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water for several hours before the grout is added Moistening the concrete prevents it drawing the water from the grout thus drying out the mixture Although the old concrete should be moist no water should be standing on the surface when grout is applied After the hairline crack has been moistened and thoroughly cleaned apply the grout with a putty knife or pointing trowel Force the grout into crack as much as possible Then smooth it off level with the original Allow the patched area to dry about hours in the open After about two hours cover the area with a piece of plastic sheeting or a board Keep the area covered for appropriately j days lifting the covering once each day and sprinkling the repaired area with water 2 REPAIRING CRACKS IN SIDEWALKS Cracks in sidewalks that are larger than hairline tracks must be enlarged before they can be satis factortly repaired It s suggested that the crack which is to be repaired lb enlarged along its entire length with a cold chisel and a hammer Fig 1 TIPS ON HOW TO REPAIR crack with cold chisel and hammer before attempting to repair it The crack must be made der at the bottom than at the top Fig This is known as under cutting It helps to keep the now concrete bonded with the older concrete This undercutting Fig should be done to a minimum depth of 1 The depth the undercut ting will depend on the sue and depth of the crack to be repaired After the crack has been thoroughly undercut remove all loose and Crush the area with a wire brush RIGHT Undercut the crack to g holdini power to the new patching mm iffv Moisten he a KM re a cm We Rent Everything t Equip Painting Equip Indutlrlil Blow MILTON RENTALS WE SELL INSULATION TS Electric Electric Contractors Ltd POL LINE CONSTRUCTION AERIAL LIGHTING ELECTRIC HEATING TRUCKS TO SERVE YOU Dm ARMSTRONG AVE 8772413 Patio Furniture Gas Barbeques Stoves Furnaces Fireplaces Jm Hi i 8770551 TBOWLES 9tni CAN HELP YOU MAKE YOUR KITCHEN DREAMS COME TRUE Designed For Your Kitchen QUALITY BUILT 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Acrylic resin a milky fluid is one popular type This adhesive should be into the undercut area and allowed to dry until it becomes tacky Fig If you do not use a cement adhesive the area to be patched should be thoroughly soaked with water Moistening the area prevents the old concrete from absorb all the moisture in the concrete patch Although it should be moist no water should be standing on the area where the patch is to be applied Prcmtxed concrete patch is usually mended lor small patching jobs If you use ready concrete pitch all you need add is water you mix your own concrete patch you should use one part parlland cement to and a half parts Of I dean concrete patch lobs will call to one part of Portland cement to two parts of sand to tli of gravel Tamp the concrete patch sand mix into the undercut area Be sure to fill all cut away areas completely When the mi it u re begin to smooth it down with cither a metal trowel or a wooden float Fig A metal trowel should be used if a smooth finish is desired It a rough is preferred a wood float should be used to the finishing job After the patel job is completed allow it to dry in the open for approximately hours Then cover the pate area completely with plastic sheeting or boards Ketp the area covered for approximately due days lifting the cove once each day to down the repaired area This permits the new concrete to correctly REPAIRING CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS A crack in concrete driveway is repaired in oily the same way as a crack in a concrete sidewalk However since driveway must carry lie weight toads the repaired area must with stand much greater pressure A gravel mix lather than a sand m should be used for repairing concrete driveways This is the mix previously described is ore par port I two sand and three parts gravel When the crack has been thoroughly cleaned and undercut Fig the cement adhesive should be brushed into undercut area Fig It is usually wise to undercut the cracked arei to a depth and to make the con w der than would be necessary when re pa a sidewalk This extra depth and width in creases strength the job All of the in repairing a crack in a should be followed exactly in repairing crack in a dnvewjy the ravel mix has been applied level the itch a trowel or float Fig as you would do when repa ring a sidewalk The patched should be covered for a per of five down area once Smooth of job with a metal o wooden float over the area for at lens fve days This gives the newly section time to thoroughly dry be tore is required to carry- heavy load of an automobile or truck REPAIRING CRACKS AND HOLES IN CONCRETE WALLS ring a crack in a concrete wall requires basically the steps as repairing a crack in a sidewalk or driveway The cracked area must first be undercut and wider in basically the same way as previously described or a s The widen and undercutting can be done with a eold chisel arid hammer Fig The extent of the widening and the depth of undercutting will depend on the sile and length of the 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