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Edwin Pawlowski Edwin Pawlowski is offline
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Default New garage floor


"Rick Blaine" wrote in message
The weather is below freezing, should I still try and hose the floor
to help the cement cure or waite another week until the temperature
gets above the freezing point?


Where on earth did you get the idea that spraying water on fresh concrete
speeds
up curing time? Certain chemicals can be added to the wet mix to speed up
curing
time, but for a residential garage they aren't necessary and can't be
"sprayed
on" after the pour.



Where did he say "speed up the cure". If you re-read, he stated he wanted to
"help" the cure. If you are going to help it, I translate that into making
it better. To make it better, often the method is to keep the concrete wet
so it will not cure too fast and it is helped to being stronger.