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Macaha > 9 months ago, 4 May 2015

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

4 May 2015 5:15pm

take to go off

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

4 May 2015 5:18pm

Depends what it is for, what you used etc. you can buy some quick dry stuff at Bunnings which goes off real quick. Used it for my shaping stands.

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

4 May 2015 5:19pm

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Ted the Kiwi said..
Depends what it is for, what you used etc. you can buy some quick dry stuff at Bunnings which goes off real quick. Used it for my shaping stands.

oh this concrete is going to spend a lot of time in the water Ted.

SP

10982 posts

4 May 2015 3:20pm

7-10 days.

But depending on what you are using it for 24 hrs is usually ok.

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

4 May 2015 5:22pm

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SP said..
7-10 days.

But depending on what you are using it for 24 hrs is usually ok.

so 3 weeks means its good to go,its been a month almost,just helping a friend out.
so the more water he adds will only make the wait longer?

Yeah should be good to go after 3 weeks.

If it was a really wet mix it might take a bit longer then 7 days but 3 weeks should be pretty well cured.

Maximum strength is after about a month but after a week or so it should be pretty hard.

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

4 May 2015 5:33pm

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SP said..
Yeah should be good to go after 3 weeks.

If it was a really wet mix it might take a bit longer then 7 days but 3 weeks should be pretty well cured.

Maximum strength is after about a month but after a week or so it should be pretty hard.

oh dear if thats the case he has a problem,maybe he should start all over again

oh lacey should knew he is in the game

SP

10982 posts

4 May 2015 3:37pm

So he poured it 3 weeks ago?

And it hasn't gone off?

That doesn't sound good.. Should be able to walk on it after a day or 2 and build on it after 7.

Can you walk on it?

CMC

QLD

3954 posts

4 May 2015 5:37pm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement_shoes

It's how they do things up the other end.

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

4 May 2015 5:40pm

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CMC said..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement_shoes

It's how they do things up the other end.

gee thanks cmc I'll pass this onto my friend,his current go easy style has not worked.maybe he needs to harden up.

thePup

13831 posts

4 May 2015 4:06pm

So "who" is the concrete that needs to harden up

what did she do to herself er himself

SandS

VIC

5904 posts

4 May 2015 7:55pm

28 days to get to full strength.... but usually gets there in 14 or 21 days .

if extra water is added it may never get there .....

its like baking a cake ...

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

4 May 2015 8:00pm

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SandS said..
28 days to get to full strength.... but usually gets there in 14 or 21 days .

if extra water is added it may never get there .....

its like baking a cake ...

kind of like making a surfboard

thePup

13831 posts

4 May 2015 6:01pm

it's Lacey

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

4 May 2015 8:17pm

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thePup said..
it's Lacey

nar, what kind of sicko are you mango boy

SP

10982 posts

4 May 2015 6:29pm

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Macaha said...

SandS said..
28 days to get to full strength.... but usually gets there in 14 or 21 days .

if extra water is added it may never get there .....

its like baking a cake ...

kind of like making a surfboard

Haha... Very witty..

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

4 May 2015 8:30pm

thePup

13831 posts

4 May 2015 6:43pm

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laceys lane said..

thePup said..
it's Lacey

nar, what kind of sicko are you mango boy

Well all the evidence pointed straight to a BBQ-less doorstep not all that far from the Goldie

SandS

VIC

5904 posts

4 May 2015 8:51pm

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Macaha said..

SandS said..
28 days to get to full strength.... but usually gets there in 14 or 21 days .

if extra water is added it may never get there .....

its like baking a cake ...

kind of like making a surfboard

no nothing like making a surfboard .....

but it does seem i have failed to read "between the lines " once again !!!

so this topic is actually not to do with concrete ...... answer ,probably.

so this topic heading had something to to with "surfboards" .... answer possibly , BUT WHO WOULD ****ING KNOW UNLESS ONE WAS A ****ING MIND READER ?

vanders1

QLD

3809 posts

4 May 2015 8:52pm

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

4 May 2015 8:56pm

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SandS said..

Macaha said..

SandS said..
28 days to get to full strength.... but usually gets there in 14 or 21 days .

if extra water is added it may never get there .....

its like baking a cake ...

kind of like making a surfboard

nothing to do with concrete
everything to do with a surfboard

The topic was a gee up on Lacey,who happens to have a shaped blank awaiting glassing in some concrete colour

SandS

VIC

5904 posts

4 May 2015 9:23pm

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Macaha said..

SandS said..

Macaha said..

SandS said..
28 days to get to full strength.... but usually gets there in 14 or 21 days .

if extra water is added it may never get there .....

its like baking a cake ...

kind of like making a surfboard

nothing to do with concrete
everything to do with a surfboard

The topic was a gee up on Lacey,who happens to have a shaped blank awaiting glassing in some concrete colour

ahh good one ..... i thought i had finally really cracked .... wait a minute i still might have !!!

Lacey you know deep down ,its only going to cut it if it looks like exposed aggregate!!

or some control joints ,like a foot path

Cobra

9106 posts

4 May 2015 7:58pm

27 days, well it was when I was a concreter.

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