Tarp Cement Mixer — Handy Hint from The Family Handyman

Tarp Cement Mixer

I needed to pour a cement pad for a brick mailbox I was building. One of my neighbors, a retired

I needed to pour a cement pad for a brick mailbox I was edifice. One of my neighbors, a retired stonemason, offered to assist and his first instruction was to render the cement mixer I had rented. He had an easier way, using two people, a vi x 6-ft. heavy-duty tarp with rope handles at each corner and a water bucket.

Here's how information technology works: Pour a bag of cement in the centre of the tarp, make a crater in the center, and then add the recommended amount of water. Each person grabs ii tarp corners, like they're going to fold it up. Lift one corner of the tarp at a time going in 1 direction, like you're doing "the wave" at a football game game. Mixing a bag only takes a minute or ii. Cascade the cement right from the tarp into the class and start a new bag. Using eight bags of cement, my pad was mixed and poured in less than an hour including washing the tools and tarp. It took me nearly that long to rent and return the mixer I was going to use! — Travis Dunford

Originally Published: Oct 24, 2017

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