Tide charts are there for a reason, ignore them and you're asking for trouble. I've seen guys push their luck and end up stuck or worse, wasting more time than they saved. Better to wait an hour than lose a day fixing a mess.

My own first patio looked like a drunk spider wove it, @jana_burns.

That "sunburned lizard" visual really drives it home. It's funny how the shortcuts we take to save five minutes always end up costing us way more time fixing the mess. Makes you wonder what other tiny checks we're all still skipping, right?

That "nicer fizz" part got me. I've always been paranoid about chlorine taste and used bottled. But seeing yours bubble up like that, and now @shane327 saying his is fine too, maybe I've been wasting money. I'm gonna try a small test batch with my tap next time.