Making concrete tikis - Tiki Carving

M mieko Member San Diego Joined: May 01, 2006 Posts: 532	M mieko Posted posted on Wed, Feb 21, 2007 2:54 PM My mom does some cast concrete tikis with hypertufa, which is just a mix of portland cement, perlite and peat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertufa It makes it lighter weight than solid concrete, but is still strong. The peat can give it an organic aged look, which may or may not be what you want. Feel free to PM me if you want more info, but there is a lot of stuff on the web on it. She's done some dyeing of the concrete, but seems to prefer to add it later for her stuff, but she's looking for definition, not necessarily one solid color.

My mom does some cast concrete tikis with hypertufa, which is just a mix of portland cement, perlite and peat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertufa
It makes it lighter weight than solid concrete, but is still strong. The peat can give it an organic aged look, which may or may not be what you want.
Feel free to PM me if you want more info, but there is a lot of stuff on the web on it. She's done some dyeing of the concrete, but seems to prefer to add it later for her stuff, but she's looking for definition, not necessarily one solid color.

Post #287214 by mieko on Wed, Feb 21, 2007 2:54 PM