Furniture made of concrete - brutal homemade

Despite the fact that today you can buy or order any furniture, many prefer an independent production of furnishings. Most often, the furniture is made of wood (solid wood, panels, waste), which has been repeatedly commented on the portal, but today we will focus on another versatile material - concrete.

The use of concrete in the manufacture of furniture

Typically associated with concrete foundation beams, ties, staircases and the like massive products which are subjected to high loads during operation. Initially produced only concrete garden furniture, but today it is successfully used for home furnishing. The most common solid food, which not only molded countertop, but also partitions. However, there are concrete kitchen island, with portals sinks for bathrooms, coffee tables, consoles and shelves. Such furniture is manufactured as an entirely of concrete, and in combination with wood or other materials.

Composition of the solution is selected, based on the application, but in most cases this cement sand mix (DSP) with the addition of plasticizers. Depending on the desired result, is also added various fillers fines - gravel, granite, crushed marble, serpentine and others. In larger products, such as table tops or console necessarily use a metal mesh or reinforcing cage (metallic or composite).

Formwork for casting make any of smooth sheet materials (plywood, laminated plywood, laminate, chipboard), any of the boards, but for better stripping board covered with a thick plastic film.

There are two ways of casting - forward and reverse, in the first case, the formwork assembled on site, and fill the top will face in the second - the form is collected and poured separately when installing the bottom becomes on horseback. When the reverse pouring easier to achieve a smooth surface and to reduce the complexity of finishing.

To counter tops, especially with concrete as sinks, nice look, they repel moisture and are not damaged in During operation, the concrete repeatedly sanded and treated with a special compound - and reinforcers hydrophobizing.

As is the case with polished floors this refinement allows to show structure impart gloss and significantly improve surface abrasion resistance.

Personal experience

On our portal the theme concrete furniture a few years ago opened DobermaxThey were to share molding technology cantilevered tops for computer table.

Dobermax (User FORUMHOUSE):

In one corner of the apartment was an old, battered table, and I just had to rehearse with the concrete, and I decided to create a concrete countertop. Assembled shuttering, reinforcement in the wall, bound and filled.

To fill the craftsman used a standard DSP, rough leveling compound for floors and self-leveling floor finish. Armature fiberglass, 4 mm thick, the wall "is drowned" by 8 cm (as enough drill bits), the frame is associated with a step of 15 cm.

First filled base of a DSP (peskobeton without filler), to avoid having to align a finishing layer over the filled peskobeton leveling compound. After removal of the polished surface, primed and pasted along the edge of the polyurethane molding to several mm above the surface.

He is not only protected from edge chipping and households from the rather sharp edge, but also simplified the fill finish composition. Since "Nalyvaiko" already tinted and with a pronounced gloss, additional manipulations with worktop not required.

After the "trials of the pen" Dobermax poured concrete has a universal console "sill-table-bed" and something like a bar.

Dobermax:

The bottom line is that the concrete "floating" in the air, being very durable and reliable. Technology is original, but not a lot of torment: formwork, reinforcement, casting, grinding, finishing. I like the result.

The theme has been asked, and merged into the discussion, and other connoisseurs of concrete homemade. Dmitrich069 initially planned to use with the coarse aggregate concrete pouring for kitchen countertops (thickness 50 mm), but the result is stopped on a conventional DSP.

After solidification ground and polished surface.

Dmitrich069 (User FORUMHOUSE):

Turbo cup, grain 00, need for rough handling of concrete. Very large grains of diamond, the slightest awkward movement, and the pit depth of 1-2 mm. I have so happened, when unscrewing the cover for a vacuum cleaner, was a deep hole on the disc in the form of a semicircle. Then you need to close the pores - cement and water (1/2) and polishing grains 50. Further soft rubber wheels knitting (bug), grain 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000.

Craftsman advises first completely sanded concrete (with regulation Bulgarian, 3000-3500 rpm), and after hardener soak and polish, as after impregnation even small risks are not cleaned.

And one more thing - the sand must be free of clay and always sifted through a fine sieve, or when sanding foreign matter simply tears, and left the sink.

To remove the shell and traces of diamond cups, I had to take off all the hardened layer, re-sanded and polished bakelite circle (in three sets with a hardener).

After impregnation hydrophobizator concrete color became richer.

Council members from the theme - compliance with the protective layer of the reinforcing cage, if it is less than 2 cm, can go cracks. Furthermore, it is desirable to prevent cracking nevertheless add gravel or other stone filler.

Is on the forum, and an example of the execution of a concrete countertop with a sink for the bathroom.

Anrushka1 (Participant FORUMHOUSE):

Washing of concrete, sand, gravel and cement, decorative pebbles seen from above, I regret that little added them. Formwork I made, reinforced, filled, when dried - polishing rough circle, then flexible "bugs." As the finish is lacquered for outdoor use, as also regretted regular nail after prolonged exposure to water begins to shine blue highlights. It was necessary to cover the polyurethane.

Craftsman first major surface polished with grinder rigid circle after sander, hand held remote zone. For the future Anrushka1 It advises all these hands to handle the zone until the concrete has not completely grasped and grinder - only frozen. As for the fine grinding, it is necessary to purchase a number of "turtles".

Anrushka1:

It is necessary to take from the smaller grain and priority, you must use all jump only after 800 and that is not much, will ruin the bug quickly. They are also less than 1500, 2000, 3000, but since I covered with varnish, I had the latest by 1000.

After washing poured coffee table with the addition of black pigment assembled formwork boards of 25 mm thick plywood bottom and all wrapped in film. Subsequently, grinding and polishing, the middle - toughened glass and lighting.

Machr filled first countertop beneath the sink, with the addition of white cement and coil polished diamond wheels.

You can make your kitchen island has no inclusions - plain gray concrete. To reduce the weight of a bit at a thickness of 10 cm, internally used Epps (5 cm). Reinforced welded mesh 50 × 50 mm, the edges of said fiberglass rods 8 mm in stiffeners paved metal rods (8 mm).

Machr (User FORUMHOUSE):

Island flooded without white cement - it was necessary to create just the gray surface. Sand used washed and screened, bagged, but next time I will take only a fine, dry mixes. Even in the sand across the coarse particles, which at the time of grinding flew. I add a little plasticizer. Circles polished with diamond grit (grain 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, 6000).

After polishing the surface became a mirror, but as could not find special impregnation deep penetration for concrete, used nail polish. After varnishing gloss virtually disappeared, with plans to buy all the special composition, although moisture worktop and now does not absorb as oil splashes falling on the concrete in the cooking process.

While our craftsmen, mainly produced concrete countertops for kitchen and bathroom, the technology can also be used to create other furniture items. It could be coffee tables, shelves, various shelves.

Members of the forum to take advantage of expertise or focus on more conventional materials - a private matter, but the fact that this furniture is the place to be - fact.

All the nuances manufacture of concrete countertops and sinks - in the subject line "Concrete table in red", A lot of interesting ideas and lively discussion the use of concrete as the primary finishing material - in the subject line of concrete interiors. Another selection of the topic - concrete non-standard applications. So beautiful it was not only at home but also in the area, you can take advantage of technology printed concrete. In the video - the house monolithic opilkobetona.

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