04-28-2024, 09:13 AM
to Saudi Arabia. This is because maritime or beach sand is coarser than desert sand. Coarse sand is needed in construction which effectively makes desert sand completely useless.
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TIL that Australia actually exports sand
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04-28-2024, 12:38 PM
PSA FYI; Ocean beach sand should not be used for construction because the salt in the sand will cause any steel reinforcing to rust and fail and the salt will also lead to failure of mortar if ocean beach sand is used to make mortar for bricklaying or stucco.
04-28-2024, 02:16 PM
(04-28-2024, 09:13 AM)Replying to DawgSong to Saudi Arabia. This is because maritime or beach sand is coarser than desert sand. Coarse sand is needed in construction which effectively makes desert sand completely useless. Paging TyTy. You got a big glamorless, thankless job ahead of you!
"But, we didn't come up here to take shots. We came up here to throw 'em." - Kirby Smart 11/13/2021
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