...and Like and Subscribe. DIY the Grappler is the only one on YT doing dry pour on a regular basis. He started out a month or so ago having never done one, and now he's done six. Each one is just a little better than the previous one as he learns from others and implements the improvements. LOVE this guy! Well, I like and subscribe to this guy!
So the Grappler is now an artist, official. Your patience and enthusiasm on this learning journey has been terrific. You now have an art exhibition in your backyard and each piece better than the last. This last one looks perfect in every way and thanks for a full tutorial from start to finish for us looking on and wanting to take the first baby steps!
Great video you learning the art of fighting , and your now learning the are of concrete .you are a great teacher , and want to learn from you even if everything you forgot . I would like to learn and from you learn leran again that what life is about ya we all cant win , but when we losses we get are proud hurt or hunger and do it agian . I readed or watch the video what is the world greatest mass and forgot , but i think its said water with 100 % and concrete 100% that what give up that . Not lest not for get about are trees in world and bout recycling
I was just thinking about compacting the dry concrete when filling up the form, wondering if it would help. Then I see this video and I think ima give it a go! I've already got my patio that im gonna do set up with fill dirt and my gravel base. Next step for me is my forms and then the dry pour itself.
This is sooo good. I think your corners will come out perfect this time, and you won't even think about grinding them. The sand mix surface is more gray than the earlier slabs.
Hey Brother. So if I understand you it seems like you did the first two mistings and immediately put the towel on to finish doing your showers. Of course you do the towel/burlap method after the initial watering but if you are going straight to towel watering after misting I think thats a new technique. And seems logical that it will help.
Appreciate it 🤙 yes you are correct 🤙 around 2-3 quick mistings,soon as the top starts to harden,then straight to the Burlap towel method 🤙 then continue to water for the next 7 days🤙 next remove the form/towel ,,then continue to water for 28 days🤙
I agree using the burlap/towel on dry pour is an innovation. When water lands on the towel it does not affect the surface underneath, so you don't necessarily worry about washing any loose material away. That means you could run a sprinkler on the towel to keep it moist.
Great Video! thank you so much! the patience part in screeding is what I need to work on. even starting early in the morning , the Florida sun can be brutal. I am going to setup a canopy over my work space next time. I tend to want to rush to get done because it gets so hot! I also have alot of pavers that I didn't have the patience to get them to level in the form. I may try with the next slab and maybe even if I do not get it the way I want , cover it up and work on it the next day. My surfaces don't have any aggrigate but when I go to do my edging it crumbles and shows the rocks. I will strive to work like you on the next ones.
🙌🙌🙌hope this helped!🙌same happened to me with the edges,,I used the pudding knife to take off the excess off of the form then edge and repeat this process multiple times until the edges are clean 🙌🤙 if the rocks are showing on the edges I would use a topping an inch or 2 on top like Sand mix/repair mortar/rapid set mortar mix 🤙 this will help with the over all finish! Good luck!
@@DiyTheGrappler so far I’ve only gotten decent edges or mostly decent using the edging tool after the misting and before the second showering. I don’t know if it’s the size of my slab or what. But even having mostly sand mix on top or around the edges it disintegrates and then still exposes the aggregate or just crumbles. If I wait til it’s moist it’s somewhat better.
@@jesslong75 awesome to hear you are making progress 🤙I'm actually in the middle of a decision to keep using edger or not🤙,,I like the edges both ways,, using a sanding stone and edger,,but leaning towards sanding stone I personally like the end product🤙 good luck 🤙your on the right path and will figure out what works best for you 🤙
Awesome! Thanks..great vid. For a 10x16' cracked patio, I am considering a dry pour top coat with sand mix over an existing pad....like 1-1.5" and pitching it down so water drains off from FL afternoon storms. I might roll on a bonding agent. Have you used the sand mix on its own or had any experience there.
Awesome 🙌 haven't used Sand mix alone,, only as a topping with Dry pour concrete 🤙 would definitely suggest following the Cajun country's method of misting until the top layer is hard before any heavy watering or using a burlap type curing method alone with adding the bonding agent your talking about 🤙 with repair mortar or rapid Set Mortar mix a bonding agent isn't required 🤙the three bigger tan colored slabs in my video are all topped with rapid Set Mortar mix 🤙been testing different toppings 🤙good luck on your project✊
My first question: It seems the last pad you did (in this video) was the best one yet. What did you use for a watering schedule. This is the first time I've seen anyone use the concrete/sand mixture. It looks great. But you never gave the time schedule for watering so the water could make it through both types of mix that you used. My second question: did the concrete under the paver pads you put in manage to get wet enough to set up? It seems to me that the pads would block the water from getting underneath them. Thanks for the videos. I was hoping to find something like what you put out to show how to fix the roughness that came with the concrete mix alone.
