Cleaning Up While the Stone Cures

While the stone is curing, you can clean up your mixing bucket. Don’t clean and then pour into your plumbing system because it is, after all, a form of cement, and it can really gum up the works. You can allow it to set up and then break it out of the bucket later, but I always found this to be difficult. My favorite way to clean my buckets is to fill them with water and let them soak for a good long time. The concrete will settle to the bottom but won’t harden, you’ll be able to pour off the water, and you can wipe the sand and grit out of the bottom with rags or paper towels. Works like a charm!