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Learned the hard way: never trust a pre-mixed mortar that's been sitting on a pallet all winter
Picked up 40 bags from a supplier outside Nashville last month. First job of the spring, thought I was saving time. Mixed the first batch and it was full of hard lumps. Had to dump half the bag and sift the rest. Ended up spending 3 hours double handling my mix. Called the supplier and they said the pallet must have gotten wet. No refund. Back to mixing my own from dry ingredients. Anyone else dealt with this or am I just unlucky?
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tyler_white4214d ago
Yeah that's brutal honestly. I mean you think you're being smart buying in bulk over the winter and then spring hits and it's all ruined. I've had similar stuff happen with bags of concrete that got snow on them at the hardware store and they just shrug it off like it's no big deal. The lumpy mix is the worst because you can't even just throw it away without feeling like you wasted money. Mixing from scratch is slower but at least you know exactly what you're getting into.
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xena_fisher4914d ago
I get what you're saying about mixing from scratch being slower but more reliable, though concrete and mortar are actually pretty different animals in what they need. Pre-mixed mortar sitting through winter is definitely asking for trouble with all that moisture cycling in and out.
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