Tiki Central / Other Crafts / MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - Quicksand Quincy
Post #814777 by MadDogMike on 01/22/2025
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Wendy you are exactly right about drying too fast causing concrete to crack! Fortunately it's not too hot now (in the 60s today). It has developed some cracks moving it but it's OK as I still need a texture coat over it that will cover any cracks. Now that the face is covered, he's approaching 200 lbs and still needs to be set up on his pedestal. So I devised a plan. Got three 24 inch pieces of steel rebar and gave them a little bend. These bars were embedded in the back, 18 inches deep through the mortar and into the solid foam. The bars will remain stuck in his back but it's against the fence and won't show. Maybe when I'm gone and someone needs to move it, they will figure out what those are for. Then built a 2x4 cradle around the base of the Moai. One 2x4 went under the chin and one under the steel bars. Suckered my neighbor into lifting one end and I got the other. It lifted perfectly and we set it on the pedestal as if I knew what I was doing LOL Up next, finish covering with wire and mortar. [ Edited by MadDogMike on 2025-01-21 19:17:18 ] |