Appreciate the feedback 1- question answer I would follow Cajun country's watering method👍but I mist wait an hour mist again wait another hour 3 mists =3 hours then wait until top layer is hard then I use the Burlap water curing method (using a towel) I water 2-3 times a day (making sure towel stays wet) for 7 days (keeping the form on for 7 days to keep moisture in) after the 7 day i remove towel and continue to water for up to 28 days to help slab maximize strength 🤙 2 question Few options water the ground or water 1st layer of Dry pour I tried multiple variations Now I water ground Pour dry concrete and use Burlap water curing method to hydrate dry Pour Concrete 👍
I did my first dry pour yesterday it was going perfect until I made a mistake: it was 100 degrees outside and I did not let the water from the hose run to cool down so after using hot water it created bubbles 😢 on my finish . I finished with cool water and the rest of the project kept a intact . Thank God it was only in 3 small areas but guys if you live in hot climate let water cool down first by just letting it run until is cool . When I said hot water I meant so hot it was very uncomfortable to touch 🥵
It happens you can always fix those small spots that didn't come out the greatest 🤙 on your next one try compacting to eliminate or reduce trapped air pockets in the Dry pour 🤙
Your location is a big factor, if your in a dry hot area 🙌 I would compact and use the Burlap water curing method for 3-7 days and use some form of topping whether repair mortar or Sand mix 🤙to help with smooth finish 🤙 bubbles usually caused by Air pockets being trapped under the Dry Pour after wetting they make there way to the top🤙 exact same thing happened to me on my 1st slab🤙 solved that problem with compacting and hitting the sides of the form with a rubber mallet to remove air voids in the mix🤙 good luck on your next one!
@@DiyTheGrappler thanks for the information it’s very useful because I have to do te rest of my house . This was just 9 ft long x 2 . But I still have around 200 ft to go 😋
@@robertoj8950 🤙🙌🙌 1-Leveling the ground 2-Compacting the ground 3-leveling form 4-add dry pour concrete 5-compact dry Pour Concrete(to eliminate/reduce air pockets that rise to the top) 6-use around 85%dry concrete/15%Sand mix topping or repair mortar (for smooth strong finish)you can adjust amounts but use majority dry Pour and around 1-2inches if topping for smooth finish 7-screed and fill voids (multiple times until satisfied) 8-use edger (multiple times until satisfied with finish) 9-use paint roller (in cross hatching pattern) multiple times if necessary 10-water on mist 3 to 4 times (to harden top layer) 11-use towels or blankets to put over slab(water curing for strength)and water slab for 3-7 day's(to continue the chemical reactions to strengthen the concrete 12 -leave forms on for at least 3 days to help curing process for strength All this info you can find online 🤙 more in the wet pour field but concrete is concrete 🤙I use these methods for my slabs🤙
I'm wondering if using the higher end 5000 concrete for the base would result in better product for high stress use? Both Sakrete and Quikrete make a 5000 high strenghth product, but more expensive, but has higher ratio of fine to aggregate. Then top with your 5000 sand mix or maybe with the higher end you don't need the topper? Curious what you think about this?
I agree 🤙 these are all for a pathway /practice 🤙 but I will be Dry Pouring a driveway in the near future 🤙 definitely will be using 5000psi most likely crack resistant mix,,along with wire rebar 🤙 possibly add fiber as well 🤙
From screeding,, sawing motion back and forth, but need to do this multiple times meaning, you screed and attempt #1 isn't good,, put more Sand mix in the spots not smooth and screed again , attempt number 2 is a little better, but not the best , put more Sand mix start from the beginning until all the way smooth, repeat filling low spots and screeding process until you are happy after use a paint roller north and south direction then East and west, this should only take one to two passes to get nice smooth finish, but if not and your not happy,you can always start over add more Sand mix topping then screed the roller, repeat process until you like the end result 🤙
@@jeannehaid5429 my pleasure! It's a super common problem! The common possible reasons are rocks in the concrete that show at the top or air pockets rising after wetting 🙌 concrete is 3 things put together 1-Rocks 2-Sand 3-cement (to glue them together) Sand mix topping is sand and cement (no Rocks)holds 5000 psi (per sq inch)the high strength concrete most of us are using is 4000psi with this topping or Repair mortar 6000psi(Same mix sand and cement) you get a smooth finish 🤙the object is to screed and push down the Rocks to get a smooth finish 🤙 so by adding Sand mix or a strong mortar you are making it easy,,in this case you don't need to push the Rocks down,,due to there is none🤙
@@DiyTheGrappler so if I understand what you’re saying to do or that you do is that you use the regular Concrete at the bottom in the sand mix at the top?
