From large cobblestones, stepper garden tracks and holiday sites are folded. However, to find or buy such a stone is not so simple or excessively expensive, so it is easier to simulate it with concrete. It is not difficult, and the result will exceed all expectations.
Materials:
- cement;
- sand;
- Small crushed stone;
- water;
- plasticizer;
- Dye for concrete.
Process of manufacturing imitation
To simulate flat cobblestones, you need to prepare a form. It is done under each stone separately from flexible, but a fairly rigid tape. The width of the tape should be at least 5-6 cm. In its quality, strips from old window blinds will fit. You can simply cut on the ribbon trimming of linoleum and other similar material. The edges of the bands are connected in the rings in the stapler or glue with scotch tape, tape. Rings are made of improper shape of different sizes, and laid out on the prepared surface with a gap 5-10 cm.
Then they are fixed with heels from the wire.
Next is preparing a concrete for the substrate and stacked on the bottom of the form.
Need a thick mixture. It includes sand, cement, water, also does not hurt rubble. It is desirable to add a plasticizer for paving slabs, which will increase the plasticity of the composition, as well as strength, density and frost resistance after it is frozen. You can not bother with proportions, you can immediately buy a ready-made mixture for screed in bags and breed it with water. On top of the substrate, the second, but already painted portion of concrete without rubble. It must first wash off without a dye, and then add paint and stir unevenly to get a divorce.
Leaving the concrete on the side of the form, it is necessary to create a relief under the stone. To do this, it is leveled with hands through a crumpled trash can. Then you need to enhance the shape in a circle to roundate the edges of the concrete.
After 30-60 minutes, the form is removed. The surface of the simulation is loaded in water with a tight bristle with a tight bristle. It lines the contours of concrete with paint, give it the necessary realistic. If you want to make a stone even more unusual, then some sections can be squeezed with different color, for example, yellow or brown, if the main color is black.
The next 5 days you need to make imitation with water so that cement is firmly grabbed and the stone has not cracked. After that, the seams between the cobblestones must be filled with rubble. It is desirable to paint the concrete with a protective composition. It will prevent squeezing and give a light glitter of a wet stone.
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