It provides much better adhesion and curing of the patch.
Patching holes concrete wall.
I considered a lot of options.
If your aim is to make the wall look better a smooth surface is also easier to paint.
If the cracks are on the smaller side use premixed cement for the patch.
If you have a wet dry vacuum this is a great place to use it.
Whether you need to fill a medium hole crack or break red devil 0641 premixed concrete patch can be a fairly good pick.
Patching such holes is a necessary part of keeping your concrete foundation wall in good repair.
If the wall has a hole repair it the same way.
Don t skimp on cost.
Fully fill the crack with the mix and scrape the edges with the trowel the crate a smooth surface.
A typical concrete patch compound that you can use for interior purposes.
Concrete is usually enough to bind together minor wall damage.
As the concrete dries use either brooms or brushes to duplicate the pattern on the original wall.
This is important as most concrete products shrink as they cure and you want to prevent that as much as possible.
If the cracks or holes don t take up the majority of the block or extend to more than a few blocks try using concrete to fill in the damage.
Patch smaller cracks or holes with concrete.
The guys at home depot had a lot of fun lamenting the fact that the hole existed to begin with and then suggested that i build a mold on one side of the wall and fill it in with a pour of concrete.
After hearing that i seriously considered just gluing a piece of plywood over it and calling it a day.