Natural marble – the material is durable, beautiful and very expensive. Although, in my opinion, not perfect, if you make, say, kitchen countertops from it. Have you ever read the rules for caring surfaces? It says that color drinks spilled on them, such as red wine, must be wiped immediately. Marble has a porous structure and, even being polished, absorbs natural dyes almost instantly. But because of its popularity, craftsmen with the help of brushes, colors and ingenuity learned to make beautiful “tricks”: they draw marble veins on wood, plaster, drywall and other surfaces. Not all the columns that are in the palaces and estates are made of marble! Why don’t we use such developments to make a chic countertop or a home sink for ourselves? Moreover, the main material for their manufacture – cement – is in every construction store. The sink and countertop is not a trinket! In the house, you can’t do without them for several hours and many times less finances than on natural marble products, you will get exclusive things for the home. We make a “marble” sink for a bathroom from a white cement to make a bathroom sink itself made of artificial marble, you don’t need a lot of mind. The technology is simple, and the materials are available and inexpensive. Homemade “marble” sink. Photo from the Masterskaya Po Izgotovleniyu channel form for filling the shape of a form for filling a magic cement mixture will be needed by two plastic basins. You need to choose them so that one is inserted into the other. For example, a large basin with a diameter of 40 cm, and a small pelvis-36 cm. They will cost you 300-400 rubles. apiece. For the manufacture of the form you will need two plastic basins. Photo from the Masterskaya Po Izgotovleniu channel will be a small pelvis from below – we will cover it with large on top. To make the inner surface of the sink even, remove the rim at the bottom of the small basin. It is easy to polish with a boiler with a petal disk. We polish the rim, making the outer surface of the small basin flat. Photo from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniyu channel after work by a grinder does not interfere with walking on the pelvis with sandpaper P180. If there are no grinder at hand, the rim can be carefully cut off with an assembly knife, and small irregularities can be removed manually with a skin. Now we cut out the bottom of the large (in our case, the upper) pelvis with a clerical knife. We cut the bottom at the large pelvis. Photo from the Masterskaya Po Izgotovleniyu channel in the bottom of the small pelvis, we drill a hole – and insert a plumbing sleeve for a future drain pipe with a diameter of 40 mm. So that the solution does not stick to the shape (pelvis) and the sleeve, rub them with a dishwasher or liquid soap. We wipe the surface of the form with a detergent. Photo from the Masterskaya Po Izgotovleniyu channel, the lower basin from the inside must be supported by something so that the solution does not bend it. A plastic bucket is ideal for this. We collect the form on an even base (on the table, plywood or fiberboard). Cover the small basin with a large basin and fix the upper pelvis with screws around the perimeter. We fasten the large pelvis with screws so that the shape does not sail when pouring the solution. Photo from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniyu channel preparation of cement mortar to knead the solution of 10-20 liters. The mixture for filling the sink is made of 5 kg of white cement and 5 kg of sand of a small fraction (better – quartz), that is, in a proportion of 1: 1. We knead cement with sand in a proportion of one to one. Photo from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniyu channel take a large wooden spoon and mix the sand with cement to get the most homogeneous mixture. If it is not possible to immediately prevent the entire volume of bulk materials, take the second container and pour them in parts from one to another. Perhaps the mixer nozzle on the drill is also useful. Only large turns should not be given so as not to dust much. Pour water and knead the solution. The photo from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniu channel is left to the second basement for half the mixture. It will need to be prepared absolutely according to the same scheme that I will describe now. It’s just that 10 liters of the solution are easier to stir and paint correctly than 20. According to the instructions, the proportion of a dry cement mixture and liquid is also 1: 1. Pour water and knead the solution with a large wooden spoon or plastic spatula. When it looks like a thick sour cream, we add the waterproofing supplement to concrete. Its number must be calculated according to the manufacturer’s instructions, it is on the package. The result was a solution, the consistency of which is similar to liquid sour cream. Photo from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniyu channel we continue to knead the solution, pouring water to achieve the consistency of a thick, but fluid, similar to sour cream of 15%fat content. How to make marble paces on our “marble” sink will be brown. We cast a slightly finished solution into a small container and add brown dye. We cast a little solution into a small container and add the dye to it. Photos from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniyu channel Pigments for building mixtures (gypsum, concrete) are also on sale. The most common and inexpensive of them is iron sword. In the Ruschim, 1 kg of Iron Zurik costs about 152 rubles. If you buy a coloring pigment for concrete in Leroy Merlin, then a jar of 0.5 kg will cost you about 650 rubles. Now imagine how many manufacturers weld! We knead the pigment in a small container. The color should be close to chocolate. Stir the dye thoroughly until a homogeneous mixture/paint is obtained. Photo from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniyu channel in a spiral pour the painted solution into a basin with the rest so that it becomes noticeable. We make chaotic movements with a spoon, slightly accelerating the paint along the white solution so that the pattern appears. This underpassed paint will subsequently give a marble effect. In the main solution, brown veins were