Shower Floor Deck Mud from Base Coat Stucco
Bill Carson
article. The author, Michael Byrne, describes how to build good deck mud.
Link:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010802230226/http://www.jlconline.com/jlc/archi
ve/kitchen/mortarbed_showers/page4.html#TheSecrettoGoodDeckMud
Rather than mixing 4-6 parts sharp sand with 1 part portland cement, can I
just substitute Quikrete Base Coat Stucco or their Mason Mix. I have a few
bags left over.
Thanks for your help
Bill
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Deck mud is made the way it's made for a reason/s. It contains no
lime. Lime in a mortar mix makes it sticky and gooey. Deck mud needs
to pack like wet beach sand when set, which makes it so much easier to
float an even slope to the drain. Thereby providing an even surface
for the tile isntall. Thereby making it possible for one to set the
tile over fresh mud. Thereby forming an extremely strong finished
product. You can use the leftover stuff if you'd like but I wouldn't.
Put another way.. Hell you spent $20 or more on the book to advise
you how to do it right in the first place. Read the chapter
thoroughly and Byrne explains the reasons for "deck mud". Quit trying
to save a damn buck and do it right.
Bill Carson
all my projects, you're also welcome to tell me how many "damn bucks" to
spend. lol
If I weren't trying to do it right, I wouldn't have asked.
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> ...Quit trying to save a damn buck and do it right.
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If you're pre-floating and you set up screeds as Byrne shows for a
mortar bed floor to enabvlwe you to get it pretty even, and not mix
that pre-bagged mortar too wet you'll probably be okay with using the
leftover stuff. As I said I set over fresh deck mud so sand/cement is
the #1 choice for me.