Do cement based products have an expiry date?
Cementitious products are subject to ageing and can deteriorate with time. However, the ‘best before’ dates for these products are not to be consider hard and fast rules. Generally speaking, quick setting products last for six months while normal setting products have a shelf life of twelve to eighteen months. After this period material might begin to deteriorate and there will be a reduction in product technical performance. Mechanical strength will decline, Drying times will be longer.
