- Always joint and cure your concrete properly as per ACI practice.
- FRC will appear to be slightly stiffer than plain concrete, because fibre acts as a cohesive agent and bind the mix together. The workability remains – do not add excess water.
- Fibres do not float to the surface once they are distributed in the concrete. Fibres may appear on or near surface simply because they are three dimensionally distributed.
- FRC slab will bleed less and slower than mesh reinforced slab. Do not get on the slab too early for finishing.
- Do not use rake to move FRC. Use shovel with straight edge.
- For broom or textures finish, broom in only one direction.
- Fibre that may appear on the surface will wear off quickly under light traffic.
- Use steel or magnesium trowels and floats. Wood trowels and tools are more abrasive to surface and may reveal more fibre.
- For smooth hard trowel finishes, the normal practice of using the machine trowel first to bring up sufficient mortar to achieve a closed durable surface is also applicable with fibres.
- Screed faces show some fibres sticking out. If this is unacceptable, it can be remedied by flaming off the fibre ends.