Water Curing Concrete Walls

Spraying water on your new concrete is one of the best and oldest ways to cure your concrete.

Water curing concrete walls.

Do spray new concrete with water. By using nozzles or sprayers water is sprayed on the concrete members which are to be cured. The material used must be kept damp during the curing period. Vertical retaining wall or plastered surfaces or concrete columns etc.

Are cured by spraying water. This is the most effective curing method for preventing mix water evaporation. Curing concrete with water prevents excessive loss of moisture as the water will create a layer for an extended period of time that can control the evaporation of moisture from the surface. There are 2 main methods of curing.

Temperature greatly affects hydration. After new concrete is poured and finished the concrete begins its curing process. Wet curing is covering the concrete with a sheet and keeping it soaked with water for 7 days. Non cured concrete is susceptible to cracking and collapses so always cure new concrete.

After some time the concrete will start the chemical reaction that will eventually harden the concrete. Curing of concrete involves keeping the concrete moist and protects against loss of moisture required for hydration cement. The best cured concrete is concrete that is cured slowly uniformly and evenly from top to bottom. Curing by spraying of water or fogging is one of the conventional methods of curing concrete in the construction industry.

Curing concrete after the casting the concrete is very important. The amount of water in concrete while it is being placed is normally more than needed for curing. The concrete is flooded ponded or mist sprayed. It can be an efficient method for curing by supplying additional moisture during hot weather.

Use coverings such as sand canvas burlap or straw that are kept continuously wet. In some cases wet coverings such as wet gunny bags hessian cloth jute matting straw etc are wrapped to vertical surface for keeping the concrete wet. One of the most common methods for curing concrete is to hose it down frequently with water five to 10 times per day or as often as you can for the first seven. Curing is the process of keeping new concrete moist so it develops its maximum strength.