Tikis #2 & #3 Carved from AAC Block - Tiki Carving

E ekm Member Joined: Aug 02, 2004 Posts: 1	E ekm Posted posted on Mon, Aug 2, 2004 3:17 PM I dont know if I am doing this right but here goes. I am a friend of Aarons and he has asked me to post some information I have on the AAC. Two of you picked up the free blocks I had in my back yard. Enjoy. I have found that watercolor and acrylic paint work well on this material. And you can age the colors by simply scraping away some of the area you painted. There is also a product out there that will react chemically with cement but I dont know how it will work with AAC because the chemical compound for AAC is different than regular cement, but it might worth a try. It's an acid stain for cement. I would speak with the mfr's of both the AAC and the acid stain to be sure you dont cause an explosion or meltdown of some sort. To see what acid stain can do to regular cement, see this site: http://www.kemiko.com/photo_gallery.htm#

I dont know if I am doing this right but here goes.
I am a friend of Aarons and he has asked me to post some information I have on the AAC. Two of you picked up the free blocks I had in my back yard. Enjoy.
I have found that watercolor and acrylic paint work well on this material. And you can age the colors by simply scraping away some of the area you painted.
There is also a product out there that will react chemically with cement but I dont know how it will work with AAC because the chemical compound for AAC is different than regular cement, but it might worth a try. It's an acid stain for cement. I would speak with the mfr's of both the AAC and the acid stain to be sure you dont cause an explosion or meltdown of some sort.
To see what acid stain can do to regular cement, see this site:

http://www.kemiko.com/photo_gallery.htm#

Post #105800 by ekm on Mon, Aug 2, 2004 3:17 PM