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Too much water in cement?

Im trying to level my floor with self levelling cement. I know its supposed to be runny but i may have put too much water on it. Unfortunately i already dumped it on the floor. Will it eventually dry up.

Answer:

maybe. at best you will probably have a solid concrete layer with a layer of water over it. the concrete will not be smooth. you may be able to sop up the excess water and smooth the concrete before it cures.
it will crumble, there's a fine line the level-quikor whatever brand, should be mixed to resemble a pancake batter like consistency, it finds its own level.
Yes it will dry up just trowel it as smooth as you can and let it set up over night
If you added too much it will flake when you step on it. If this is the case it won't be any fun to remove, but it will come up easy and you can start again.
Pro is correct. I have a cement floor in my garage which was undermined by woodchucks years ago and finally fell through in places. Rather than bust up, remove and replace all the rest of the floor, I used the self leveling material to fill in the holes. It's been several years now and it still looks good and seems fine load wise. As he says, just trowel it off after an hour or so, as smoothly as possible and then let it set and do it's job.

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