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4d ago
inThe finisher in Amarillo who told me to skip the retarder on small pours
Ray telling you to skip the retarder in Amarillo in July is either genius or the start of every bad pour story I've ever heard. I tried that trick once on a small apron and my mix went off so fast I was basically finishing with a trowel and a prayer. Sounds like Ray knew his stuff better than I did back then.
9d ago
inRant: My log book hit 1,000 commercial dives and I felt nothing, and that bugs me
Drop the idea that the number has to mean skill, because it was never really about that. Calling it just a form ignores that showing up for 1,000 dives is its own kind of proof, even the boring dock ones.
26d ago
inJust realized my tool library's 'no power tools' rule cost us our best volunteer
Used to think the rule was smart but Pete's got a point.
27d ago
inAm I the only one who used to knead for 20 minutes and now just waits 4 hours instead
The windowpane thing is real but you dont actually need to knead to get there. I do 80 percent hydration all the time with just stretch and folds every 30 min and it holds up fine, no puddle. Yeah if you dump wet flour in a bowl and walk away for 4 hours thats gonna be soup, but slap and folds build plenty of strength without kneading. The flour matters way more than the method honestly, weak flour is gonna fight you no matter how much you work it. I think the bakery thing is fair but commercial mixers do a lot of that work for you, doing it by hand at home is a different deal.