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as possible. After the final belting the pavement should present a 
smooth, uniform surface. Suitable designs for the tools used in the 
hand finishing of pavements are shown in Figures 9 and 10. The 
small, long-handle float can be used to great advantage in touching 
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up rough spots in the pavement when a particle of coarse aggregate 
has been dislodged by the belt. 
Machine finishing. — Machine finishing is accomplished by means 
of a power-driven mechanical finishing machine. (See Fig. 2, PL 
