The second coat of three-coat plastering.
Act of compacting and leveling a stucco basecoat; act of bringing the aggregate to the surface of finish-coat stucco. Also see Densify, Densification.
A method of aligning mortar with the float strips or screeds using a straight-edge. Also called dragging, pulling, or rodding off.
the undercoat in solid plasterwork that produces a flat, true surface to receive the finishing (setting) coat.
Flat plate or wooden implement (float) dragged over the surface of a wet track to aid in draining water.
the operation of finishing a fresh concrete or mortar surface by use of a float, preceding trowelling when that is to be the final finish.
Floating removes humps (high spots) and fills in valleys (low spots). It also compacts the concrete by embedding large aggregate just beneath the surface and consolidating mortar at the surface in preparation for other finishing operations.
The next-to-last stage in concrete work, when you smooth off the job and bring water to the surface by using a hand float or bull float. The operation of finishing a fresh concrete or mortar surface by use of a float, preceding troweling when that is the final finish. See troweling, float, and float coat.
The process of smoothing the surface of a pour with a float made of steel, aluminum, magnesium or wood. This action drives large aggregate below the surface.
A method of aligning the mortar with the float strips or screeds using a straightedge. Also sometimes referred to as dragging, pulling, or rodding.
The finishing operation involving a concrete tool called a float. Floating opens up the surface of the concrete so that bleed water can come to the surface.
1. Process of spreading plaster, stucco or concrete using a float, which is a flat plate-like tools, which strengthens the surface. 2. The second application of plaster in a three-coat system.
The next-to-last stage in concrete work, when smoothing is done and water is brought to the surface using a hand float or bull float
A method of using a straight-edge to align mortar with float strips or screeds. This technique is used by specialists when they are setting glass mosaic murals.
Floating is Smog's first EP, released on Drag City in 1991. Red Apples is an early version of the better known Red Apple Falls-Track of the same name from 1997. Floating and Hole in the Heart later appeared on Smog's rarities compilation .