How I Completely Botched a Dry Pour Concrete Slab

[@janekeller222]

This isn’t a fail at all it looks great!

[@DIYMaverick]

Thanks! It seems to be holding up well so far.

[@Pallidus_Rider]

It has a very rustic look to it. Well done lad. 👍

[@DIYMaverick]

Thanks!

[@markprater1]

I like that credo:"A lazy man works twice as hard..."

[@Nessal83]

So what happened? Did you not water it enough to begin with or did you not smooth the top enough before you started to water?

[@DIYMaverick]

For dry pouring, I believe you use mortar mix on the top layer to get a smooth finish (no gravel in the mix). I used the gravel mix throughout, so I ended up with pitting on the surface no matter how smooth I tried to get it - I wish I would have put that in the video. Good question.

[@MikelMcdaniel]

​​@@DIYMaverick I made the same mistake yesterday! If you don't want to buy 2 mixes, you can also strain out the larger pebbles and use that to fill in spots before the last screed. Thanks for posting! I'm gonna look into that mix you used to patch 😅

[@DIYMaverick]

That's a great idea!

[@renee2005]

Thanks for sharing 🥰

[@stormshandmadekreations]

You still did a really good job.😉

[@DIYMaverick]

Thank you @stormshandmadekreations! It's a learning curve. I'm better for it now:)

[@mcied1]

Were you painting it afterwards?

[@DIYMaverick]

Yeah, I had some concrete paint sitting around and I thought it would help.

[@oliviawitherspoon5588]

You did everything but twerk on that concrete project…🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DIYMaverick]

I would if I could, lol.

[@waynesmith9765]

Not a bad film except for the stupid part.

[@DIYMaverick]

I know what part, lol.

[@IlRockettaroPazzo]

Don't worry, that's far from lasting forever, you'll have a chance to make it again from scratch in a couple of years or less