Oh man thank u so much I needed to fix mine🎉🎉🙏🙏

It’s your sidewalk so you can do what you want but if you read the specs for a mortar mix, that was way too thick. Mortars are only meant to be used as a “skim” topping. Lots of hairline cracking will probably result. If I had a rough concrete surface I wanted a little more finished looking, there’s nothing wrong with skimming a mortar mix over it but I wouldn’t do it ‘dry-pour’ style. Just mix up a small batch and skim it with a trowel. After it sets up a bit, give it a light broom finish. But that’s just me.

Stay gold

for all that time could have mixed it in a wheel borrow with a garden hoe and just poured it n screeded it wet last alot longer

When you do the top layer what watering technique did you use? How much water?

How thick was the sand mix in top? What brand is it? Mortar mix?

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Good info! 🙌 (And nice fart at 9:14 🎉)

Such a great tune! Sweet mailbox structure. Are you still planning to dry pour your driveway?

BRO WHERE YOU BEEN??

Thank you for the putty knife idea Will use it tomorrow when I do the dry pour

Dry pour 😅😅😅😅😅. Only a lazy imbecile would do a "dry pour"

For your driveway how long do you plan on keeping it wet? Just dry-poured a back patio extension and still watering a few times per day, but not sure how long I should continue given it'll need to withstanding a pergola and lite foot traffic.

My dry pour turned out rocky. Can I put this mortar mix over it to make it look better?

Just started a dry pour project 🫡my father had construction business as a kid that’s what I did in my teenage days my dad would always go back to work sites a spray the concrete Your right brother it’s all about the curing process 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

Good information brother 😎😎

I appreciate your videos. I'm a single mom and have decided to tackle doing my own backyard landscaping with the help of my kids. I am dry pouring my pavers as well having watched several youtube videos. I thought it would be easy, but there's so much to learn. After having done it (I'm 3 pavers in), I realize it's trail and error. I've made a few mistakes, but I'm learning. I like the way your pavers came out, smooth and clean. My son has been a big help to me on this project. btw: he also has been training at an MMA gym. He's been doing jiu jitsu since 2nd grade. HS wrestler. I'm wondering if he thinks about concrete while grappling as well. lol. All the best. Thank you so much for your advice.

Because you talk so much about nothing...its hard to know just how you did this....Otherwise you could have done this in three minutes......too bad

according to these experiments, dry pour without moist curing gets to 1000psi and dry pouring with moist curing gets to 2000psi. 2000psi is more than enough for patios, side walks, and shed foundations. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hs2JiahpqqvDk58.html

Looks pretty good !

Thanks for posting my man.. You got my respect by using the mask. You are the only one I've seen wearing a mask. All these other folks are inhaling all that crap.

DIY The Grappler 👍👍👍

Wonder what tamping the dry before wetting would do?

We did wet pour concrete garage floor , 400 sq.ft. Using concrete bricks we salvaged to make 50% of the volume. 20 years later, no cracks

I was just thinking about compacting the dry concrete when filling up the form, wondering if it would help. Then I see this video and I think ima give it a go! I've already got my patio that im gonna do set up with fill dirt and my gravel base. Next step for me is my forms and then the dry pour itself.

Is a puddy knife like a puddy cat....?🤔😁

I did that without knowing it jaja. I had to fix a dry pour slab that the top layer went krispy crunch and i had to remove it. All because the air pockets getting to the surface. I let the under layer to vent out the air pockets and then throw the topping mix and now its fixed!!

Your farts caused me to leave.

botta bing botta boom up your

Finally! Somebody realized water curing is necessary for ALL concrete work, wet or DRY. Also a properly wet cured pad will be darker gray then a wet pour like most contractors do today (pour and run). When I dry pour underneath houses for HVAC systems, I utilize HF moving blankets, cheap and "soakable". I also have run a piece of wood around the top of form with caulk, then "pond" it. Concrete will only take the amount of water it needs. Impressive you did research unlike so many others who just see and do.

I appreciate you, wish i would have seen this sooner, i did a dry pour a few months ago and i felt like i had to pour more water than i thought i should, and i was doing it for a week or 2 and i felt i needed to do it longer... but i stopped and let time finish

Nice work bro ...

Sound effects suck.

Nice!!! I took a break. Waited for cooler weather and after holidays. January to April I hope to finish and maybe even fix my mess ups. Only 2 more 5x5’s .

You can also use an orbital sander to vibrate the boards to get it packed tighter

FYI- parked a ford f550 (front axle) on my 6” thick, 6 month cure dry pour w mortar top and no crack! 👍

I did that but the top layer of the mortar mix, bubble up and chip. Dnt know why

good to see you back! thank you

KZfaq marked this video for kids so couldn't comment when you originally uploaded it lol. Update came out good Are those pours light enough for you to be able to move? I might do something similar in my backyard but want to move them so there is no gap inbetween each one.

Nice update! Thanks!

Love the vid and music .

Latest thought on dry pour: what about wet/dry? Wet does have the best finish so… Dry pour up a slab about 1/2” short of form. Then mix up a Home Depot bucket or 2 of regular mixed concrete. Mist up the dry pour then dump the wet on top right away. Finish the wet pour normally w trowel, edge, cut in expansion joints. Go back to wetting hourly to get the whole thing to set up. Could give a great finish with the ease of dry pour (only extra thing you’d need are a couple of 5 gallon buckets…

IMO- Compacting - yes! 👍 Wetting middle - no :( Spalling problem seems to happen at first mist from under watering (too light). Need to hit it with a decent amount of water (1 or 2 passes w mister is not enough - will bubble). It needs to be completely misted a little deeper - like 5 or 6 passes of misting. Topping w mortar mix👍 Finish w steel trowel 👍 If it’s a thick slab, water for days (3) - you can’t overwater but it will get the whole thickness.

This is very helpful. I did a bad pour of concrete.

Try 1. Mortar mix on top (easy to smooth) 2. Use a steel trowel n dry mortar mix top and make glassy smooth After moisture finish ends up almost identical to commercial concrete finish! 👍

PUTTY.

Intermittent drying and getting wet isn't so good. What you want is constantly staying wet. You can also cover it with plastic after soaking it down.

What I wonder about is the matter of consolidation. Would tamping dry concrete help? Concrete is somewhat like a sponge. It isn't normally waterproof. Water will pass through it. and it needs water and time. But why would a dry pour result in weaker concrete? What are all the reasons? I don't believe doing it dry could ever be as good as doing it wet, all other things considered, but it can be so much easier to do.

maybe next time, leave out the sound effects, lol

I'm confused.. are you a problem solver? 😂