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could I just cover rigid plastic with hypertufa?

11 years ago

I've never worked with tufa before although I've read about it and admired a lot of creations. I want to put together a small fountain for my porch using a solar-powered pump; I'm thinking of a simple bowl-like basin with the water bubbling over a few rocks. If I found a great big, cheap plastic salad bowl, or a small concrete mixing tub, could I simply use the hypertufa to cover it on all sides (making, e.g., a hole toward the rim for the pump's power lead) and then use as-is?

Thanks!

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themes
11 years ago
would be easier to use the bowl to hold the hypertufa mix. Could you not find something bigger to act like a shell for the tufa which you could remove?
Kristin
Original Author
11 years ago
Honestly, I don't know. It does sound like that would make a smooth finish easier. I'm going to have to look around some.
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billie_ann
11 years ago
Did you want the plastic bowl encased because the hypertufa can leak? You can get around that by using the plastic bowl as an exterior form/mold. Remove the bowl after the hypertufa has set up. Then after it's cured, seal the interior of the bowl with Thompson's Water Seal or similar product. There is another way to seal without using a sealer but you need more experience working with hypertufa and cement.

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