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  2. Decorative concrete - Wikipedia

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    Color is achieved by using dry shakes, color hardeners, powder or liquid releases, integral colors, or acid stains. All these products may be combined to create even more intricate designs. Stamped concrete may be used on driveways, patios, commercial roads and parking lots and even interior floors.

  3. Cement render - Wikipedia

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    Cement render or cement plaster is the application of a mortar mix of sand and cement, (optionally lime) and water to brick, concrete, stone, or mud brick. It is often textured, colored, or painted after application. It is generally used on exterior walls but can be used to feature an interior wall. [1]

  4. Sand - Wikipedia

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    Mortar: Sand is mixed with masonry cement or Portland cement and lime to be used in masonry construction. Paint: Mixing sand with paint produces a textured finish for walls and ceilings or non-slip floor surfaces. Railroads: Engine drivers and rail transit operators use sand to improve the traction of wheels on the rails.

  5. Mortar (masonry) - Wikipedia

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    Mortar holding weathered bricks. Mortar is a workable paste which hardens to bind building blocks such as stones, bricks, and concrete masonry units, to fill and seal the irregular gaps between them, spread the weight of them evenly, and sometimes to add decorative colours or patterns to masonry walls.

  6. Roman concrete - Wikipedia

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    For structural mortars, he recommended pozzolana (pulvis puteolanus in Latin), the volcanic sand from the beds of Pozzuoli, which are brownish-yellow-gray in colour in that area around Naples, and reddish-brown near Rome. Vitruvius specifies a ratio of 1 part lime to 3 parts pozzolana for mortar used in buildings and a 1:2 ratio for underwater ...

  7. Types of concrete - Wikipedia

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    Typically, a batch of concrete can be made by using 1 part Portland cement, 2 parts dry sand, 3 parts dry stone, 1/2 part water. The parts are in terms of weight – not volume. For example, 1-cubic-foot (0.028 m 3 ) of concrete would be made using 22 lb (10.0 kg) cement, 10 lb (4.5 kg) water, 41 lb (19 kg) dry sand, 70 lb (32 kg) dry stone (1/ ...

  8. Lime mortar - Wikipedia

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    To test the mix as one is making it, one can use a trowel, or pat the mortar with one's hand to see how much moisture and "cream" come to the surface. Remember to thoroughly wet the brick prior to using lime mortar. Old brick can be extremely porous, a 4-pound (1.8 kg) brick can hold a 1 imperial pint (0.57 L) of water.

  9. Silver sand - Wikipedia

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    Silver sand is a fine white sand used in gardening. [1] [2] It consists largely of quartz particles that are not coated with iron oxides. Iron oxides colour sand from yellows to rich browns. Silver sand is also used as a constituent of mortar for laying light coloured pavers.

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