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Adding Flow Control and Concrete Mixing (First Attempt)

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CONCRETE COUNTERTOPS - Lessons Were Learned!

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What happens here

Before pouring, the presenter discusses adding 'Flow Control' (a water reducer) to the concrete mix. This additive is used because the concrete is poured into a sealed formwork with a plywood bottom, meaning water cannot seep into the ground. The water reducer is intended to help the concrete flow more easily and set faster, compensating for the lack of natural drainage.

Goal: Prepare and mix concrete with an additive for optimal flow and setting.

Tools and materials

  • Shovel — Mixing concrete ingredients
  • Wheelbarrow Jackson — Mixing and transporting concrete
  • Concrete Mix — The main material for the countertop slab
  • Flow Control Water Reducer Rapid Set — Improving concrete flow and accelerating setting time
  • Water — Mixing the concrete

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right all right here we got flow control it's a water red ucer so we're using that because we're going to have a bottom on this and there's nowhere for the water to go out it can't lee into the ground so it's going to take a lot longer to dry that's why it took so long for that last one to set up so I think this is going to I think this is going to help out a lot it's called flow control it's for concrete [Music] that's it it looks a little more silky with the flow control huh does it feel silky uh it doesn't feel as loose oh yeah look at that oh oh yeah okay all right look at that make a rock all right Shan's meticulously

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