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Old 03-24-2008, 05:10 AM
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I made a few batches up about a month ago and should be almost cured. The smaller pieces I put in the toilet tanks in the house (several 100% wc's daily), the larger ones in a plastic tub I used the 1 cement 3 salt 1 sand mix and am very happy with the result. My only regrets are I couldnt get the white cement, and I think smaller salt pellets would have been better. Will post some pics tomorrow. They aren't anything fancy, just base rock.
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Old 03-24-2008, 05:19 AM
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For salt try the local farm feed store. They have bags with a nice size crystal for adding to feed troughs I think.
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Old 03-24-2008, 05:38 AM
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I'm not so "sold" on the adding salt idea...From what I have read, it can greatly weaken the integrity of the cement...but that can be overcome by adding other items into the mixture. Other thing about salt, is that it needs to be "boiled" out of the MMLR (well...not quite boiled...but up over 130 F).

Since I am planning on making 1 fairly large structure...I would have no way to boil something that big
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