Good advice so far. Don't know your brand but quikrete 80# bags call for 6 to 9 pints of water trying to do it with 6 if possible. Don't dump your 6 pints in the wheelbarrow at once or it will take more hand hoeing to mix it. Mix what you can with a couple pints, rake in some dry stuff, and try another couple pints, repeat. That last bit of dry stuff is always hard to get mixed. Avoid a soupy mix. You didn't tell us what you are doing but too wet of a mix actually makes it harder to trowel smooth and may leave the surface pebbly with the water dries off the top. You probably aren't to worried about compressive strength for a one bag job in the garden or sidewalk repair.
I've screeded and floated small jobs with a short piece of smooth 2x4. Then edged it. You can do a first troweling/smoothing after the water sheen dries off. Do your brush finish at this time if that is what you want. After it is dry enough you can't indent it with your thumb, do your final troweling for a very smooth finish. It takes pressure and if you can't get it smooth, keep a container of water handy and dip your fingers in it and flick it on the dry spot to help the hard troweling but don't over do the water.
I've mixed it by the bag in a cheap metal garden cart right next to the site but my new double wheel plastic wheelbarrow is easier on my ears when hoeing. A bag of quikrete doesn't go far and not as far as you may think. At my age, hoeing 6 bags is a good workout. Probably couldn't do it with my rotator cuffs the way they are.
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