Living in what you can afford to build—until you can afford to build more. In places where mortgages are not readily available, people use the layaway plan.They lay away money, and then they build their plans.
After the concrete is poured and floated, it has to set up for a while before it is ready to be worked on.
First smooth the surface with a magnesium trowel, then finish it with multiple passes of a steel trowel.