Thank you, I will be making my mother-in law some cement shoes for Christmas..cheers!!!

Good video. Tip: If you'll add water to the bucket bottom enough to cover it - not deep, & then pour in the concrete mix, you won't have as much work in getting the dry concrete mix to combine with water deep into the bottom. You still have to stir of course, but having the concrete hit wet instead of a dry bottom makes the deep stirring easier. Does that make sense? It works when I'm baking when I mix flour with wet ingredients; I always wet the bottom of the bowl with wet ingredients, not deep, but enough to cover, so then when I pour in flour bit by bit & add the wet ingredients between the flour additions (like you alternated adding the concrete mix & the water), I've found that the initial water on the bowl bottom makes being sure the flour at the bottom gets mixed with the wet ingredients less of an effort to mixing water to the bottom of the dry ingredients. Try it to see if it helps. It gives more assurance that the bottom layer of concrete dry mix is indeed included in the the water mix. No dry unmixed bottom areas this way. P.S. Put your bucket on a table to save your back & stand on something if you have to, to have a good visual of your work. Don't work hunched over.

Quikcrete's own video says you DON'T need to mix it for post holes. Pour the dry mix in, add water, wait 4 hours. Done. Of course, they also say you can mix it first if you want. I watched my landlord install a wood fence using the fast-setting stuff. He did all the mixing in the hole with his gloved hand instead of using a bucket. He spent only about a minute stirring it up, then put the post in. The next day every post was rock-solid.

I literally had a bag of cement, a trowel, and some water... that's it. This was perfect! You're the man.

I have a small concrete job to do this weekend. I'm 60 years old and have never poured or mixed my own cement. I helped my former boss back in 92 do some concrete work, but that's it. Thank you for the tutorial

Thank you. Never mixed a bag and I have a small project ahead of me. So nice to see the texture

I think I'm just impressed by the fact that you were able to handle an open bag of mix and actually do the mixing without even a spec of dust showing up on your black shirt - Pro-level ;)

Some of the comments are mean. Thank you for the video I’m going to start my project in a few minutes

Thank you. This is my first time patching holes on porch and approach. I'm a lady.

Thanks for the tips. But if you had said, “Make the consistency of mud pies” I would have known exactly the right mix. Got my project done! Feeling empowered.

He also forgot to mention before you start mixing make sure you wear your nice church clothes and shoes and your $400 iPhone watch ;)

At 2:19 when he said he was going to get some water, i legit thought that it was break time and he was just going to get a glass of water. Then i was like, oh yea, we're mixing some concrete, gotcha.

Exactly the help I needed! Thank you!

This is a quick way to smoke your back. I recommend using a square trough to mix concrete with a small square spade. I made a mixing trough out of plywood and it's been the best companion for mixing many batches. Vastly superior than a bucket every time

Thanks very much! Setting posts in the yard and needed some real and understandable info. This helped a lot!

Bought some Quick-Crete to fix an uneven sidewalk......your suggestion to get the stuff that takes longer was a good idea...am going to get some tomorrow. Not experienced in this AT ALL....really appreciate the suggestions and help. 👍

First timer. Got clumpy concrete and didn't know any better. Your video was the only one that mentioned to avoid it and how it's caused. Thank you so much!

Thank you.. perfect for first time users! I need to fill an 8” deep and 12” wide by 15” long hole thst opened up on my mosaic concrete slab patio.Sand and dirt underneath whole area. Water from a broken rain gutter on roof deteriorated the area and caused the hole. Just need to fill the hole to smooth over and so no one falls in it. Gutter is repaired so everything will turn out fine after seeing your video!

Thank u so much. This will be my first time doing this. I'm excited 🤩 but scared 😱 at the same time. But you're video just made me feel positive doing this. Thank u once again have a wonderful day.

Great video I have never done cement project but with this instructions I am ready to get it started and get it done. Thanks Sir good job.

Thank you for sharing your expertise! That was very helpful.

"Papa? Do you know what you're doing?". I thought I did. I watched 5 videos before I got to the information in YOUR video I needed before I started yesterday. Going to restart my project.

Thank you. It will help me in my coming project. Much appreciated.

BEST VIDEO FOR MIXING! I don't have pro mixer so this helped me so much. Thank you so much!

I like the how to store unused concrete. I have always had a problem with that. This is a nice straight forward video. Thanks

Super helpful when considering my Little Free Library Project! Thank you so very much!

Thus video was very helpful. Thank you.

Very good advice the end-to-end process work perfectly.

All I needed to know and more. Thank you.

Good video! I’ve never made cement shoes before, definitely gonna try this!

Thanks Bob, from the UK. I've been out of the game for a while, but I've got a little job to do at home, and I needed a reminder. I can now concrete with confidence. :)

Great info, thank you for providing helpful info!

Excellent, clear professional and concise!

Excellent! Thank You so much! This is my first time, but now I feel a little better that: I CAN DO THIS!