🤙🤙🤙 appreciate the feedback 🤙I used to stand strong on my memes , gifs and noises,,but watched a random video recently, had a lot of memes and noises, that moment I realized how annoying it is 💯
Everyone who want Dry Pour Concrete should watch this video.
Thank you 🤙🙌
Agreed!
@@jeannehaid5429 thank you!🙌
...and Like and Subscribe. DIY the Grappler is the only one on YT doing dry pour on a regular basis. He started out a month or so ago having never done one, and now he's done six. Each one is just a little better than the previous one as he learns from others and implements the improvements. LOVE this guy! Well, I like and subscribe to this guy!
This is the best dry pour video I've seen so far. Thanks for making this. Science!
Appreciate it 👍
1st !
Awesome to see a new long form Video early this morning - THANK YOU from Georgia!
😂😎My pleasure Joe!!
You’ve got it down brother. Came out better than 95% of most others I’ve seen so far. 👏
Appreciate it 🤙
This is the best video, of all that I have watched on UA-cam. And I've watched them all ,LOL. Thanks for taking the time to post. Very funny also!
Appreciate it!!!
This is a great summary of "how to" dry pour.
🙌🙌🙌 Thank you 🙌
So the Grappler is now an artist, official. Your patience and enthusiasm on this learning journey has been terrific. You now have an art exhibition in your backyard and each piece better than the last. This last one looks perfect in every way and thanks for a full tutorial from start to finish for us looking on and wanting to take the first baby steps!
Appreciate you always supporting and commenting! I would just go ahead and take the first step , have fun and do your best 🤙
Thank you for the putty knife idea
Will use it tomorrow when I do the dry pour
This is a great video. Appreciate the time it takes to do this, thanks.
Appreciate The feedback! Thank you!
Great video you learning the art of fighting , and your now learning the are of concrete .you are a great teacher , and want to learn from you even if everything you forgot . I would like to learn and from you
learn leran again that what life is about ya we all cant win , but when we losses we get are proud hurt or hunger and do it agian . I readed or watch the video what is the world greatest mass and forgot , but i think its said water with 100 % and concrete 100% that what give up that . Not lest not for get about are trees in world and bout recycling
Thank you 🙌I'm still learning myself my friend 🙏🙌
Excellent vid!
A master class!
Albert Einstein:
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
Keep it going!
🙌🙌🙌🙌one of the main ways we learn! From mistakes! Learning from and fixing them!
Loving your videos man, watching from Argentina, keep it up
All the way from Argentina 🙌🤙 Thank you 🤙
@@DiyTheGrappler No problem man, you have an Argentinian Subscriber here, and im showing your videos to family and friends, great work
@@diegosaavedra2738 appreciate you!!
👏🏻👏🏻😊⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thank you!!!
🙌 Thank you!!!🙌
I was just thinking about compacting the dry concrete when filling up the form, wondering if it would help. Then I see this video and I think ima give it a go! I've already got my patio that im gonna do set up with fill dirt and my gravel base. Next step for me is my forms and then the dry pour itself.
The Grappler!!!
😂😎😎🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
awesome job partner, keeping it 100%!
✊✊✊🙌🙌🙌🙌
Good video 😊.
Appreciate it 👍🙌
This is sooo good.
I think your corners will come out perfect this time, and you won't even think about grinding them.
The sand mix surface is more gray than the earlier slabs.
Thank you my friend!!
Good stuff man 💯
Appreciate it my friend 🤙
Hey Brother. So if I understand you it seems like you did the first two mistings and immediately put the towel on to finish doing your showers. Of course you do the towel/burlap method after the initial watering but if you are going straight to towel watering after misting I think thats a new technique. And seems logical that it will help.
