I tried using white Portland cement and buff sand, but as you can see in my photo, the results are atrocious. I added some dry cement pigment to try to get a match and it just didn’t work. I ...

Wait 24 to 48 hours for the cement to dry completely, and pull your mushrooms out of the sand by their stems (the twigs). Paint them in your favorite hues, dotting on the white spots with a sponge.

MAKUENI, Kenya — On a dry riverbed one recent sunny morning, residents of Kasengela village toiled away mixing cement and sand to make concrete. The sound of their shovels resonated through the ...

Concrete is a dry mixture of cement and some type of aggregate, usually sand and gravel. Cement, when it is mixed with water, becomes the adhesive that holds the aggregate particles together.

MAKUENI, Kenya (AP) — On a dry riverbed one recent sunny morning, residents of Kasengela village toiled away mixing cement and sand to make concrete. The sound of their shovels resonated through ...

While the cement paste can be sticky and bond well to the sand and gravel, once it’s dry it can be worn off with normal foot traffic and regular rainfall. Pressure washing a pigmented concrete ...