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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:38 pm
by 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?
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:05 pm
by Ted
No ideas then?
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:09 pm
by 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 
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:34 pm
by 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 
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:17 pm
by 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.
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:21 am
by 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
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:14 am
by 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!
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:22 pm
by lutonlagerlout
lutonlagerlout will do one for £19,999+VAT!!!!
LLL
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:50 pm
by andpartington
i will do u 1 for 19,998
andy
aka the bath expert
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:11 pm
by mouldmaker
Easy. Fibreglass mould, glass reinforced concrete. Can I take your order, sir?
