"Rubbing" Concrete Foundation

[Davey4000]

Part of my garage foundation walls are exposed inside. What is the best cement product to fill in the foundation wall tie holes and patch some minor honeycombing? A sand mix or non shrink grout perhaps? I will be painting them after smoothing the finish.

 

[PAToyota]

Regular mortar would work. A nice thing to do is use "block filler" primer - thick goopy stuff. Really seals the pores of the block up and give a nice smooth finish to the paint.

 

[swgray]

Part of my garage foundation walls are exposed inside. What is the best cement product to fill in the foundation wall tie holes and patch some minor honeycombing? A sand mix or non shrink grout perhaps? I will be painting them after smoothing the finish.

Is this a poured concrete foundation? Sounds like it.

When I did the drywall on my garage ceiling, I feathered the compound down the concret walls about a foot. Contemplated coating all the walls to fill the little voids. I gave that thought up as it seemed rather pointless. Afterall its a garage.

Since this is inside your house (I guess), I would use drywall compound. No sanding necessary, just damp sponge. Hasn't been a problem for me, and I'm sure the temperature extremes are worse in my unheated garage than in your house. I've actually had frost on my inside walls.

 

[brownbagg]

for rubbing concrete, cement and water, adding a little lime will make it creamy. keep a water bottle close to keep temping the mix