Cover The Concrete With Plastic Sheets

Curing concrete with plastic sheeting requires covering all exposed areas of the concrete as soon as possible without damaging the concrete finish.

Cover the concrete with plastic sheets.

Use bricks boulders or stakes to hold the plastic in place and keep small animals out. In cold weather plastic clad concrete curing blankets are often used to protect the surface from snow and insulate the concrete from freezing. Another method to prevent discoloration is to place dry straw directly onto the concrete then put the plastic on top of it. However there are some precautions need to be exercised when this method is used.

The sheets should be in close contact. A plastic polyethylene covering retains moisture in the concrete and improves temperature control. Wet the concrete then place the plastic sheeting over it. One of the most effective materials to guard against rain is plastic sheeting visqueen.

Plastic sheeting can permanently discolor concrete. Adverse weather conditions such as rain snow or freezing temperatures often make it necessary to protect concrete by covering it. Curing compounds are chemical products usually sprayed directly over the concrete surface and allowing it to dry. Lap joint should be minimum 300 mm between the sheets.

Curing concrete with plastic sheeting requires covering all exposed areas of the concrete as soon as possible without damaging the concrete finish. It is a common misconception that concrete cures by drying out like a pie crust that hardens as it. When plastic sheeting is used over flat surfaces such as pavements or slabs it should extend beyond the edges of the slab by a length of at least twice the thickness of the slab.