Monday, April 27, 2009

Fireplace Surround Progress

Here are the finishing steps and the current progress;
1. Strip the forms
2. Thick slurry coat to fill the large bug holes
3. Quick grind 50 grit through 200 grit (about 30 minutes)
4. Light slurry coat
5. Quick grind quick grind 200 grit through 400 grit (about 30 minutes)
6. Spot slurry as places that are still low
7. Finish grind at 400 grit (about 30 minutes)
8. Seal and wax
9. Lightly rub with steel wool to remove the shine
Really this project hasn't taken much time or money. The mold only took a few hours to build and get in place. The concrete was 6 bags of quikcrete at $4.50 each, 3 gallons of latex at $10 each, $10 worth of pigment, and about $10 for reinforcing steel. The concrete placement only took about 4 hours from buying the materials to setting up, placing, and clean up. The real cost was the dry grinding setup since most people are against wet grinding in their living rooms. Although if you are planning on two or more project, the speed and cleanliness of the dry setup is well worth the money.

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