Now i know, I remembered the MythBusters episode where they bury two pigs in concrete, I think it’s the one with Jimmy Hoffa, that will definitely discourage anyone from living in the apartments.
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PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 5 months agoSugar will completely eliminate concrete’s ability to cure. A single pound of sugar can destroy an entire truck of wet cement.
Not that I’m advocating for it. But it’s laughably easy to sneak onto a site with a hardhat, safety boots and a vest, and sabotage active construction.
BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 5 months ago
Damn. I didn’t knew that so I did some quick research and found out, that mixing in 1% of sugar can completely stop the forming of concrete.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Neat: fritzpak.com/is-sugar-a-good-concrete-retarder/
Although I’m unsure about the pound of sugar to entire cement truck claim.
ironeagl@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Yeah, a cement truck is like 45,000 lbs of concrete, which is .002%. Apparently .06% will delay setting by 90 minutes, so it’s more like 30 pounds?