Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
Have you ever had your salt levels tested at Cantab?
Veterans just do it as a matter of course, don't they?
This Cantab.
With hard-mixed (kataneri) mortar and concrete like ours, which has a low water content, it takes a long time.
That's because there isn't much moisture, so it doesn't absorb moisture quickly, as shown in the diagram above.
Depending on the situation (like during the hot summer months), it might dry out first, preventing the moisture from rising to the surface. (The marker won't show up.)
That happens quite often.
What do you do in a situation like that?
There's a little trick to it.
If I had to put it in words, all you have to do is turn on the water, lol.
Shake the Cantab like a vibrator to get water out of it.
Doing this causes water to pool around the puncture site, allowing the Cantab to absorb it efficiently.
However, please do this immediately after inserting the Cantab, or within a few minutes.
There are actually quite a few things that are fine to just leave alone, but in the worst-case scenario, I might forget about them and only remember on my way home lol
And don't add water here!
Since this is strictly a measurement of the salt content in the prepared mortar (concrete), the measurement should be taken on test specimens or on the actual applied material.
(If it still takes too long, you could try squeezing the water out of the wet fabric really hard... lol) That's a true master's technique!
See you later.
