If you live where it snows, be sure you keep the sealer below the surface of the concrete, otherwise it will be a real pain in the ars when you shovel the snow! Talking from experience!
And he is doing it right lol. He said he wasnt gonn take the time for the short for cleanup to make it look pretty. He can either spend another half hour trying to meticulously make it look perfect to dry. Or he can walk away come back with a sanding disc once its dry/cured and sand it flush and perfect in 5 mins lol. Might have looked like ass for 12-24hrs that nobody noticed. Smarter not harder.
As a concrete worker… if they’re sold out of this shit, use epoxy or liquid nails. On bigger jobs we only use epoxy for tapcon holes, chips, cracks, etc…
Yea anyone thinking about taking a grinder and cleaning the excess, urethane and or silicone caulk will melt when using power tools when dry, and the tool will throw it right onto any exposed skin. Also the grinder will stick causing the tool to jerk, possibly out of your hand
Don’t use any of that, it’ll look like shit, don’t ever use that product is going to make your driveway Look even worse. If the crack is not lifted or settled, leave it alone, nobody can get hurt on it. The driveway is still functional and structurally sound. All concrete cracks, leave it the hell alone, you’re gonna make it look worse. I’m a professional Concrete Finisher not gonna make that shit look good.
Concrete does not crack if its done properly... Use rio mesh reinforcement and pour 100mm thick minimum. Cut expansion lines every 3-4m or so, and you will not get cracks. I don't understand why Americans refuse to reinforce thier slabs...
You know very little about concrete the weight of the slab with the foundation washing out then it cracks to move and release the pressure ever heard of a stress crack
Totally garbage that crack will be a sink hole right back where it began - to do it right your suppose to grind it open in a V shape then use hydraulic cement and leave it a sight bit higher than the floor for shrinkage
This isn’t the Way. You should be using a diamond crack chaser to clean out the cracks and open the smaller ones to prep the walls of the cracks giving them a profile and allowing enough surface area for the material to bond.
exactly. could crack in 20 years, 5 years, 3 months, sometimes even the very next day after pour. rebar, good mix, 4-6 inch crush rock sub base and every once in a blue moon cracks still happen. ive also tour out really slabs where there isnt one single crack. poured on SAND!🤣 no rebar no reinforcement yet its still in great condition
it doesnt always crack. thats not to say that it ever wont. sometimes even cracks with proper 6inch crushed rock sub base, compacted, 3/8 or 1/2 bar with wire mesh, and it cracks where there isnt a need for a control joint seen that happen. last time it happened to our crew was like 6 years ago. doesnt happen very often. i tore out a slab one. poured onto sand pinecones and river rock🤣. ONE piece of rebar🤣. like a 3ft piece in a 25x12. 34 years old and not a single crack in it. 6 inches deep on one side and 3 on the other. alot of the older generation claims that new concrete is garbage but i wouldnt know🤣 not that old lol
also one time. we had a dump truck i think? back up onto one of our driveways. was empty. was like 2 weeks old at that point. 6 inches deep with thickend edges, fiber in the mix. #5 bar 12 in OC. he simply backed up, dropped a mini bobcat off. was there for 5 min tops. literally got hairline cracks right then and there. most contractors and crews let homeowners drive back on 3days to a week after pour for convience but i always say 1wk-1wk 1/2 is better. Some people are brutes🤣
