How would you make one of these? - Making a cool concrete bathtub...

[Ted]

http://www2.dupont.com/Corian/de_DE/ass ... /bath4.JPG

http://www.hhstyle.com/media/shop_info/aoyama/display/027.jpg

The top one is actually made of Corian but I am fairly sure that architect Claudio Silvestrin (www.claudiosilvestrin.com) has made similar out of concrete. I think the second link above might be reconstituted limestone?

Anyway I want to make a tub similar to the second link but out of concrete. I can do the colour I reckon, the mould is more problematic...javascript:null()

How would you go about it?

[Ted]

No ideas then?

[lutonlagerlout]

i would contact mouldmaker if i were you ted or w.c.smith
its all very well making things out of concrete yourself but if it fails you cannot fet a refund
good luck though
god loves a trier
LLL

[flowjoe]

Give google a go, try concrete boat building.

Used to spend some time as a kid down on the Blackwater @ Heybridge and can remember some small craft constructed in concrete, i think they go down to canoe size these days.

Same principle and technique just the water stays on the other side, hopefully

[danensis]

Many years ago I can remember people at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham making concrete statues by casting moulds around 'willing' volunteers. There seemed to be a couple of problems - mould release agents and keeping the victims, er volunteers, breathing whilst the mould agent set.

[andpartington]

You might be able to make a mold out of a massive block of polystyrene dug out and then raped in shuttering to hold it together then sort of render the inside of the hole
might work but don’t
don’t blame me
andy

[Ted]

I don't think either of these baths are rendered on the inside nor the outside.

They are formed in a mould which shapes the inside and the outside in the same pour. This mould would be tricky enough to make by itself but you also have to incorporate reinforcement and ensure it is held in place whilst you pour in the concrete.

Claudio Silvestrin charges over £20,000 for one of these baths!

[lutonlagerlout]

lutonlagerlout will do one for £19,999+VAT!!!!
LLL

[andpartington]

i will do u 1 for 19,998

andy
aka the bath expert

[mouldmaker]

Easy. Fibreglass mould, glass reinforced concrete. Can I take your order, sir?