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I was thinking I should ask how you got on.... Do you "hate" Sweden a bit less now? The thingy is called a "scoop"... looks like a measuring spoon from the wife's kitchen... hope you got it back before she found out... If you don't know (or can't recall) what the English is then anything is called a "wotsit", a "thingy", a "doobry", a "thingumigig", a "doofer", a -blank expression and several clicks of the fingers.... doesn't work so well as text... guess you could use [%-)]... Don't know what the North American's would call it in their language though... [:-^][:-,][swg] Hillside looks good. Why aren't you putting a base colour (mud) into the mix? Don't know what vermaculite is but gardeners use tons of it in flower pots to reduce the weight and help drainage... so we can usually get great big bags of it at garden centres. I noticed that you comment on protecting your eyes... YES DEFINITELY! IF YOU ARE BREAKING DOWN FROM A LARGES BAG OF CEMENT... WEAR GOGGLES (CHEMICAL HANDLING GRADE), NOSE/MOUTH RESPIRATOR AND GLOVES MINIMUM. CHANGE ANY CLOTHES YOU GET HOT IN STRAIGHT AWAY AS WELL. EXCESSIVE? MAYBE... THE STUFF BURNS...ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING... NO NOT WITH FLAMES... JUST A QUIET CHEMICAL BURN...WORSE THAN BAD SUNBURN IF YOU GET A BAD REACTION. IT WILL DO IT IN YOUR LUNGS AND INSIDE YOUR EYE SOCKETS BEHIND THE EYEBALL... OKAY, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT IF YOU'RE MIXING CONCRETE IN THE YARD... WELL IT IS ...BUT YOU ARE OUT DOORS AND AT SHOVEL LENGTH. CLOSE UP IT IS VICIOUS. IF YOU ARE STORING EITHER CEMENT OR THE MIX YOU NEED TO KEEP IT IN A PLASTIC TUB WITH AN AIRTIGHT LID. Personally I would keep the cement seperate and add it only when I'm working... saves any reaction in storage and wasting the other parts if the cement goes off... it has a pretty short shelf life. Don't know how much you'd notice the effect in the mix but cement has an exothermic reaction whenever it gets near any water... just moisture... INCLUDING SWEAT...so you should be getting some heat off of the mix while it is setting. Why am I doing my nut this time.... I worked (briefly) at a Blue Circle plant... the stuff nearly blinded me. Also, clearing old cement render that had not become chemically stable (in 80 years) on a hot humid day (so I sweated a lot) it took all the skin off my hands and arms. This was painful. No, I'm not accident prone, stupid or exceptionally allergic... we are used to the stuff outside in small quantities (a few grains per several cubic feet of air).. it is up close that it gets seriously personal. Oh yes, because of the reaction with water... dust as much of it off... outdoors... as possible... [and remember... Model railroads are FUN!] Has anyone tried colouring the mix? What's the life span of the finished product so far please? Does it travel well on modules or crack easily? thanks for all the help/advice here. [:D][:D][:D]
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