WHAT CEMENT SHOULD I USE (Part 2) MIke Haduck 

Mike I don't know how else to say it....I find your videos therapeutic.

Mike Haduck is one of the best things to happen to RU-vid. I like his experience, his know-how and his ability to explain the things I want to learn in a way that I'm going to remember.

Awesome! This helps immensely! Gives me more confidence in repairing my stone patio. Stellar information….

Another professional explanation from a professional and humble mason, thanks for sharing. It is a BIG DEAL.

Mike, you are the Bruce Lee of the Masonry Repair world! Thank you for your no-holds barred approach and patience to teach us novices. Thank you for the great world tours as well!

Hey Mike, another terrific video! Bless you for sharing your experience and wisdom. Always hard knocks out there but you're making them easier to see coming.

Mike Your Videos You Show Are Top Notch. You Learn So Much. Thank You For Sharing.

Hi Mike you saved my walkway this summer. I think I can get 3 years of Portland patch work the Mike Haduck way before it needs to be completely replaced. Love your channel.

I love you! The way you explain is absolutely beautiful clear and to the point. Thank you.

Thanks mike. I live in St. Louis and our weather is like yours. Did my first stone wall repair on my house today. It looks good thanks to you.

Thanks mike, terrific information here! With so many DIY’ers including myself this info is much appreciated!

Thank you Mike for providing clear information about the topic. I feel more confident tackling a variety of cement repairs and new projects on my property.

Best Portland cement video and information I’ve seen on RU-vid. Thank You for your help

Wow! Fantastic to have such a knowledgeable person share their experience. I am now binge-watching your channel. Thanks Mike!

Thank you Mike for your knowledge and teaching.👍👍👍👍

I have to do a shout out to Mike. Since watching his videos I've totally resurfaced my fieldstone basement walls and whitewashed them. Huge difference! Then today just finished a 3 month project of rebuilding my 60' - 4' high stone wall! It looks professionally done. Saved huge by doing it myself. Will forever be proud! Thanks Mike!

Thank you so much for everything you do Mike. i live in PA as well. and these days i find it hard just to pay someone for help. this video and every video you do is a stress reducer and a life saver. thank you so much.

I live in northern Illinois our winter temperatures are very up and down also, so I have been following your methods. Also all the good mason's in our area have passed on. Thank you for passing along all your knowledge it's greatly appreciated.

Finally! I know what I need to do for my stone chimney repoint. Thank you!!

Thank you Mike Very informative review! You make things very simple for the DIY’er Needed this review have a three high brick planter wall needs repairs. Thanks again Mike

Blocked in my basement window wells this weekend. Wound up being a 3 day ordeal after digging them out enough to work with and have solid bricks to start with. Glad to see you don't mind spec mix! I was told to use it without compromising. It doesn't look near as pretty as your work does but it should do the trick! Inner foaming the whole foundation and plastering the outside. Thanks for all the advice Mike!

Love your videos ive learned so much.im working on a 160 yr old house..your instructions are such a great help...thank you.im in wv

Great video Mike. Thanks for sharing.... I learn something everytime!

Just hearing your words, "horizontal surfaces=Portland...vertical=Mortar" has helped me alot! Thanks!

You're a good teacher, Mike. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and by so doing, help so many people in the world.

Very much appreciate all of your insights. I have a brick home in Philadelphia built in 1895. After watching your videos I have a better idea of how to treat/fix the brick. Thank you!

Super helpful. The comments about the ole timers really clicked with me. Thanks for the upload man!!!

Thanks for all the detail, great overview, I needed that.

Thank you so much for all of your fantastic information! I found your channel by chance and your a wealth of information. I feel like now I can tackle my repair work.

You are an expert and your information is simple and easy to understand I really appreciate your knowledge and believe me it really helps thank you

This is great. I'm in SW PA. Attempting cinder block porch repair. Really useful info.

Great job Mike, I was hoping that you would do another one of these videos on which cement I should use. Keep em coming! Amen (So be it).

Finally, someone to explain the basics! Thank you Mike!

Good lesson thanks, I like working with cement!

I was born and raised the first 25 years in Wilkes-Barre area. I watched your first video today, and then many others and within two minutes of watching you and listening I knew you were from W-B/ Scranton area. We’ve been living in San Diego the past 40 years and now that the kids are grown up we’re coming back Home, buying some land and going to have fun building the last home that we’re going to live in and it’s going to be all stone just like our current house. Your videos are great, it’s really great to hear and see somebody from where we grew up, and I forgot the recipes for walls, stonework and grout and this has been so helpful. Thank you for your video.

This was incredibly useful. Thanks for the education!

Very good teaching in this video. Learned a lot from this. Thanks Mike!

Thanks for your tutelage Mike🧱you make it so simple to understand.

We live 30 or so miles north of you, thanks for the great info, saved me a lot of money.

Thank you Mike! I did not know about those different mix’s

When I was a kid working in Philadelphia, we used a 1/2 cement 1/2 lime, 7 shovels of sand.

Love your videos! Thanks for what you do.

Phenomenal video! Great info!! Thank you!

Hi Mike, On both of my foundation patches I followed your mix, 2 sand one Portland. Here in west Texas, and it works great. You are a God. 😎🙏 Thanx for sharing ur knowledge. Bob

CLASS IN SESSION THANKS👍👍 MR HADDOCK

It's not often you'll find a pro giving away their secrets to success! Thanks I've been after some straight advice on how and what to mix for different projects for years.

