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Release agent for silicone mold from concrete leaf?
Comments (2)Ruth, I have made latex molds, and also a few silicone molds from concrete leaf castings. I have NOT used the silicone in the tube, but a two part putty that is generally used for culinary work. For either the latex, or the silicone that I have done, I have not used a release agent of any kind. It will feel like the mold (latex or silicone) is sticking to the master (concrete leaf), but will release when pulled off of the master. For latex molds it is very important to sprinkle the back of the mold prior to peeling it off with talcum, baby powder, or cornstarch because in it's new state it will adhere to itself. Once the latex mold is removed sprinkle the veined side. Others here have used release agents for mold making and am hopeful they will respond. Happy casting, Dena...See MorePainting question....premade leaf stepping stones
Comments (2)Sharon, You can use just about anything to color your stepping stones. I use concrete stain, concrete dye-stain, concrete paint, craft arylic paint, diluted exterior house paint and wood stain. Some people seal their stepping stones with a sealer. You got a great buy. Billie...See MorePainting Concrete
Comments (2)There are things you have to do to make concrete accept paint without sucking it up. Just go to the link below and type in painting concrete. You will get more then you want to know. X Scroogle is stripped down google. No ads and no cookies are set to track you. Here is a link that might be useful: scroogle...See MoreRaised beds with concrete sides? Leaf or ash layers?
Comments (16)I go with the idea of scrounging whatever you can from wherever you can. I frequently find bookcases on the side of the road during "curb shopping" expeditions - they're usually particle board with cheap lamination, and most often the back has fallen off, which is why they're being disposed of. Take those home, throw them down on the ground, fill them up with the soil mix of your choice. They look fairly neat. In a couple of years, of course, moisture will make the particle board fall apart; at this point, you can take the bed apart, peeling off the veneers and trashing those. Then you get a new bookcase, put the half-composted board at the bottom of it, refill with soil or lasagna layers or whatever, and start over. Or you can put the particle board some place near your compost bins where it can moulder away and be added as browns when it crumbles. Eventually it will be compost. (Particle board shouldn't be burned, but composting is a slow and safe way of dealing with it.) Don't go buying new ones for this purpose; but reducing the bookcase to a small wad of veneer and a bunch of organic material is much better than putting the whole thing in a landfill, IMO. Cabinet frames and old drawers do nicely, too, and provide varied heights for interesting design (and raising plants to comfortable levels). Plain wood bookcases last longer if you can get them, but don't use painted ones - the paint flakes off and gets in the soil, and you have no way of knowing whether there's lead in there or not. Plastic "milk crates" can be used to support cardboard boxes full of soil, or even brown paper bags. After harvest, dump all the used soil, complete with the crumbling remains of the paper, into a pile, refresh it with some compost, and put it into a new box. You can rearrange the boxes easily. Plastic swimming pools with holes in the bottom are also good, as long as you don't mind the "blue with little fishies" look. If you do mind fishies, stack used bricks, stone or broken concrete around the pool to hide it. You should never, ever have to pay for any of this stuff - plenty of people throw stuff away every day that can be repurposed and saved from the landfill, at least for a while....See Moredaybees
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