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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:24 pm
by noisette
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!
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:22 pm
by lutonlagerlout
bonjour
bienvenue à notre maison humble de brew!
la recherche et vous trouverez
salut!
LLL
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:13 pm
by msh paving
I take it we have gone bi-lingual now luton.... 
as long as you know what your typing,or did you go to google translator....
MSH
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:20 pm
by DNgroundworks
i regulary use google translator to try and sound clever ha ha
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:59 pm
by noisette
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
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:53 pm
by lutonlagerlout
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
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:56 pm
by Suggers
lutonlagerlout wrote:
bienvenue à notre maison humble de brew!
LLL
Google back into anglais -
"Welcome to our humble home brew !"
Excellent - I've always wondered what weird smelling old barrel was, in the corner...?
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:36 pm
by msh paving
Nice one LLL,cant beat old home brew MSH
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:24 pm
by rab1
except in the morning
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:59 pm
by lutonlagerlout
gimme a break guys :laugh:
haven't done French for 25 years
deux bierre si'vous plait is all you need
LLL
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:35 am
by Suggers
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... ???
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:03 am
by lutonlagerlout
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
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:25 pm
by noisette
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?
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:36 pm
by lutonlagerlout
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
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:14 am
by GB_Groundworks
Or straw, get a few bales spread it out few inches deep and keep them moist.
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