Operation Bahemeth Waterfall is complete 11/07 - Tiki Carving

M McTiki Member Sunny Florida Joined: Aug 22, 2004 Posts: 1962	M McTiki Posted posted on Tue, Sep 27, 2005 4:31 PM Ok here's what I got so far. I'm about 4 hours of labor away from applying the water sealant/stain. The base coat on diamond wire is portland. Two layers of stucco/sand mix over the Portland. I can stand on it now. 8 ft wide by 7 ft tall. Two falls. Top one is 14" bottom weir is 17" wide. I will dig and finish the pond once stained. Pre- tubed for the 1" Polytube to be fed by an 1100 GPH Pump. The brown concrete stain was rejected after the application and will be overcome by Straight stucco color and then the sand color stain and accents (black & green). Worth saving $6,000.00 to do it yourself! After test firing the pump using water from a wheelbarrow, The top falls passed with an A+ and the bottom fall getting a D- So I had to reshape the bottom weir to jeteson the water outward and in a uniform sheet. The sound was awesome even though the bottom weir was just running the water down the underbelly of the fall. Capotiki, your wallpaper brush technique is the shizzle! It looks real and there is no evidence of trowel in the material at all. Thanks man. One more test firing and hopefully, we can move on to color and the pond below. Whew! Many Mahaloz 10/31 We have a full pass on both fall now! Time to move on P.S. Thanks CapoTiki!!! Mahalo Waterfall done!!! Some minor tinting and highlights are required, but, for the mostpart, I can move on to the pond beneath it! My 11 yr old Wahine helped alot with the mud and painting of it. = Trooper in 90 degree + heat etc. Mahalo I am bumping the GPH to above 1200 GPH for mor uniform flow! McTiki [ Edited by: McTiki 2005-11-08 14:16 ]

Ok here's what I got so far. I'm about 4 hours of labor away from applying the water sealant/stain. The base coat on diamond wire is portland. Two layers of stucco/sand mix over the Portland. I can stand on it now. 8 ft wide by 7 ft tall. Two falls. Top one is 14" bottom weir is 17" wide. I will dig and finish the pond once stained. Pre- tubed for the 1" Polytube to be fed by an 1100 GPH Pump. The brown concrete stain was rejected after the application and will be overcome by Straight stucco color and then the sand color stain and accents (black & green). Worth saving $6,000.00 to do it yourself!

After test firing the pump using water from a wheelbarrow, The top falls passed with an A+ and the bottom fall getting a D- So I had to reshape the bottom weir to jeteson the water outward and in a uniform sheet. The sound was awesome even though the bottom weir was just running the water down the underbelly of the fall.