The Cement Solution Story

A “Simple Solution for an everyday problem.”  

How can I quickly mix a batch of ready mix concrete without making a big mess?

As the inventor of the Reusable Concrete Mixing Bag, I had this same problem. 

My wife wanted a clothes line in the back yard of our new home.  I hate clothes lines!  As a kid I remember running through a neighbor’s back yard at night and catching a clothesline “neck high”.  As I was looking up at        (Photo: Cement Solution Birthplace)  the stars, (flat on my back), I swore I’d “never put one of those things in my yard”.

I talked my wife into letting me install a single pole “umbrella type” outdoor clothes dryer.  She agreed.  Yahoo! I had just cut my work time in half since now I only had to dig one hole and mix one bag of ready mix concrete.

I drove to my local hardware store and purchased the umbrella type clothes pole and a bag of ready mix concrete.

NOW THE PROBLEM.

I dug a hole and was ready to mix the concrete when I remembered that my neighbor had borrowed my wheel barrow and he was out of town on vacation.  The only bucket I had available was “under the kitchen sink”. (I wasn’t about to use THAT one!)  How was I going to mix this bag of ready mix concrete quickly and without making a big mess?

At the time, I was employed as a warehouse manager and I remembered that I used extra heavy duty plastic shipping bags for packaging bulky items.  These bags were 6 mils thick and were puncture resistant.  With a bag in hand, less than five minutes later, my concrete mixing job was completely done!  And best of all… I had nothing to clean up.  Boy was I excited!

Two weeks later, using one of our “prototype” Concrete Mixing Bags, I helped my brother install a basketball goal for his grandson.  We mixed and poured six 80 lb bags of ready mix concrete, in less than 30 minutes!  My brother said, “WOW!  No Bucket – No Tools – No Mess!”  

Amazing! We had the JOB DONE, in under 30 minutes and there was absolutely Nothing to Cleanup!

And that is the story of how The Cement Solution Company began.

The Cement Solution Company has taken an idea that was a simple solution to an everyday problem and turned it into a helpful, time saving product. The Reusable Concrete Mixing Bag is distributed through the leading Hardware and home centers, nationwide!  Ask for it by name.