On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:13:18 -0500, dpb wrote:

wrote:
: On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:46:51 -0500, dpb wrote:
:
: wrote:
: :...
: : Next time I'll look for slower stuff. ...
:
:I intended to comment on this before -- the earlier comment that "all"
:Quikrete products are fast-setting is simply not so--"Quikrete" is a
:registered trademark for the Quikrete companies' products. Everything
:is branded w/ the trademark. They do have quick-setting products, but
:they (iirc) come in red bags and are easily identified.
:
: Well, this was a good lesson in how to and how not to. I'll go down to
: that hardware emporium (OSH) and I'm sure they'll have those products.
:
: The Quikcrete bags said to start with 2 qt water and add more a little
: at a time and in no circumstances use more than 3.5 qt. I started with a
: gallon jug, starting with 2 qt and used about 2.5-2.75 qt all in all,
: sort of in between their min-max values.
:
: I suppose since it was mixed dry, proper curing is even more important.
: I've been spraying a few times a day with a mister.
:
:I judge based on mixing and how stiff I want the mixture for a given
urpose--a little practice and you'll learn. It shouldn't be
:exceedingly runny, of course, but as you learned it does need to be able
:to flow sufficiently to fill voids.
:
:No larger a pour than you have and since you've said the weather hasn't
:been hot, there's no concern over excessive drying out too quickly on this.
:
:Get whatever you choose for the patching/surfacing and go ahead while
:it's green so it'll bond better than if you wait a month...

I'm doing it today. It's going to rain some tonight. I figure that's OK
if I get this done ~10 hours earlier. I could easily tarp, otherwise.
Should I tarp? Thanks.

Dan