Appreciate it 🤙 yes you are correct 🤙 around 2-3 quick mistings,soon as the top starts to harden,then straight to the Burlap towel method 🤙 then continue to water for the next 7 days🤙 next remove the form/towel ,,then continue to water for 28 days🤙
I agree using the burlap/towel on dry pour is an innovation. When water lands on the towel it does not affect the surface underneath, so you don't necessarily worry about washing any loose material away. That means you could run a sprinkler on the towel to keep it moist.
My friends🙌I made a mistake, mist more than 2 times! Mist double /Triple what ever it takes until top is hard🙌 then it's safe to use Burlap method 🙌🤙
Great Video! thank you so much! the patience part in screeding is what I need to work on. even starting early in the morning , the Florida sun can be brutal. I am going to setup a canopy over my work space next time. I tend to want to rush to get done because it gets so hot! I also have alot of pavers that I didn't have the patience to get them to level in the form. I may try with the next slab and maybe even if I do not get it the way I want , cover it up and work on it the next day. My surfaces don't have any aggrigate but when I go to do my edging it crumbles and shows the rocks. I will strive to work like you on the next ones.
🙌🙌🙌hope this helped!🙌same happened to me with the edges,,I used the pudding knife to take off the excess off of the form then edge and repeat this process multiple times until the edges are clean 🙌🤙 if the rocks are showing on the edges I would use a topping an inch or 2 on top like Sand mix/repair mortar/rapid set mortar mix 🤙 this will help with the over all finish! Good luck!
@@DiyTheGrappler so far I’ve only gotten decent edges or mostly decent using the edging tool after the misting and before the second showering. I don’t know if it’s the size of my slab or what. But even having mostly sand mix on top or around the edges it disintegrates and then still exposes the aggregate or just crumbles. If I wait til it’s moist it’s somewhat better.
@@jesslong75 awesome to hear you are making progress 🤙I'm actually in the middle of a decision to keep using edger or not🤙,,I like the edges both ways,, using a sanding stone and edger,,but leaning towards sanding stone I personally like the end product🤙 good luck 🤙your on the right path and will figure out what works best for you 🤙
Awesome! Thanks..great vid. For a 10x16' cracked patio, I am considering a dry pour top coat with sand mix over an existing pad....like 1-1.5" and pitching it down so water drains off from FL afternoon storms. I might roll on a bonding agent. Have you used the sand mix on its own or had any experience there.
Awesome 🙌 haven't used Sand mix alone,, only as a topping with Dry pour concrete 🤙 would definitely suggest following the Cajun country's method of misting until the top layer is hard before any heavy watering or using a burlap type curing method alone with adding the bonding agent your talking about 🤙 with repair mortar or rapid Set Mortar mix a bonding agent isn't required 🤙the three bigger tan colored slabs in my video are all topped with rapid Set Mortar mix 🤙been testing different toppings 🤙good luck on your project✊
My first question: It seems the last pad you did (in this video) was the best one yet. What did you use for a watering schedule. This is the first time I've seen anyone use the concrete/sand mixture. It looks great. But you never gave the time schedule for watering so the water could make it through both types of mix that you used. My second question: did the concrete under the paver pads you put in manage to get wet enough to set up? It seems to me that the pads would block the water from getting underneath them. Thanks for the videos. I was hoping to find something like what you put out to show how to fix the roughness that came with the concrete mix alone.
Appreciate the feedback
1- question answer
I would follow Cajun country's watering method👍but I mist wait an hour mist again wait another hour 3 mists =3 hours then wait until top layer is hard then I use the Burlap water curing method (using a towel)
I water 2-3 times a day (making sure towel stays wet) for 7 days (keeping the form on for 7 days to keep moisture in) after the 7 day i remove towel and continue to water for up to 28 days to help slab maximize strength 🤙
2 question
Few options water the ground or water 1st layer of Dry pour
I tried multiple variations
Now I water ground Pour dry concrete and use Burlap water curing method to hydrate dry Pour Concrete 👍
I did my first dry pour yesterday it was going perfect until I made a mistake: it was 100 degrees outside and I did not let the water from the hose run to cool down so after using hot water it created bubbles 😢 on my finish . I finished with cool water and the rest of the project kept a intact . Thank God it was only in 3 small areas but guys if you live in hot climate let water cool down first by just letting it run until is cool . When I said hot water I meant so hot it was very uncomfortable to touch 🥵
It happens you can always fix those small spots that didn't come out the greatest 🤙 on your next one try compacting to eliminate or reduce trapped air pockets in the Dry pour 🤙
Your location is a big factor, if your in a dry hot area 🙌 I would compact and use the Burlap water curing method for 3-7 days and use some form of topping whether repair mortar or Sand mix 🤙to help with smooth finish 🤙 bubbles usually caused by Air pockets being trapped under the Dry Pour after wetting they make there way to the top🤙 exact same thing happened to me on my 1st slab🤙 solved that problem with compacting and hitting the sides of the form with a rubber mallet to remove air voids in the mix🤙 good luck on your next one!
