How To Repair A Chip On Concrete. #handyman #concreterepair #howto #diy #driveway

Use a bonding agent on the surface first. Then add in 2 part sand 1 part cement.

Lay tape on ground to square off the repair area. Then dampen the repair area and apply product. Smoothen it out using trowel. Finish with sponge 🧽 .

You just forgot bonding

Years of experience with this ones. They ALWAYS recrack. Just seal the little cracks aroun the concrete chip with sealant and broadcast sand over it. Keep the patch flexible. In order for the concrete patch to work, you would have to eliminate all friction of the wood, rebar or next slab. Otherwise you have to cutout a bigger piece, ad rebar and install real concrete with big aggregate.

Probably the best patch for longevity is

-to clean the existing concrete with some water, vacuum loose debris
-use concrete bonder and brush on the existing clean area: this acts as a glue between the new and old concrete
-lastly would be add a few concrete screws and drive them into the existing concrete, so when the new patch is poured the screws will be driving into the existing concrete as well. OR if the patch is big enough, drill out holes big enough to use some small pieces of rebar.

It’s a lot of extra steps, but for longevity it’s worth it.

Looks great

How did we find the good comment section? Amazing!

Where's the adhesive

Yes

Nice job!

You should put 1 or to nail attached in the concrete to create armature . It will last longer

I am not a professional either. All i would have done different is use a adhesive paint before adding the quickcrete fast setting that was it would bond together and not fall out later. It looked good , but unfortunately it won't last . You done good though with what you had.

How much did you charge for something like this? Just a general range would be fine

Terrible… just a waste of time, way to wet, no binder, didn’t clean the area. Need I continue

So basically you just used Portland c3ment

Should have also used a cement bonding adhesive so it doesn't crack / chip away again.

You shouldve done two things from my humble experience:
1. Cut a rectangle a little to distribute the load later on.
2. Binding agent.

You Should have used a bonding agent to bond the new concrete to the old

Why it dark

I watch a vid,they put little Stones,Walter with adhesive and of course concrete.😁

Thinset has binding agents and elastomers to grip and flex

Concrete is like dehydrated stone therefore apply a bonding agent beforehand to the concrete gives the cement something to stick onto.
Otherwise spray the area where the new cement will be applied with a bit of water.
This helps the cement that will shrink slightly as it’s drying to adhere to the water molecules as the cement gets harder.

I'm not in the US, but isn't Quickcrete just a brand name? They sell all sorts of different mixes, and most of them probably aren't actually quick-setting. If you just grab the first bag you see with the Quickcrete logo on it you might have a bad time.

Put duck tape around it best you can and when peel it up it will look like a “bandaid” even if its not perfectly square looks better then that. Also if gonna smeae it that big and make eye sore use color hardner!

That will be 500$ mam 😂

What does cement you're gonna coat first

like some people said make sure you add glue bonding agent to the crack before you pour also to make the edge look nicer use an edging tool and use a trowel to smooth out the surface and work it in because it has to be smooth finish like the rest of the garage

this is going to crack again haha

This comment section is like a conundrum, I'm loving it!

Sour cream and yogurt consistency is the best advice I ever got regarding mixing mud

Another tip is to add some acrylic glue after cleaning the area where concrete will be repaired that way you will get better adhesion

No rebar?

There is a chemical you are supposed to treat the area of concrete with you wanna patch it's supposed to make it stick good otherwise it just ends as a waste.

This is like putting a block of concrete on top of another block of concrete. You need bonding agent to act like a glue.

You'r mistake is you should moisten the existing cement after cleaning it out concrete adhesive helps too.imho

Looks great i have done it with self leveling caulking big one, since it is a cold joint ,some said drilling thats fine but drill bits wear out and sometimes drilling thru concrete is hard or not recommended if post tension. So caulking and epoxy paint upgraded and more work nice finish 😊

Never stay latch is always a patch

that is an expansion joint. nice job.

It still will pop out during the next freeze.

Next time make sure to add cement bonding

Remove all dust and debris from the chipped piece and the void then use Krazy glue on the chipped piece, place in the void and press down firmly. Thank me later.

Should've painted hole with concrete polymer bonding agent aka milk ..and mix a little in cement too but at minimum paint the exisiting concrete of the hole receiving the new concrete ... Sika 1000 is great also

Use tape for the endges to remove easier

I want to know what happened with the real jalapeño

Damn bro, looks like you should eat out less often yourself.

Portland

As a concrete guy...it's interesting the crack was located abutting the expansion joint. Most likely improper installation and cracking will continue to occur near the joint. This can happen when expansion joints are set in wet Concrete (meaning the contractor was lazy) instead of pouring a section, letting it dry then return the next day to nail expansion joint to side face of new concrete then pour again

Never gon look at sour cream the same 😊

Not a quality repair... But you can fool the homeowner into thinking so long enough for the check to clear. It's gonna look very bad compared to the rest of the nice trowled concrete.

"cautious when driving into the garage"...as apposed to doing donuts and hoping the front end?

One solution is to not use superglue and ramen