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oups.com:

Greetings,

I was told by a friend that you should always put a small amount of
liquid dish detergent into your concrete or stucco mix to make it more
workable with less water.

a) Does it actually make the mixture more workable?
b) Does it decrease the strength or increase the strength due to the
need for less water?
c) How much should you put in?
d) Anything else I should know? Perhaps it is against city code
because it isn't an "approved admixture", etc?

Just hoping for some verification or denial.

Thanks!

PS: I understand that you can purchase superplasticisers but that is
beyond the scope of many small projects such as rebuilding steps,
stuccoing a framed in porch, etc.



An alleged drywall guy told me to use a small amout of Dawn in the last
coat of mud on tape to make it creamy. It indeed does make it creamy. But
I guess if I watered the **** out of it it would be creamy too.

What does that have to do with your question? Well, nothing.