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Ready To Pour
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Re: Ready To Pour
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Re: Ready To Pour
Hay gen that looks fun man. I've done loads of pours and that looks more fun than a 5 meter wall coming of a dead wall.I don't really know but I beleive the secret is in the polishing.Looks sweat man more power to you.Keep the pics coming.
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Re: Ready To Pour
What is your form made of? From the pics, it almost looks like plexiglass.
Very nice.
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Re: Ready To Pour
ahhhh pouring.
Doesnt plexi add alot to your materials? I always use 3/4" melamine. I can usually get two pours out of one sheet by just flipping it over. And Buddy Rhodes products!!?!?! You must have money to burn.
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Re: Ready To Pour
our 3/4 is a bit cheaper than melamine, that 1/16'' mat on top is ptlg, the finish that it produces cant be compared to mellamine, its glass, with beautiful movement, the buddy containers are from our early days. we still have containers around the shop. G
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Re: Ready To Pour
Keep the pics coming! I know NOTHING about concrete countertops. And would love to learn.
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Re: Ready To Pour
Well besides the fact that they're made of concrete.
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Re: Ready To Pour
I heard that about the finish. NEver tried it though.
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Re: Ready To Pour
its a plastic sheetgood, 4x8, plastic coke bottles are made of this, it actually measures more like 1/32. i may have a letter or 2 mixed up, we have been using this about a year now for our smooth pours. i will confirm its full name and lettering.
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Re: Ready To Pour
That explains why at first glance I thought you had water in the bottom of the form.
![]() Looks good, G please post the progress pics. |
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So the bottom of your pour will become the top after it sets?
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Re: Ready To Pour
yes, that is one way , i often use this technique, pouring in the shop allows greater control, and your bottom surface becomes the finished top. we also do cast in place. which is poured on site, on top of finished cabinets, that technique requires us to finish the top side of the pour.
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Re: Ready To Pour
Do you use a pre mix concrete? I was thinking about trying it for my in home project this fall.
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Re: Ready To Pour
Sweet stuff man!
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Re: Ready To PourQuote:
Unless youre going to be manufacturing them full time quikcrete is the way to go.
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Re: Ready To Pour
i agree , we mix our own, and use sakrete 5000, sakrete also makes a crack resistant that is 4000 psi, it will also work for you.
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Re: Ready To Pour
Is there a standard text on concrete countertop fabrication? Is there a place online that is generally agreed to be the most economical source for finishing supplies? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like most of the work is the polishing and finishing, and the actual form making and pouring is a skill most guys probably already have.
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Re: Ready To PourQuote:
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