Back in the 60s when I mixed mortar, thinset, grout, etc in 5 gallon buckets we used a 1/2 drill with a beater on it. But even so if I did not put water in first there would be dry spots around the edge at the bottom of the bucket. And I would hear about it from the tile mechanics. That thing you call a ladle we call a margin trowel.

Great video. My project is small and I appreciate the straightforward tips working with the mixture to get the right consistency. I'm going to try a 3.5 to 2 ratio recommended by another video and priming the pot with water at the bottom as suggested by comments below.. I'm making artificial Christmas tree stands using old plastic planter pots and PVC pipe to hold the trees securely. The concrete should give me the weight to keep the trees up right as the stands that come with the trees are flimsy and prone to tipping. If this works as well as I'm hoping, I'll make these for my portable canopy for camping. Thanks so much!

It's well advice and wise tips. And thank you for putting the hard work mixing just for the video and the audience.

Lol I used some of this today. Been using it for years and I use piping hot water to set in in 15 mins or less. I love it.

Set up concrete can be easily removed from drains with undiluted vinegar. The acid breaks down the cement and the lime allowing it to be rinsed clear. This also works for removing concrete from clothing.

Nice video. I just liked and subscribed. I just made a video about making a slab by mixing concrete in a plastic bag. I wanted to see other ideas as I split the job into two halves. Thanks for this and good luck with the channel!

Thank you for all the useful tips

Very educational and good self help tips. Thank you.

Thank you. Just what I needed to know !

Thank you teacher ~ I've taken your advice 'on board'.

After watching this video, I just set a single fence post in Quikrete using this method. Notice how little dry mix he puts in at first, and the well he digs for the water at first, those are important details. As @sfranken2228 mentions below, it is much harder to get the bottom mix thoroughly mixed, and if you don't it starts to set up very quickly. Use a stout trowel and start with a soupy mix and add dry mix to get the consistency you want. I barely got my fencepost set in time. I don't think I would use the red bag quick set formula if I was doing this again. I have used fast set Quikrete before to set posts but we did the dry pour method described on the bag and had no problems.

Thanks for the info and tips.

Thanks - great video - I'm ready to mix!

Thanks, I'll be doing this to make my own garden stepping stones with a mold..

extremely helpful! thanks!

Thank You very much!! for the info.

Thanks, Bob, I just used your video and all is good!

Thanks! Very informative!

Needed this. Thanks very much…

Hey thank you so much for the video!!!

VERY helpful. Thank you!

Great video thank you!

Thank You! First time doing concrete work and the bag instructions didn't work for me as it's a small project. Your video saved it!

Thanks for the tips!

Thank you for this video ♥️

This is pretty cool video and I knew everything in it. What I was looking for is how to make it smooth like when you get concrete from a concrete truck. I for the life of me can't seem to get that done.

Thanks for the tips

Thank you! Very helpful!!

I thought he was never going to stop mixing it

got right to mixing instead of a history lesson

Its so easy!! Wow a few bags tonight and McDonalds will be closed tomorrow morning 😂

Nice concrete examples.

Thank you for your video.

Very helpful however I was wondering if I could mix it in the wheelbarrow and use the shovel to put it into the hole I have large 2' x 20" holes I will need probably three bags so I was thinking of just mixing as I need it any comments thank you for the video

Very thorough...

Great video. You made it very easy to understand and had good tips too. Thank you!

Thank you for the informative video!

Very nice video 👌 thank you.

Thanks for all the helpful tips. I wish I would have watched this one a few years ago-before I dumped the unused material down my laundry sink drain.

It’s unbelievable that your black shirt is still clean even though your hands were full of cement dust.

Thank you your video was a great help, God bless you.

Very thorough hand mixing

Great video. Ty

thank you so much

Would you recommend this for a 12” foundation? It would be used to build an outdoor bar on top of...

Very useful like the advice on how to use concrete

Thanks for the tip✌️

Great help. Thanks

Perfect. One of my wooden fence posts has loosened up in the ground. I was going to refill the new space around it with more concrete.

Very informative 👏

You can just dump this mix in the hole and add water, No need to mix Other regular concrete mix you have to mix well before add to hole. This one you don’t have to . 1 gallon of water per bag

Awesome video 📹

Thank you for sharing.

TX MAN,very clear presentation,!

Thank you 👍

Very well explained Thank you, Sir. Subscribing now.

Thanks !

AWESOME VIDEO!🌻

Always start with the water, then add concrete. If it's too dry and you want it soupy, you can pour a little bit more of water while mixing. In Italy we have also special professional machinery with water flow meters, such as pan mixers, silent, reliable, very easy to use but they are expensive and recommended for large quantities of material . In this case a paddle mixer or a drill with a concrete mixing drill would have been the best choice.

Good thing he told us where to get a bucket!

very good video thank you👍

Very helpful thank you

Thanks for your advice!

Nice Video Sir i needed to see this vid . I hope i can do what you showed in the vid ...

Great vid !

Thx for the help