Hello
We've just laid a 250m2 terrace, ready-mix containing white cement, yellow sand and (sharp) aggregate.
Had lots of detailed advice from RM Company and followed it insofar as possible. (SW France, working in temperatures of 28-32C)
The finish is acceptable and have pressure washed the whole area three times, but as soon as it dries a chalky white bloom re-appears. I suspect this is 'desactivant' residue....sorry, don't know the English word....the product used to soften the top layer ready for aggregate exposure.
We were advised to pass a flamethrower over the terrace after cleaning, to melt the protruding polyester fibres.
So (finally :;): ) two questions.....Is there anything more we can do to remove the white residue and am I right in thinking that we'll seal it in irrevocably if we melt the fibres?
Many thanks for any advice!
Cheers, LLL or should I say 'merci' :;):
That is so reassuring! The site has been such an inspiration and help all through...
Je vous souhaite une tres bonne semaine et a bientot!
bisous
Noisette
my schoolboy french is somewhat rusty but i can get by in french italian and spanish (did gcse equivalent in spanish 4 years ago)
couldn't remember a word for cabin so i ended up with our humble house of brew (i think)
also not sure if the verb tenses are correct but the message is there
bisous at you too noisette!
LLL
Whatever happened to the home brew thing - just having bit of a clear out and found all our old kit - 3 crates of those lovely brown quart bottles, with the built in stopper type thingy, plus plastic tub, loadsa filters etc - don't hear of anybody doing it these days..? I think I've just answered my own question... ???
"Meet the new boss - same as the old boss - We all get fooled again"
my neighbour,theo a linguistics professor makes something akin to london pride
but its always a leap of faith drinking homebrew
when its bad,its real bad
LLL
My Dad & OH used to have an ongoing competition to see who could produce the most mind-blowing lager. Wicked stuff it was.....I used to put it round the garden in little dishes to entice slugs and snails to a blissful death
Never did fancy drinking it after seeing what it did to them
Good news, fellas, the efflorescence is wearing off a bit already! We're dousing the concrete with water everyday while it cures, but how long do we keep it up for, please?
you dont need to douse it,just keep it damp for a week or so if its very hot,which i guess it is in france
an old way we used to do it with lime mortar was to cover the area with hessian then soak the hessian with water
as the water evaporates it keeps the surface cooler
LLL
as long as you know what your typing,or did you go to google translator....