Washed concrete. What is the blind area and the decorative façade of foundation

In one article I promised to show it looks like a decorative surface of the blind area around the foundation in more detail. Otmostka flooded by "Washed Concrete" technology (natural gravel from the surface). Here is the photo:

Otmostka insulated and non-removable formwork made in one color and texture. The concrete is added brown pigment.

As I bathed her, which layers of materials and with the help of which reached such a surface - read here

About fill decorative plates for permanent shuttering also been a number of reviews.

Water-wetted surface shows all the texture and color. Later need to cover all the wear-resistant polyurethane varnish.

The difference to the surface without the effect of "wet stone" is obvious.

After a winter in concrete stood out efflorescence. They need a special tool to remove or grind grinder with a plastic nozzle to wash away the dust and cover with polyurethane varnish. Then will appear the effect of "wet stone". Polyurethane varnish is also a wear-resistant coating.

A few photos of the current process:

I decided to test the resistance of the pigment, which are added to concrete. Spread with water and covered the drainage element in a brown tone. Left, will be watching whether the rains will wash away the pigment. Although they cover the surface of decorators fences. So, it should stay.

This experiment is doing that's what. If you want to highlight a fence posts - exterior paint is not suitable. She will paint and the surface of gravel. A pigment after coating with a wet sponge overwrite - gravel becomes clean. But it is absorbed into the pores of the concrete, prokrashivaya it at some depth. I think that will hold.

He estimated at the time that all 20 shapes (blocks for the fence) I do not have time to clean up in one night. I decided not to risk and 6 forms filled without concrete setting retarder. I pull them out forms on the third day. It turns out that it's related products. I get this result:

The calculation was correct. Stacked on time only 14 forms. All time 20 forms for decorative blocks will only be filled at weekends.

On account of the total volume of the casting decorative blocks for this part of the fence were thought which share the following articles. Maybe it will not be long and laborious.

On the third day of the workshop delivered units:

This partition blocks are not load-bearing walls in the house. Thickness 200 mm. At a minimum, the lower ranks. You say that it is too large thickness of the walls! The thicker and denser the material - the better the sound insulation. Especially, the concrete strip width of 200 mm on the foundation-plate already flooded.

Workshop made of greenhouses - in the evening. Sometimes linger late into the night, with the lighting extends the operating time. Happy with closed doors on a sunny day there is hot, which is very good for concrete - he quickly grasp and gaining more strength. During the day you open the doors on both sides and becomes a comfortable temperature.

It never interferes rain. In general, the concept of a greenhouse used instead shed or barn was the best wood.

Brought to the village of old tape time student (even a cassette). But radio is needed from him. There was no power cord and antenna. By the broken-off piece of wire soldered antenna that came to hand, and some computer power cord. Now there is background music.

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