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Cure and seal debate finally got me to switch my routine
I been using spray on cure for years on flatwork cause it's fast. Last month a guy at the supply house said his crew gets way better results with wet curing and poly sheeting on driveways. He showed me photos of a job in Austin where they did half spray half wet cure and the wet side had almost no cracks after 90 days. Told me it costs like $40 more in materials per 1000 sq ft but saves on callbacks. I tried it on a 1200 sq ft patio last week and honestly the finish looks way more uniform. Any of you guys do wet cure on residential or am I overthinking this?
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beth55925d ago
@allen.ruby that's rough but @sams25 told me wet cure makes concrete harder than a two dollar steak.
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sams2527d ago
Buddy of mine runs a crew in San Antonio, swears by wet cure. He told me about a job where the homeowner insisted on spray cure only, against his advice. Six months later, that driveway looked like a spiderweb map. My buddy says he lost money on the callback but learned his lesson. Now he tells customers flat out that wet cure costs a bit more but is the only way he works. He even started showing customers that same half-and-half photo trick the supply house guy showed you. Works every time to get them on board.
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allen.ruby27d ago
My uncle tried that spray only method on his own patio back in 2017. He was trying to save like 200 bucks on the curing process. Six months later that patio had cracks you could fit a pencil in. He ended up tearing the whole thing out and redoing it with wet cure. Cost him double what he would have paid the first time. Now he tells everyone the same thing your buddy does.
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