[Cob] curved concrete!

[paul]

Great pics, Ocean.  Interesting effect.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ocean Liff-Anderson" <ocean at woodfiredeatery.com>
To: "Tys Sniffen" <tys at ideamountain.com>
Cc: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Cob] curved concrete!


> boy, have we ever...
> 
> here's what we did at the restaurant, with pics of how we did it!
> 
> 1.  built a frame of masonite, well supported with  2x4 bracing and  
> stakes every foot or so
> ( http://www.woodfiredeatery.com/images/artisticconcrete1.jpg )
> 
> 2.  kiko then applied a mud-plaster bas relief form on the inside
> ( http://www.woodfiredeatery.com/images/artisticconcrete2.jpg )
> 
> 3. which made for a beautiful surface once concrete was stained with  
> ferrous sulphate
> ( http://www.woodfiredeatery.com/images/artisticconcrete3.jpg )
> 
> as kiko said to me:  "there's enough ugly concrete in the world - if  
> you're going to use concrete, at least make it beautiful!"
> 
> ocean
> http://www.woodfiredeatery.com
> http://www.peacemaking.org
> 
> 
> On Jul 19, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Tys Sniffen wrote:
> 
>> How have people built the forms for the continuous concrete bond beam?
>> Especially around curves?  What's the best way to hold it together?
>>
>>
>>
>> Tys
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