Diy Concrete Sink Bowl

If you missed that post on how i stained my concrete floors you can check that out how i painted and stained my concrete floors.

Diy concrete sink bowl.

Mix concrete fill your mold. You don t want any spaces in the concrete. Making a large hole as in the above 2 sink options greatly increases the overall weakness of the concrete piece and stress cracks are common around sinks. Mix the concrete so it is about.

Spray your mold with cooking oil and set aside. I made an outdoor concrete sink and rustic vanity so i could wash my hands before coming in the house after doing some yard work or working on the house. Easy to make concrete bowls and planters. 14 diameter 6 5 depth 1 5 concrete thickness our expressions ltd line of dpm durable polymer molds molds are made of thick industrial grade smooth virgin abs plas.

Using a sink mold sold here you can place the mold as part of your form work and pour the sink as part of the countertop this is a great option for overall strength of the concrete. I did two coats of stain sanding with 220 grit sand paper between coats. Quikrete concrete mix no. 1101 is the original 4000 psi average compressive.

Mine was a little uneven on the bottom of the sink itself so i decided to clean it up a little bit. Recently i shared on facebook that we were doing a makeover on our powder room aka the world s smallest bathroom. Our new dpm 10 vessel 14 bowl mold replacing our old sdp 48 vessel bowl 14 mold model concrete sink size finished sink. I had to hand sand the sinks since the sander would not fit to sand it smooth.

Go over the surface of the sink and ensure that these holes are filled and the surface is smooth. Use a turbo cup wheel on an angle grinder to grind down and clean up the dried concrete if you need to. Building a diy birdbath like this one from the art of doing stuff requires only two steps. Wedging broken branches into the ground and placing a bowl plate or saucer on top.

Take care to space. The stain is the stain i used on our back porch floor. Pour it into the mold but make sure to vibrate the concrete real well in order to get rid of air bubbles in the concrete.