I have half a bag od mortar which has been lying around for a few years. I needed to use some so made it up and got it used quickly, just in time to see it go off! Now I know that old mixes do go off like a shot, but assuming the mix is still soft when used, is the strength compromised?
Old mortar mix
May 08, 2009
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yes, very much so.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)" saying something like:
And how. I made the mistake of using some old cement in a non-important wall-chase filling. When it had dried out, it just crumbled away like sand. Utterly useless.
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