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Finish on the concrete is the operation of consolidating, leveling, creating a desired texture and hardness. The following table is the comparison of traditional techniques and light weight trowel machine method:

	Hand	Traditional trowel machine	Light weight trowel machine
Steel trowel finish	Poor	Good	Good
steel trowel burnish finish	N/A	Good	N/A
rough coarse finish	Good	N/A	Good
fine coarse finish	Good	Fair	Good
colour concrete(usually coarse)	Good	N/A	Good
stamp	Fair	Fair	Good
stencil	Good	N/A	Good
compaction	N/A	Good	Fair
flatness	Poor	Good	Good
curve surface	Good	N/A	Good