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    How long do I have to work with the quickcrete before it starts to harden and become unworkable?

    I'm doing the first step in a shower shower stall, creating the sloped base on my concrete floor in the basement.

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    I've done little slabs before for stoops and what not, but I'm afraid to get it all looking nice with a nice slope it might take me a while, and for the life of me I can't find info on how long I can work with it. HELP
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    My google search tells me the regular type and not the fast setting type has a working time of 60 minutes....read here Quikrete 80 lb. Concrete Mix-110180 - The Home Depot
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    You will have about an hour to work it. I like to add a little portland cement to it to make more workable and stronger. Cut a 2x4 a lenght to fit between drain and edge to screet with then use a mag float to smooth then a steel trowel.
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    If you buy the 80 lb bags you better be built stout as an ox. Made that mistake once. Nothing but 40 pounders for me. Lol
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    Thanks guys. That home depot link is the first place where I seen 60 minute working time documented anywhere. It's not even on the bag
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    Concreteman is right on. I like to add a shovel of Portland cement to each 80 pound bag for added strength, on a shower floor I would go even stronger with the Portland cement.....maybe two shovels. Working time is about one hour but you will feel it getting hot as your working time nears the end.
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    Easy peasy. Took less than 45 minutes, and done!

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    so easy even a gewber can do it
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    I used 63 80 lb bags to do a walkway. Couldn't get a truck close to it and cheaper too. Mixed 2 bags at a time in a wheel barrow.

    I replaced the bathroom vanity in my house. The new vanity was the same size but wouldn't fit in the hole in the floor. I used the quick set Sac Crete to fill the hole. Barely had enough time to work it in before heating up and hardening.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slab View Post
    I'm doing the first step in a shower shower stall, creating the sloped base on my concrete floor in the basement.

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    HELP
    Where in Florida do you have a BASEMENT??????? .
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