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Old 10/29/2006, 10:55 AM
Rhodophyta Rhodophyta is offline
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Originally posted by ROR
Has anyone used calcium chloride in their mix as an accelerator?
Yes, at aragocrete workshops an accelerator is a good idea since the rocks generally would have to be transported home within hours. If you are making the rocks at home outside in cold weather, it could be useful too but I haven't used it that way yet.

A latex fortifier is something I've tried the last couple times and it is now an essential IMO. You get very little crumbling and reduced excess alkalinity to neutralize or to leach away.