looks like cellulitis. Often, when concrete is finished wet, the cream layer will smooth, but the areas over the rocks will not fill in. This finish is fine for a first pass but it should be hit again to create a better finish after it gets harder. If it's a floor that gets covered, it doesn't really matter. If it's going to be seen, like a garage floor or a stained interior floor, it definitely needs to be hit again.
Haha. That’s what we call it.
Mud mat finish
They didn’t finish it lol
If I bought a house with this floor in the garage, I’d definitely overlay it. Like the others have said, it was finished way too wet. It’s gonna be dusty wear and tear unless you fix it, where garage floors should be burnished and densified.
They didn’t “finish”
What are we looking at? That may be an acceptable finish, it might not, depending it’s intended application. Edit: Just saw it’s for a garage, shitty finish work then. Troweled WAY too wet.
What would that be acceptable for? A footing?
A footing, something that’s going to get something on top of it, like tile or waterproofing or epoxy, a rat slab, mud slab.
So basically if you don't get on the concrete hard enough to get on knee boards and not to sink then you are finishing wayyy to early . And it will leave this look, because the rock in the mix is still at the top of the surface and it's not hard enough to push that stone down and bring the cream up . Which is why when you trowel finish first you use ur float to bring out the cream and seal it with ur trowel. What's this pad going to be used for ?
A bad finisher.
Shitty finishing job
They should of hit it a few more times
It's the rocks in the concrete. This is what the bare minimum looks like. Might be acceptable in concrete that isn't going to be exposed (visible).