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doh! understand now. How well did the plexi come up? Did you lose any detail? Would love to see some pictures.
why didn't youjust cast the copper guy in?
Alla we pull, unscrew or loosen the inside corners after the set or a few hours later so if there is swelling it won't push on the concrete.
We spritz and cover with poly and blankets. Then sometimes (depending on whether or not we used melamine for inside corners of the forms) I will pour water over the concrete next day, re-cover with poly and blankets, but turn the blankets off. This…
Alla, do you add moisture to your slabs when using the power blanket or just place them over and walk away?
so do you consider covering with poly at night enough to keep hydration going? or do you add water before covering? When I spritz and cover I get marks where the ploy is touching the concrete. So I started covering with wet blankets which seemed to…
I haven't seen any change (not for the better, anyways) when we heated slabs over the weekend, rather than just overnight. The surface ends up being easier to grind, which is never a good thing. Also depends on how hot your blankets get - I use extr…
Alla: my eclypse works out to 3%.
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- At 9:08am on March 24, 2010,
CounterKulture said… - The aggs we use dry out fast in our bins with drain holes drilled in it. Our sands are super dirty and we rinse several times weighing the before and after and guessing a bit. Any ideas on how to dry the sand?
- At 8:49am on March 24, 2010,
CounterKulture said…
- Are you getting some sand with the 3/16th Agg or is it straight agg? Is it easier to clean the aggs after crushing in the mixer? That is how we are doing it right now and it works quite well.
- At 8:23am on March 24, 2010,
CounterKulture said…
- Are you crushing glass yet. Just curious after seeing the prices from ASG.
- At 3:46pm on February 9, 2010,
CounterKulture said…
- We buy our glass from our local plant which is cheap... but I would like to have it separated into different colors. I would prefer to wash the bottles before crushing as it is really hard to wash the glass sand and get it to dry out.
- At 5:03pm on September 23, 2009,
Jeff Osborne said… - Hey bro, to tell the truth this was a prototype for a tile store. I first wanted to see how well my mold would release and all that stuff. My future cast will have built in flange or what ever it takes for the particular job. in the pic it' s sealed with gloss eap and looked kick ass until i rolled anti-skid eap on shower floor. I must have applied to thick because it looks like shit. All milky, should have tested that theory first. ended up having to wet polish with fucking 50 grit to get that shit off, it's bomb proof with the anti-skid additive in it. looks pretty fucked now. going to paste over entire floor tomorrow and see what that looks like. sorry for rambling, later.
- At 10:31pm on September 17, 2009,
Ryan Waxman said… - On my silicone molds, smooth on one step release. On mdf sink plugs i coat with fiber glass resin, and then also smooth-on one step. Release agent help but its not totally necessary. Melamine needs no release agent, It wont bond to anything plastic or polished stainless steel. IT will bond to wood and metal, so those need to be coated. If you use wood rails for countertop forms tape them off with stucco tape, the smooth red plastic tape.
- At 7:38pm on September 17, 2009,
Ryan Waxman said…
- I am in Durango, Colorado. I have a flat rate shipping on the samples if you buy through the web site.
You can email me your shipping address and tell me what you want and i can customize an invoice for you. stonevesselsink@gmail.com Also i can get really good rates on freight so if the order is large enough i can look into this. I am shipping 700 lbs across the country right now for about $250.
- At 5:36pm on September 17, 2009,
Ryan Waxman said…
- I am letting folks know I have a small web site set up to sell samples of ceramic cement, calling it Bombercrete. For large orders you can just call me and i can arrange however much you need. I am suggesting people start with the Premix, I am selling it pretty cheap and its the easiest to work with.
www.bombercrete.com
- At 8:29am on August 12, 2009,
Mandala Design said… - regarding your question, get to know the baby jesus and that may improve your chances. I am still trying to figure the shit out myself.
- At 4:52pm on July 28, 2009,
Ryan Waxman said…
- Everything i know about it i learned from bob and mark, they seamed to be more helpful then kinloch. I think it needs to be heated in microwave or cut with MEK. ITs definitely challenging at first. Ph. 970-385-4044.
I am still at two coats most of the time. I lay a 5-6 mils down, sand with 100 micron, then lay a thin coat 1 mil, then a 15 micron to buff off any dust bunnys.
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