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BetterMud is the solution to common concrete problems.

BetterMud stops moisture vapor transmission problems and helps reduce shrinkage cracking, cracking at cold joints, coating failure & delamination.

Stop working so hard!

Reduce the effects of poor finishing practices.

BetterMud was born out of adversity, adversity that anyone who works in the concrete industry faces every day. Concrete, as we all have been told, has a mind of its own, until now! Quit fighting regular concrete and get BetterMud!

Seeing is believing! Experience the quality, peace of mind and freedom that extra finishing time and waterproof concrete can give you by using BetterMud.

"I've been finishing concrete since 1979, and I've never seen anything like it!"
-Kermit Brown, Journeyman Concrete Finisher

We can ensure quality on your project - one yard at a time

We work with contractors in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio, Texas. Call or text us at 704-408-6211 to get started.

What if Bettermud could…

  • Extend the travel time in a concrete truck by an hour?

  • Give your concrete finishers an extra hour to work on the concrete without worrying that the retarder will wear off all at once, as is the case with most retarders, leaving finishers no time to complete their job properly?

  • Substantially reduce plastic shrinkage cracking?

  • Substantially reduce cracks associated with cold joints?

  • Waterproof your concrete internally, from the inside out, eliminating the need for ugly spray applied curing agents?

  • Reduce the number of concrete finishers because your finishers don’t have to struggle to keep up with the concrete as it sets up?

  • Eliminate the need for “air-entrainment” in concrete, which is unstable in the mix design and usually gets “beaten out of the concrete” when concrete is over-finished?

  • Stabilize Texas and Florida limestone aggregates using BetterMud’s proprietary Aggregate Stabilizer TechnologyTM? BetterMud’s Aggregate StabilizerTM waterproofs and densifies limestone aggregates, preventing the limestone from sucking the water out of the mix design.

UNBELIEVABLE TRUE STORY

The concrete business is tough, especially when the heat is on…the heat of hydration that is! In this short video, Tony Davis tells about his firsthand experience with BetterMud.

Tony’s concrete truck was batched at 1:05 pm and did not get placed until 4:15 to 4:30. The slab did not get finished until 5:30 pm. The temperature was in the low 60s.

The contractor had ordered 9 yards too much. Tony hauled the extra concrete to another location after it had been sitting in Tony's truck for 3 hours. This concrete was used to pour a footing which was not placed and finished until 6:15 pm.

One of the questions that BetterMud gets on a regular basis from concrete plants is “will your BetterMud product hurt our concrete trucks?” Watch Mr. Davis clean his truck after five and a half hours with no problems.

BetterMud is inexpensive insurance against preventable concrete problems, truck delays and poor finishing techniques.

 

  • BetterMud is much easier to pump and place, while giving you a superior finish.

  • BetterMud is waterproof concrete.

  • BetterMud cures internally, so contractors don’t have to use ugly spray applied curing agents or worry that they have been applied properly.

  • BetterMud creates more grout at the surface. BetterMud’s grout is noticeably superior, creamy and sticks together enhancing broom or slick finishes.

  • BetterMud substantially reduces moisture vapor transmission in concrete.

  • Coating, mastic and adhesive failures are rare when using BetterMud.

  • BetterMud means less work because finishers are not fighting the concrete because the product gives them more time. Unlike retarders, which hold the concrete, then all of a sudden the concrete tightens up so fast that workers can’t finish the concrete, BetterMud tightens up at a consistent rate that finishers understand. Typically, finishers will experience an extra half hour to an hour more of finishing time using BetterMud.

  • Plastic shrinkage cracks are substantially reduced using BetterMud and Spray-On BetterMud as a finishing aid.

  • Cracking at cold joints is substantially reduced using BetterMud

  • Dusting concrete is practically eliminated using BetterMud.

  • BetterMud cleanup on tools and equipment is noticeably faster. Cleanup for concrete pumps, laser screeds, as well as drums and chutes on concrete trucks takes half the time of normal concrete.

  • BetterMud steadily cleans the insides of the drums on concrete trucks. Drivers have reported seeing long pieces of concrete turn loose from their blades a few days after hauling BetterMud. Concrete that had been in the drum for months comes loose and the drivers can see remnants of old concrete come out along with new concrete as they wash their drums out.