Tony,
I have a friend from the Triumph club who was advocating exactly that
approach for my barn floor. Apparently it's an old trick from where he's
from (Tulsa OK area).
Since I want to be able to roll cars around on it... I need at least 3-4"
though :( It'd be simpler to do a proper job of it.
No, I'm not gonna be the guinea pig tho'
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Clark [SMTP:lotus.tony@airmail.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 10:46 AM
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Temporary Shop floors
>
>
> Matt wrote:
> . I am renting a house with an attached carport with a dirt/gravel
> >floor. It sucks
>
> A perfect application for "Soil Cement!" What you do is rent or borrow a
> powered rotary tiller and till the floor area; dirt, gravel, sand,
> whatever
> about 6 - 8 inches deep Next, till in a sack of cement for each square
> yard of floor area, mixing completely and leveling perfectly flat and
> smooth. Next, stomp wire mesh reinforcing material about a couple of
> inches
> deep into the mix. Next water it down and smooth out with extra cement
> powder sifted on the surface. Keep it damp and stay off of it for a
> couple
> of weeks 'til it's totally cured. Eureka! A smooth concrete floor and
> your landlord will be so impressed he'll reduce your rent!
>
> Let me know how it turns out . . . I want to try it as soon as I can talk
> some stooge into going first!
> :->
> Tony
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