the floor leveling that wasn't
i laid down the floor leveling today. unfortunately, home depot doesn't carry the stuff i wanted and i ended up getting this quick-set stuff. turns out this stuff starts setting before it finds its level. GAH! what a waste! no matter what i did i couldn't get it to smooth out. a minute after pouring the stuff, if i poked a section of the poured area with the squeegee, the impression would stay and harden that way.
i tried putting down a second layer to smooth things out a bit, but i just made it worse. things also ended up a bit thicker than they should be. we tried adding more water to the mixture to make it a little more runny, but that didn't seem to help. i'm trying to decide now whether to track down of the better mixtures that spend hours finding their level, or rip this up and start from scratch or what.