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How To Mix Cement
By Leeanne Utiger
Maybe you have some gardening projects you would like to accomplish and need to know how to mix cement. This article will tell you how you too can mix cement in your very own home without having to order it in by the truck load already mixed for you. We all know that you can buy in pre mixed cement at a price. It is often much better when you learn how to do things for yourself, such as being able to mix cement. Once your chosen task is complete you will be left with a sense of satisfaction that you learned how to and did it all yourself, even down to being able to mix your cement yourself.
Cement is actually the binding element in concrete and mortar, so when we speak of mixing cement, we are talking about just mixing cement, we are talking about mixing cement with concrete and mortar to make a substance of consistency suitable for holding things in place. Like brickwork, posts and even for paving.
I am going to tell you how you can mix cement without the use of a cement mixer, although using a cement mixer is a lot easier and less tiring on you. so if you want to learn how to mix cement, keep reading.
You will need a bucket, your cement mix and some sand. You should place in the bucket 6 parts sand to 1 part cement. You need to mix this together until you see an even color throughout your bucket. This will mean you have mixed the sand and the cement evenly. If you find using a bucket is too small or inconvenient, try mixing the cement up on a large plastic sheet that you will not have to use for anything of importance again.
Fill a bucket up with some water and add a small amount of washing liquid. This helps to aid as a plasterer. Once you have mixed your cement and sand together forming a mortar, you will then have to make a mound out of it leaving a hollow in the middle. Add a little amount of water, not too much or the cement mix will simply turn into a runny slushy mess. Working inwards from the outside of the cement mix mound turn the mix over into the water. Continue to do this until all of the water you have added has been soaked up into the cement mix. Repeat this procedure with the cement mix and the water until your cement mix resembles something of consistency that will pour smoothly and not run everywhere. If your cement mix seems to be too slushy, simply add a little more cement mix without any further sand to bring more consistency back into the final mix. If the final cement mix looks to hard, lumpy or dry, simply add a little more water and repeat the mixing process. Use your common sense really when it comes to deciding whether your final cement mix is a good consistency or not.
A finished cement mix will generally last about 3 hours. Once the cement is poured it can take up to 3 days to set fully and successfully.
Now that you have learned how to make cement mix, there is no excuse why you cannot undertake those tasks around the house and in the garden. You will be surprised at what you can achieve with a little bit of cement placed here and there. Turn your yard and garden space into something to be admired and then stand back and relish in the thought that you did it all by yourself, even down to mixing your own cement mix.
Happy mixing!
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