obtained. The photo from the Masterskaya Po Izgotovleniyu channel is diluted and tinted in the same way. The casting is sinking the solution in a fixed shape. Pour the solution into the mold. Photo from the Masterskaya Po Izgotovleniu channel, we will align the solution on top. Then, tapping the shape in a circle, we drive out evil spirits that strive to make bubbles that are frozen in stone. Ideally, it is necessary to pour a form on the vibrostol, but it makes sense to make it if you begin to make products for sale. We align the solution with a trowel. Photos from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniyu channel are waiting for the solution that the solution freezes (look in the instructions on a pack of cement). Then we dismantle the shape: unscrew the screws that fix the upper basin, gently punch it with a spatula, separating the upper part of the form from the casting. Gently separate the shape from the casting. Photo from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniu channel manifested the marble effect perfectly on the sides, and the surface turned out to be smooth. Now we turn the casting and take out the lower basin. Inside, the marble effect also manifested well. The casting is extracted from the form, the marble effect has manifested. Photo from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniyu channel We delete the plum sleeve. Along the edge of a cast product, you need to walk with a small sandpaper with grain P180 in order to smooth out irregularities. Let’s go with a skin along the edge. Photo from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniu channel Final Shagite, we plunge the blank for the sink into the water and leave it to soak for 5-7 days. This is necessary that the process of polymerization of cement is stable and more uniform. Wark sink in the sink. Photo from the Canalalamasterskaya PO Izgotovleniyu after such soaking give the workpiece to dry for 2-3 days. It remains to cover the workpiece with acrylic resin, and the sink is ready – it can be installed in place. After prolonged soaking – dry. We cover the workpiece with acrylic resin. Photo from the Masterskaya PO Izgotovleniyu channel options for execution is only one of the options for manufacturing a sink – from white cement. In fact, you can use the usual cement and sand concrete M300. On the next slide, I have collected some interesting ideas that can be realized with my own hands. Shells for every taste and color. Photo with Pinterest, note that some of them are integrated into countertops. Those can also be done with your own hands. Only it is better not to immediately take large volumes, such as a kitchen countertop, but start with the manufacture of a surface for a coffee table. The “marble” countertop for the coffee table with the same time of the manufacture of “marble” countertops is similar to the described above. Homemade “marble” countertop. Photo from the Modustrial Maker channel when casting a countertop also needs a shape. Laminated chipboard is ideal for her. We collect the shape with a height of about 60-70 mm in screws, we smear the joints with sealant. We also cover the shape of the from the inside with a dishwasher or liquid soap. The form for filling the countertop is made of laminated chipboard. The photo from the Modustrial Maker channel is kneading the white sequence with small quartz sand in a 1: 1 proportion in different containers, the resulting mixtures are diluted with water also in a ratio of 1: 1 and tint the gray or brown tint to make solutions of varying degrees of color saturation. The first layer is pouring solutions of different shade by about half a height of the shape and make chaotic stains. Pour multi -colored solutions, make stains. Photo from the Modustrial Maker channel, but the second layer must be reinforced so that the countertop does not crack. For large countertops, metal rods are used, as for concrete foundations. In our case, they will be replaced by a fiberglass mixed in a cement solution. We knead into a solution of fiberglass for filling the second layer. The photo from the Modustrial Maker channel is filled with the second layer and immerse two squares of extruded polystyrene or foam foam into the solution. We insert two squares from the foam. Photo from the Modustrial Maker channel so that it does not pop up in a liquid solution, we fasten several boards onto the screws over the shape. We fasten a few boards on top of the shape with screws. They will keep the polystyrene in the solution. Photo from the Modustritrial Maker channel leave the countertop to dry for several days under the “fur coat” of polyethylene. After drying, the polystyrene foam is removed from the casting. Thanks to these inserts, the countertop will be easier. We remove the polystyrene foam from the workpiece after the solution dries. Photo from the Modustrial Maker channel The surface of the countertop now needs to be fed with sandpaper with grain P400. Then we cover it with three layers of varnish on stone/concrete. After drying it, we put a cement plate on the prepared ground. We cover the countertop varnish on stone/concrete. Photo from the Modustritrial Maker channel, having made such a coffee table, you will understand whether it is worth swinging, for example, to a large countertop for the kitchen. It’s great that concrete products can be arranged with a great imagination! Options for the decor of concrete countertops. Photos with Pinterest can leave a natural type of concrete, add pieces of colored glass or ceramics to it, paint under copper or wood. Sometimes forms for filling are made from OSP or branded wood, and then the concrete canvas repeats their texture. It must be understood that such products are quite heavy, so immediately think about what forces you will install them in the right places. In addition, such shells and countertops cannot be cleaned with abrasive materials and household chemicals with acids. And you also need to periodically update the lacquered coating. But it seems to me that it is still cool to have such a thing in the house. I know that seven-year-olds are fond of concrete crafts, and I want to know: would they repeat such a master class? Read also:
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