MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - 6 ft Concrete Moai Done! - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11103	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Tue, Nov 8, 2011 6:26 PM Wendy, Chris & Linda - thank you so much. Linda, I think hot glue might be too thick. The rubber cement held OK, now to see if it releases when I unmold. Wendy I'm glad you told me about the cement:sand ratio in mortar mix, I didn't know. So instead of mortar mix, I took half a bag of concrete and screened out the largest gravel. I mixed it and poured enough to surround, but not cover the tiles. I could still see them to make sure they didn't shift around while vibrating the bubbles out of the concrete. I let it set for about an hour then mixed up the rest of the concrete (un-screened) and poured it over the other concrete. I think I'll give it 2 days to harden and unmold it on Thursday, we'll see what happens :D

Wendy, Chris & Linda - thank you so much. Linda, I think hot glue might be too thick. The rubber cement held OK, now to see if it releases when I unmold. Wendy I'm glad you told me about the cement:sand ratio in mortar mix, I didn't know. So instead of mortar mix, I took half a bag of concrete and screened out the largest gravel. I mixed it and poured enough to surround, but not cover the tiles. I could still see them to make sure they didn't shift around while vibrating the bubbles out of the concrete.

I let it set for about an hour then mixed up the rest of the concrete (un-screened) and poured it over the other concrete.

I think I'll give it 2 days to harden and unmold it on Thursday, we'll see what happens :D

Post #613282 by MadDogMike on Tue, Nov 8, 2011 6:26 PM