Pouring Concrete on a Budget (That Still Looks Amazing)
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The Essential Craftsman demonstrates how to mix and pour concrete using standard and fast-setting mixes in a round form, then compares setting times and aggregate exposure techniques at 16, 36, and 72 hours.
From the video
Answers: How do you mix and pour concrete on a budget and finish it with exposed aggregate?
- Concrete mixing in a wheelbarrow
- Using release agents on formwork
- Reinforcing concrete with rebar
- Screeding and floating concrete
- Exposed aggregate finishing technique
- Using molasses to retard concrete set
What it concludes
- Using Crisco as a form release makes forms slick so concrete will not get a tight hold of them.
- A D-handled square-point shovel works well for mixing concrete in a wheelbarrow.
- Rebar provides tensile strength to concrete while concrete provides compressive strength.
- Sugar or molasses can be used as a retarder to stop or slow down the setting chemical reaction of concrete.
- Sakrete fast-setting concrete mix is very fast-setting and ideal for setting posts.
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