Thanksgiving concrete project

[homebrewed]

I had to pour a patio for my parents and thought I would try something that might compliment their ponds. This was all done with a grinder. Not quite done yet but heres what I've done so far:

I still need to finish cutting the rest of the pad. Should look pretty awesome when I'm done today

 

[carcrazy]

That's a great idea!

 

[Joey]

Very well done!

 

[chen88]

Wow amazing! You must be in the trade I presume?

 

[homebrewed]

Thanks guys. I'm pretty proud of this project

Chen, I started doing decorative concrete in 99 for my cousin when I was 17. When I started my own construction company a few years ago I started to specialize in other areas but it sure was fun to let my creative side loose again. I'd like to do more things like this in the future.

 

[homebrewed]

 

[RTG_Gerry]

That's awesome, Tim!

 

[aro7]

looks great! nice job.

 

[RDFISHGUY]

Awesome project. Pretty cool.

 

[homebrewed]

Thanks

It was a fun project. I should be done next weekend

 

[Joey]

WOW! This is PRO! nothing less than stunning!

The fact that this was all done with a grinder is crazy! Not that i know how these are generally made, but i do know a grinder is not a tool meant for detail.

How long, in terms of hours, did this take?

 

[homebrewed]

WOW! This is PRO! nothing less than stunning!

The fact that this was all done with a grinder is crazy! Not that i know how these are generally made, but i do know a grinder is not a tool meant for detail.

How long, in terms of hours, did this take?

Thank you very much for the compliments

The grinder is the most versitile tool I've used. It definatly takes a lot of patience and a very steady hand to use it in an application like this. Most of the time I just it to make curved cuts or grind down concrete. This is the first time I've really put it to the test like this.

Pouring and finishing the pad took me 4 hours
Prepping the image (drawing from my 4" original to 4') 2 hours
Cutting and grinding 6 hours

I still need to do a bit of shading and seal the pad. but thats next week if I can get into town early enough

 

[Arrow]

Awesome!

 

[DaiDee]

wow very cool...what do you use to seal it with?

 

[homebrewed]

Thank you

I haven't sealed it yet because I've been out of town for work for the last few weeks and only had a couple free days to pour and cut. But I'll be trying out a new water based sealed to give it a matte finish because solvent based sealers are about to get banned