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Used calcium chloride on a cold pour last week and the surface crumbled in 3 days
I figured it would speed up the set but the finish went brittle and started flaking off, has anyone else had bad luck with accelerators in damp weather?
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jesse_barnes374mo ago
In my experience calcium chloride can be real touchy with cold damp conditions. You might have overshot the dosage a bit, or the moisture just trapped the salts near the surface. Your mileage may vary but I've had better luck with non-chloride accelerators in wet weather, they're a little more forgiving.
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matthew_owens94mo ago
Learned that lesson the hard way too, guess I paid for the faster set with a crumbly driveway.
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