No big deal Mike... I will watch part 3, 4, 5, 6, if need be. THANKS MIKE STAY HEALTHY.

Thank you so much for making these video's.

Great video Mike! One thing you touched on that maybe you can expand on another time. Cement products have a shelf life. I try not to use it over one year old. I'm sure you use it up fast but I found out the hard way that after a year or so an open bag even in plastic loses lots of it's strength.

Absolutely excellent!!! It is gratifying to listen to someone, who, not only knows what he is talking about, but also, the added, 'common sense,' angle 'mixed-in' and, not too much sand... [My Glaswegian sense of humour.. :)] I am retired, but Volunteer for the River & Canal Trust in England, UK mostly around London. At the moment, one of the jobs I do, is pointing the support brick-work of a190 year old, 'Listed Bridge.' The vagaries of the weather also tantamount to the mix being used? They are using... 3:1:1/8Lime... with a flush finish.... Will be watching more of your videos in the future... :)

Thank you Mike.

Once again learned more from one video than an entire week in school.

I went to lowes and to get some motor repair, they couldn't tell me. Glad I found you

Thanks for posting these videos.

i live just north of you in new york and you're my go to reference for all things cement!! we have the same weather.

Good tip Mike. Gracias!

Thank you for your useful information about the difference cements and uses ,from Australia

Definitely more like the Chuck Norris of masonry. Thankyou for all the good advice Mike Haduck !

I'm patching my parents porch. Using a mortar sand mix that has portland already but gonna add a bit more. Then patch up the little bridge out back that goes over the creek. Same mix plus I'm gonna make the portland/water paint, wet it all before ;) Thanks Mike!

i bought a house 11 months ago, the house is 121 years old and has a stone foundation.. thank you for this info. i have a ton of work to get done before the snow starts here is wisconsin

I know you have made other videos like this and I still really appreciate it when you revisit these lessons. thanks always Mike! edit: had to watch twice because it looks like the video is doubled up ..... it's the same video twice. repetition is good repetition is good!

Excellent. Very helpful. Thanks. God bless.

When I first started watching Mike’s content, I wasn’t sure if I should buy a pointed trowel first or buy a banjo first. What an inspiration! And then I saw this video… At 8:10, I thought for sure I heard the voice of Sam Kinison talking about solving the world hunger problem. I had to laugh out loud.

thank you so much for explaining this so well!

Great video Mike! Lots of good information, well wishes from the SF Bay area of California. We are building like crazy out here!

Thanks so much! your videos Realy help me so much be lost with out them....

Thank you so much sir, your video is very informative, bless you and thanks for sharing knowledge.

very interesting! never realized there were so many variations on things.

Amazing guy! Awesome work. Much love from south New Jersey, I’ve learned a lot from your videos and I pass on your knowledge and wisdom. Hoping to get my degree at MHSOHK someday!

The best I’ve watched these videos a few times 👍

so helpful best guy ever thank you so much mike!

Very helpful 👍 Thanks for the video

Hi Mike Always learning from you... Thanks...Great stuff ....Hitting the like button

Good video Mike very informative.

I still love you. You don't bullshit!

I really appreciate this video. Thank you sir

Very kind of you Mike. Muchas gracia god bless

Awesome information and that’s for the EZ how to. Thanks Mike...😎👍🏼UnkoRob

Thanks for the info. Daughter just bought house in the Poconos. 1870 build year. We have hole in the stone foundation.

Very good Video! Thank You

Thank you Mike great info

Thanks a lot Mike

I just finished a small sidewalk in my garden. I had type S mortar laying around so I mixed it 2 parts mortar to 1 part Portland. No big deal.

Thanks, Mike!!

Nice vid Mike, i was never quite sure of the differences or the where and when. Masonry isnt my skillset, im computer engineer by trade. But after watching all of your vids over the years i reckon i could do a reasonable job to help a friend etc.

Thanks Mike!

Mike I've been waiting 8 years for "WHAT CEMENT SHOULD I USE (Part 2)", please do Part 3 in 4 years next time!

I started not having a clue. After Mikes video, I now have a pretty good idea of what it is I don't know. I will check out his video for "beginners" and try bring myself up to speed. Then I'll enroll in the S.O.H.K.!!😊

Thank you Mike 🍀🌷🍀🌷

Thanks for the info.

GREAT VIDEOS THANKS

Very informative thanks a lot 👍👍👍

Hey Mike thanks for the videos and the teaching as well. I just parged my foundation on the outside. I live in Ottawa Ontario. I used 1 Portland and 2 sand. I hope that’s not a mistake because I have more to do. Hope you can reply. Thanks in advance for your time.

Thanks very much for your video 👍👍

You spoke well in this one Mike good video long time subscriber here

Sometimes,there is no better school like the old school… U are that old school… mansonry cement professor… that makes right for those in new school to build on… 👍🏼

thanks bud great vid

i needed to see this video im a roofer learning to do small chimney work so i dont have to count on masons to complete my jobs so ill become a halfway mason

Very informative - experience speaks

Hi MIke, Thanks for the video. I mostly use rubber cement out here. LOL.