@@DiyTheGrappler thanks for the information it’s very useful because I have to do te rest of my house . This was just 9 ft long x 2 . But I still have around 200 ft to go 😋
@@robertoj8950
🤙🙌🙌
1-Leveling the ground
2-Compacting the ground
3-leveling form
4-add dry pour concrete
5-compact dry Pour Concrete(to eliminate/reduce air pockets that rise to the top)
6-use around 85%dry concrete/15%Sand mix topping or repair mortar (for smooth strong finish)you can adjust amounts but use majority dry Pour and around 1-2inches if topping for smooth finish
7-screed and fill voids (multiple times until satisfied)
8-use edger (multiple times until satisfied with finish)
9-use paint roller (in cross hatching pattern) multiple times if necessary
10-water on mist 3 to 4 times (to harden top layer)
11-use towels or blankets to put over slab(water curing for strength)and water slab for 3-7 day's(to continue the chemical reactions to strengthen the concrete
12 -leave forms on for at least 3 days to help curing process for strength
All this info you can find online 🤙 more in the wet pour field but concrete is concrete 🤙I use these methods for my slabs🤙
@@DiyTheGrappler i will try some mortar and follow your advice 😎
I'm wondering if using the higher end 5000 concrete for the base would result in better product for high stress use? Both Sakrete and Quikrete make a 5000 high strenghth product, but more expensive, but has higher ratio of fine to aggregate. Then top with your 5000 sand mix or maybe with the higher end you don't need the topper? Curious what you think about this?
I agree 🤙 these are all for a pathway /practice 🤙 but I will be Dry Pouring a driveway in the near future 🤙 definitely will be using 5000psi most likely crack resistant mix,,along with wire rebar 🤙 possibly add fiber as well 🤙
Awesome! Inspirational stuff! Thanks.
@@ehjh263 Thank you!🙌
What roller works the best for your finish?
I prefer to use 3/8 or lower 🤙 I used a half inch in the past it would pull up to much of the top🤙 🙌
How do you get the top surface so smooth?
From screeding,, sawing motion back and forth, but need to do this multiple times meaning, you screed and attempt #1 isn't good,, put more Sand mix in the spots not smooth and screed again , attempt number 2 is a little better, but not the best , put more Sand mix start from the beginning until all the way smooth, repeat filling low spots and screeding process until you are happy after use a paint roller north and south direction then East and west, this should only take one to two passes to get nice smooth finish, but if not and your not happy,you can always start over add more Sand mix topping then screed the roller, repeat process until you like the end result 🤙
@@DiyTheGrappler thanks for the information! Getting the top smooth has been a thorn in my side!!’ Great video! Thank you for the response!
@@jeannehaid5429 my pleasure! It's a super common problem! The common possible reasons are rocks in the concrete that show at the top or air pockets rising after wetting 🙌 concrete is 3 things put together
1-Rocks
2-Sand
3-cement (to glue them together)
Sand mix topping is sand and cement (no Rocks)holds 5000 psi (per sq inch)the high strength concrete most of us are using is 4000psi with this topping or Repair mortar 6000psi(Same mix sand and cement) you get a smooth finish 🤙the object is to screed and push down the Rocks to get a smooth finish 🤙 so by adding Sand mix or a strong mortar you are making it easy,,in this case you don't need to push the Rocks down,,due to there is none🤙
@@DiyTheGrappler so if I understand what you’re saying to do or that you do is that you use the regular Concrete at the bottom in the sand mix at the top?
@@jeannehaid5429 yup that's exactly what it is 🤙 dang I should have been more detailed in the video about this! 🙌
Is a puddy knife like a puddy cat....?🤔😁
Lol he mention the PhD guy who would probably not condone dry pour
He actually does 🤣🤙
Your farts caused me to leave.
🤙🤙🤙 appreciate the feedback 🤙I used to stand strong on my memes , gifs and noises,,but watched a random video recently, had a lot of memes and noises, that moment I realized how annoying it is 💯