Self levelling compound. A bit naff

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ordered 20 bags of bond it level master standard. Got my mate round today to mix up continuously while I did the pour and trowel. I recommend the average depth is 3-5mm. The stuff starts going off quickly - recons 30 mins pour time. Found it tricky to keep the "wet edge" as the kitchen is quite a long and wide expanse. So at times I was pouring against an edge that wasn't so liquid but the spike roller helped blend it in. Did the whole lot in about 40 mins but was a couple of bags short. Never fear, I had been given some other levelling compound by a mate- level it top which was 4 months out of date but had apparently been stored properly. Now this last 2sqm is a disaster. The new stuff covering approx 45sqm is ok. A mm off here and there but ok for tiling. The older stuff still is wet, some 3 hours after it recons it can accept foot traffic and the edges that are drying look like lizard skin. That'll have to come up I bet. Balls.
 
Yep, you're right..... It is hard now :whistle:

I also know why the edges of this small portion are cracked up like lizard skin as the rest is fine. I bet it was the spiked roller mixing in the good new stuff that set very quickly with the old stuff that took an age. The little bits of new stuff would have set in the still liquid old sh1t causing this effect. But still feels rock hard and stuck like spunk to a bath.
 

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