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Old 02-04-2008, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by alcland1 View Post
This is good to know. I would think the lime stone had a chemical reaction and i would also say depending on the location of some quarries stone dust may have a % of lime in it. Would this be why ICPI wants us all to use mason sand?
Not mason sand, washed concrete sand. Mason sand is too fine for bedding. ICPI has always said no stone dust due to the moisture retention, but I have never heard of the corrosion issue as seen above.
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