The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:59 pm**

Helping my mate do some for his new cafe/bakery

Anyone had any experience offer any tips?

I know a lot about slab finishing etc

Mixes? 6mm aggregates, chicken wire?

Posted: **Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:13 am**

http://www.amazon.com/Concrete-Countert ... 1561584843
I have this book somehwere
aggregate and slump is mega important and also a very good shuttering chippy
think it has to be thicker then you imagine around 70mm IIRC
cheers LLL

Posted: **Fri Mar 04, 2016 7:17 am**

Ordered it cheers

Posted: **Fri Mar 04, 2016 6:43 pm**

Have seen it done on grand designs. It looked fantastic when it was all polished, but they never revealed the exact process. Had glass in it if I recall

Posted: **Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:40 pm**

I read the book and its bloody complicated,however with the right chippy and the right mix can look fab
LLL

Posted: **Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:35 am**

did first try tonight, me as chippy and mixing, stripping on on thursday night will see how we go on

Posted: **Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:34 pm**

this is worth watching Giles

how to make concrete counter tops

Posted: **Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:36 pm**

cast in situ

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:04 am**

this is the video i used minus the sprayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG0F7Qe4MzM

plunge saw for shutters

this is the first one before the poly fibres had arrived

white spa aggregate in it so we can grind it back

battery akita poker let me down so had to try using hand sander to vibrate it

first go

wonderfuly smooth but some cavities in it but my mates mrs loves it says it adds to the industrial charm, i wasn't best pleased with it

going to get some clear resin off my mate and fill in the voids and seal it, made a test piece tonight to try them out

also ordered a wet grinder to take it back if we need to and then fill with a cement slurry if they want perfectly smooth

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:08 am**

tonights go

stripping the other one forgot this pic

even with foam in bloody heavy

Edited By GB_Groundworks on 1457654923

Posted: **Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:09 pm**

stripped out the second one, better mix on this with fibres not mesh

using the conti board the concerte is very smooth but got 50-6000 grit diamond pads

fitting apiece of wood in-between as a contrast, picking that up tomorrow and wet grinder has arrived so can grind them back tomorrow.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm....1.l6368

although rubber backer pad won't thread onto spindle

didn't expect much for Â£140 though!

got few phone calls into sealant companies looking for a good sealant thats not irritant or toxic!

Edited By GB_Groundworks on 1458169973

The Brew Cabin

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