Spot on video, NZ Tiler that is very close to the method we used, apart from the pure portland peppering, (we used slurry) and the sawdust (we used 1:1 silver sand and cement dry mix to finish). The shoes, walking boards, Dixon polishing machine are bang on.
Brings back some memories for me, thank you, no wonder my right knee is bad. Although after 44yrs of that kind of work, I shouldn't complain. We had some good/, and some not so good times doing those jobs, one of the guys used to say on any particularly hard job,"never mind Phil, one day we will look back and laugh about this". He was at my 60th birthday party, as were many other members of the team, I asked him if he remembered the job in Wrexham? this was one were we still laying tile at 1.30am under the headlights of our vans. I asked him "can we look back and laugh about that job now?" he replied "no not yet"
Some very hard men worked on those stores, and I feel proud to have been a part of a very special ( band of brothers) that made up that team. Thank you for the reminder, (wiping a tear from my eye). Lol.
