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Strawbale Archive for January 1997
713 messages, last added Tue Nov 26 17:33:57 2002

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Re: Finishing Concrete Slabs (LONG)




> Good Evening MISTER BaleHead;
> 
Good morning, Moose.

> Illegal ?  Really  ? 

Would I lie about such a serious subject?  No, but I might stretch the
trooooth a little.  It's illegal in the union, and generally thought to be a
bad practice amongst plasterers who are not alcoholics. 

> 
> While it's true that too much air entrainment will weaken concrete, a
> small % (as in a tablespoon per mixer-load) is beneficial WRT frost
> resistance. 

I don't know why it's considered bad.  Maybe not the bubbles at all, maybe the 
film. > 

> So just how much soap before they throw you in jail anyway ?

Catch you with a bottle of soap in your tool-bag and they make you drink it. 


 "Bubblehead"