Adding SUGAR TO CONCRETE: long-term effects.

What are the long term effects of adding small amounts of white sugar to concrete? We cycled one ounce through the hopper of our line-pump and checked back on it 30 days later:

[@treyblack9736]

I used a pound in my 47. Mixed the shit out of it. Had my inspector buddy take a sample of it, at 30 days, it broke at the same PSI as the rest. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

On this topic, I have a video coming next which which may be of GREAT interest to you 😁

[@LilPaulTheDrummerBoy]

I got stuck with line job today. 50ft of 2.5 off the boom to fill sono tubes. Concrete was an hour late, and by the time we were done it was going off pretty good. I made sure to grease all my hopper corners, and back splash to avoid sticking. I put my first sponge in, filled the 90 with water, and 1 handful of brown sugar. Also threw 2 handfuls in the hopper. Washed out in 20 minutes. My coworker who’s a 18 year veteran was blown away. I won’t leave the yard without at least 5lbs of sugar in my side box, a blow out cap, and air line. Much easier than a boom party!

[@cthompson658]

Just like dry pouring is a good thing too

[@MclovinIt-gd6xm]

You should do bentonite as well on the break test

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

That’s actually a good one as well. Best example would be to maybe just build a small form and pump the prime directly into it, then strip 7 days later. Wouldn’t require a break test to get the point across with bentonite I don’t think 😂😂😂

[@TheXzp11161]

Scaffy watching your contents from Sydney Australia, great videos

[@markhawking5153]

The topic I was waiting for on your channel! Nice! 🔥

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

So this is a bit of a prelude to next Saturday’s video. You’ll LOVE that one! 😁

[@brandonjames8771]

In Australia it doesn’t kill it, the mixes are rough it doesn’t brake down like your concrete brings the cream to top. It still goes off under the cream it’s hard

[@thatboyrobby]

I test concrete we just did this with concrete with out and concrete with recover by 28 days they should be the same depending how many oz per yard you put in

[@MuDemon2023]

Looking forward to the destruction test

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

The results were shocking. Stay tuned….

[@garlenseong38]

Keep up the good work!!!

[@garlenseong38]

You have proved that fact. Wen you took a bag full and had it on your kitchen table. And inspected it a week later

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

This video was intended to revisit the topic as we’ve got a real doozy coming up in week or two here of a similar theme (think tasty carbonated beverages) 😁😁😁

[@markbailey9384]

Man I sure miss washing out at North van Remple

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

That big water hose sure is nice for flushing the S-tube and barrels.

[@darrickissinger3932]

Brown sugar has saved my ass in the 95°F weather more then once. Im a believe in the church of sugar

[@joelmcdonald4297]

We usually just use white when we do use it

[@dannpriebe]

Same

[@MatthewSarduy33177]

who was the person who found out what sugar did to concrete when was it and why did they do it ?

[@elbatobeach]

Hey how you doing Scott,used 2 bottles 2L Coca Cola just as good on a full load 13 meters 👍

[@joelmcdonald4297]

What is the ingredient in brown sugar that makes it that much more effective

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

I honestly have no idea. I think maybe just molasses????

[@user-ng2mt2yr1t]

Hey Scott you and Dan did a sample the while back of this I remember this I don't understand why it's being brought up again when you and Dan already proved this when you guys did the brown sugar and the Coke and all that test and how many days it was like three samples you guys did of Coach brown sugar and something else there and the samples what they were like after you had those I don't understand

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

So this one was more of a response video to a good bit of feedback which I’d received (mostly through other social media platforms) from guys claiming that sugar just slows the concrete down rather than killing it completely. The point here was to show that even very smaller amounts of sugar will ruin concrete forever, and as I think we discovered with the stuff which had only a very small amount of white sugar added to it, this is not always the case. Without revealing too much, we’ve got a video coming next Saturday which takes this even on step further. The results are quite shocking, or at least to me they were. Stay tuned my friend, it will all come together and make more sense once that video has dropped. I promise 😁

[@user-el3bx5kb8h]

i would definitely use golden sugar first

[@BenBNC]

I know you know this, but a really effective way to homogenize the mix is to dissolve the sugar into some water first.

