How to cut bag of cement in half - Trade secrets
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today i will show you how to cut a bag of cement in half, it may seem easy but its a simple trick that can make your life easier.
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Many ways of doing it and yours is a good as any. I like to put the cement bag on some sand and cut through with an old saw 👍👍
J D11 it’ll go off in your sand and make it lumpy
It stays in the bag the same as in stu’s video. The sand allows the saw to cut all the way through.
J D11 yeah but if you cut it all the way through cement is gonna fall out into the sand and contaminate it I’ve seen lads do it before I know what they do you use the sand to make a clean cut instead of cutting the top like the video
Danny Hill what does it matter? You're likely going to chuck the sand straight in the mixer anyway.
I just use a Stanley knife, an ever sharp Stanley knife, a couple of wipes on a diamond sharpening stone, keeps it sharp, and is quicker than changing the blade, cut through the bag, pull up and cut the bottom of the bag, job done, I prefer to use the waterproof bags, because they don’t go off in the bag, I keep a full bag though and if there is a half bag left, it goes in the full bag, then can be wrapped up and stored.
Wow...... how did I live before I watched this. What a life changer....... now I’m questioning everything! I’m freaking out man....... my mind is blown.......... system overload!!!!
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True...... is it a Phillips or flat head screwdriver mate! I haven’t slept all night thinking about it! Can you do a video on how to carry bricks? Or even how to cut bricks in half with that fancy trowel of yours. Don’t leave me hanging mate !!!!!
To a non trade person who doesn’t do that much hands on that was a very good tip.
Thanks stu, I’ll be using that tip next week !
Remembered seeing this video a good few months back and was mixing up some floor leveling compound tonight. Watched it again to refresh my memory and it works perfect every time, nice one Stu, accurate measure for half a bag, and saved on a lot of mess which kept me on the good side of the Mrs! Cheers!
I’ve done that for years. I like it a lot. It is very efficient and effective when working in moderate large and fast projects. Good technique. Thanks for sharing it.
What do I do with the other half bag of cement? Can I buy just half a bag of cement?
And when its a plastic bag get our mate Stanley out :D
Great tip, I personally use a Stanley knife to slit the bag then draw up the two halves with a bit of broom handle
I’m the same minus the broom handle
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Actually saw a lad do this once and have wondered ever since. Nice one cheers mate
Hey Stu! I hope you feeling well! This is realy good tip! Do more short tips like this!
I do it with a shovel. The old big bags were good to cut in half. Usually shovel off the top of a bag with 16/18 sand, then the full bag.
Or a more accurate way is to use buckets 4 level full buckets of sand to 1 level full bucket of cement...
Put 2 sand in and then 1 cement then another 2 sand in it will mix nicely and evenly and will always have the same colour ( as long as you use same sand and cement)
Also when you add your plas add it direct to you mix and not to water in your bucket ( I know stu werent mentioning plas in this video... its just for your personal reference)
Very clever Stu! Mainly for saving your back...
Half a bag to two shovels sounds strong to me
Simple but effective, great tip! Easier to manage and a more accurate mix.
its the 10-15kg bags, 15+ years ago was 50kg bags most (in east europa, now 25kg)
The old chuck the bag of dust in the sand bulk bag and saw in half always work for me
Thanks stu.i will try that 😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
can you do a video on marking and cutting up pavers, bricks or copping stones on a bend with perfect even joints...your the man in the know (I know you quickly mentioned it but...)
Is a bag of cement the same volume as a bag of sand? I didn't think they were!
Great tip Stu.✌
Nice one mate. Do the same for bags of plaster.
It should be 10 sand to just over half bag cement
I do this, but with half a broom handle under the bag.
I was hoping to see the aftermath of that half bag hitting bottom of the mixer
Can throw million times and each time different effect I guess
Nice one Stu..
Lay the bag on a piece of rebar, cut the bag, then lift up on the rebar. Boom, bag is split.
Nearly had a heart attack then. Thought you was going to throw the cement in a mixer that was not moving and without water in first
Cor school boy move that mate
Thx boss you are the best
I'm a newbie....need to brick up 1 1/2 bricks around window frame each side as window frame is 51 inch .my patio door frame is 41 inch any good ideas .I was told to use knock on but it 5 inch each side ideas please
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Ahaha I remember getting taught that in my first day those water proof bags behind your best using an old handsaw. Some times see blokes cutting it on top of the sand makes you cringe cause there gonna reck the sand doing that
Yes I agree Dan best to not do it this j the sand and you can still cut plastic bag cement with a trowel, nice and tidy
Would this work with bags of dot and dab adhesive?
Hi. how do you get the mortar for the brickwork
I have seen the one where the young apprentice holds the bag above his head and someone makes a slit half way across the bag! LOL. Bit messy tho.
seen that too lol
And that's why a lot of apprentices end up hating the game.
How many kilos does a bag of cement have in the UK? Here in Brazil, it has 50 (110 lb)
25 buddy
We are weak in Australia - 20kg
Used to be 50kg in the old days. Had to reduce the weight to 25kg a bag about 20 years ago for health and safety reasons, so people can lift them. Load of bollocks
50 kilos is a little heavy to carry by yourself but construction brazilian workers handle it very well.
Hard working people, hats off to them
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I put the shovel through it on a pill of sand
call me old fashioned but gauge bucket works everytime. just buy a smaller bucket. long as you remember the buckets thrown in the colour always the same. lol
Yep! Never fight the work. Thinking before-hand, is the best way to travel. 53018
4 bags of sand to 1 of cement doesn't actually give you a 4:1 mix. Your sand bags are almost certainly well under 25kg (generally more like 22.5kg) and sand is denser than cement. Put those two factors together and you're getting a volume ratio of about 50:17 litres, which is almost exactly 3:1. Good strong mortar, but money down the drain for most purposes.
Volume and weight are 2 different things , 4 to 1 is volume nothing said about weight for the mix , how ever please yourself.
Just a shame the packaging department didn't think to make the typo 50/50 blue n beige takes the guess work out!
That's exactly what I was thinking
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I thought you got the apprentice to hold it above his head (as a test of strength) then slice it .
What's left on the ground/bag is about half a bag,the young lad will be wearing the other half.
Haha I’ve seen those videos Bryan lol
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Just use a old saw we always have one just for doing that
You might forget your saw, you won’t forget your trowel 😁👍
Nice one stu 👍 oh aye and are you on Snapchat 🤔
In description Eric 👍