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Old Posted Apr 11, 2006, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Le1000
The more water is in the concrete the longer it will take for it to dry, but it will not affect the solidity of it. The drying process will ‘cause the water molecules to evaporate because the concrete is made of tiny crytals which prevent it from bonding with the water. The only issue I can see with pouring concrete in the rain is that the water droplets might dent the smooth surface.
Yeah the longer is takes to cure(not dry) that better the different compenents bond.

Queetz: Concrete gets poured under water all the time and cures...why would some rain stop it?
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