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Post by spectrum on May 2, 2022 8:15:25 GMT 1
I hope that's not the voice of experience Not at all. As you may have seen in the other thread I use washing up liquid. But... Hands that lay concrete Are still as rough as a badgers a*** With mild green Fairy Liquid. Iam on a UK building forum there has been a lot of debate in using "Soap" as a plasticizer, the pros don't use it, it can lead to bubbles forming in your mix, which is what it is supposed to do to your dishes, but not very good for strength, the DW family where all builder's and Master Masons, never remember Fairy been put in the mix, best kept for the sink.
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Post by ibis on May 2, 2022 8:18:10 GMT 1
Not at all. As you may have seen in the other thread I use washing up liquid. But... Hands that lay concrete Are still as rough as a badgers a*** With mild green Fairy Liquid. Iam on a UK building forum there has been a lot of debate in using "Soap" as a plasticizer, the pros don't use it, it can lead to bubbles forming in your mix, which is what it is supposed to do to your dishes, but not very good for strength, the DW family where all builder's and Master Masons, never remember Fairy been put in the mix, best kept for the sink. I have tried to tell these people that.. Do they listen? No!!!
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Post by Aardvark on May 2, 2022 9:41:59 GMT 1
Perhaps the idea of using dish detergent is to somehow make use of the surfactant component. I use a very tiny percentage in my record cleaning solution. Distilled water+alcohol+surfactant. (no detergent) I'm told in simplest terms a surfactant make the water wetter.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2022 11:28:44 GMT 1
Not at all. As you may have seen in the other thread I use washing up liquid. But... Hands that lay concrete Are still as rough as a badgers a*** With mild green Fairy Liquid. Iam on a UK building forum there has been a lot of debate in using "Soap" as a plasticizer, the pros don't use it, it can lead to bubbles forming in your mix, which is what it is supposed to do to your dishes, but not very good for strength, the DW family where all builder's and Master Masons, never remember Fairy been put in the mix, best kept for the sink. That it's discussed indicates that it's an established practice in the absence of a proper plasticiser. It's better than adding more water to increase fluidity. The floor, which is a vast improvement on what was there before, will be there long after I'm gone. On my next project I'll think ahead and buy a plasticiser. I didn't this time and a squirt of fairy was the solution. Pardon the pun. Although I'm a diyer, I'm satisfied that the time care I take make up for the skills of a general builder whose aim is to make money. I'm sure the same applies to any competent diyer.
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