[@BenBNC]

Also if you’ve never checked out Intelligent Concrete on KZbin, you absolutely NEED to. This dudes channel is a hidden gem, and he absolutely should be brought into y’all’s concrete inner circle. He has a full series on sugar doped concrete.

[@BenBNC]

Delvo actually improves late age strength

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@BenBNC just checked it out. What a great find that channel is! So many hidden little gems on KZbin!!!

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

My only issue is that the sugar brings up the slump of the concrete so much on its own, adding additional water can sometimes get it a little too sloppy (just makes more of a splashy mess when I’m pumping out the hopper). 100% agree with what you’re saying, I’m just weird/OCD in some/many ways 😂😂😂

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@BenBNC so I’ve got a video going up in the next week at two which speaks precisely to what you’re saying. I was SHOCKED at the results.

[@jimwhite9985]

Redpath it’s Canadian that’s all that matters

[@Kricnit]

First off, you don't add it after it's mixed. You add to the water to ensure even distribution. Secondly, if you actually attempt to distribute evenly throughout the mix, it not only acts as a retarder, but it also slightly (around 4%) increases the strength of the final 28-day cure. I recently poured 8 m³ with 300 grams of sugar per 40kg bag of cement, and it's super strong and park my tractor on it every day. Very nice. If you're pouring at low temperatures, I would agree not to add sugar, but in that situation you wouldn't be adding retarder anyway, but adding an accelerator. You're wearing a jacket and i can see your breath and there's frost on the bags. 😂 Totally FOS 😂

[@marcfrancis3178]

i use delvo

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Delvo is great stuff! 👌👌👌

[@markrobinson6883]

Quite possibly the most interesting concrete pump operator in the world, experiment interesting testing parameters A Real Pumpers Pumper &Educator Pay attention pupils

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Love it Mark!!!! 😂😂😂 If yo like this one, I think you’re really going to enjoy the video we’ve got coming up next Saturday!

[@markrobinson6883]

@canadianconcretepumper1979 absolutely positively most definitely

[@markrobinson6883]

@canadianconcretepumper1979 I posted one of the monster job we have today

[@user-ng2mt2yr1t]

As a concrete finisher Scott I cannot wait for your friend that does slump inspecting testing at the concrete plant there to prove to everybody on tiktok how dumb they are and they don't know what they're talking about

[@garlenseong38]

You can even hear the difference... clearly brown super worked way better compared the the white sugar. I thot the white super was gunna be like the brown...

[@Will-ll4gv]

Ok ok we get it, sugar works please no more😂

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Next vid. we gonna try some aspartame 😂😂😂

[@victimovtalent6036]

Only 0.06% of sugar

[@user-el3bx5kb8h]

make sure you don't pee in the concrete either

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

It only slows the mud down if you’re pregnant….

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

or so I’ve heard. 😂😂😂

[@user-el3bx5kb8h]

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 LOL, I don't identify that way!! Maybe that can be your next experiment!? I think one of my guys did that one day in a wall pour, he was testing the depth and temperature of the concrete.. Not sure if it affected the concrete.. Of course my reaction was WTH r u doing.

[@user-el3bx5kb8h]

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 Must be the hormones, ig

[@user-el3bx5kb8h]

but maybe that could be the alternative, if no soda or sugar is on hand. i would like to someone else's reaction to that, you would have a perfect explanation, oh that makes sense!!

[@Dex01-Z_WingZero]

Brown sugar is better then white

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

100% agree with this statement 👌👌👌

[@dannpriebe]

​@canadianconcretepumper1979 Just to be argumentative, I might argue that the sugar to concrete ratio was higher in brown sugar bag.😅

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@dannpriebe Absolutely agree with you on this one. That be big said, I think we need to save our arguments for this Saturdays video (you know the one I’m talking about) 😂😂😂

[@fritzpak4821]

And here is the chemistry as to why Sugar kills concrete. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zmaum4dtgdapZpYsi=U_6S5KTuFxA-vCrr&t=84