I am trying to mix the right quantities of sand, cement and lime to produce a 5:1:1 mix. I have 25kg bags of cement and lime. The lime (hydrated) bags are slightly bigger than the cement bags and I am having difficulties getting the right quantities to mix. Using a half bag of cement is approx 3-4 shovel loads and using a half bag of lime I get approx 4-5 shovels but I expect will be lighter than the cement since it is denser. Ideally I would like to do this by the half bag to make the mix accurate. How many shovels of the sand should I be using? Someone recommended 10 shovels to 1/2 bag of cement & 1/2 bag of lime but in volume (i.e. not weight) this doesn't seem right to get a 5:1:1 mix. Incidently I'm using a 100ltr electric mixer to mix it all up. Thanks Paul
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17 years ago