Comments on: Hypertufa Projects Tips – Skim Coating Vertical Walls http://www.the-artistic-garden.com/blog/hypertufa-projects-tips-skim-coating-vertical-walls/ Garden Art Projects and Tips Galore ... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Claudia http://www.the-artistic-garden.com/blog/hypertufa-projects-tips-skim-coating-vertical-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-4232 Claudia Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:53:16 +0000 http://the-artistic-garden.com/blog/?p=215#comment-4232 Carl: Great information. Thanks for sharing! Carl:

Great information. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Carl http://www.the-artistic-garden.com/blog/hypertufa-projects-tips-skim-coating-vertical-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-4231 Carl Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:03:57 +0000 http://the-artistic-garden.com/blog/?p=215#comment-4231 About 10 years ago, I was experimenting with hypertufa and I decided to see what I could do with a broken concrete wall about 3 ft. tall and 6ft. wide, pretty irregular and ugly like walls made out of old concrete can be..I went to the local Farm& Fleet and bought some fibreglass reinforcing in the auto department.. I cut it into 1 in. pieces with a scissors, unraveled it into threads and followed my hypertufa recipe except in each batch, which I mixed with a drywall mixer on my electric drill, in a 5 gallon bucket, I would throw in a handful of fibres before I put in the water,mix it all well, and put it on the broken concrete. I slapped it on with a trowel, pushed it in the cracks and scored it the way I thought it looked like boulders.. It is still there after 10 years, not a crack in it, the concrete coloring has faded but it looks good. Most people wonder how I got those big rocks in there and how I got them to fit so well. About 10 years ago, I was experimenting with hypertufa and I decided to see what I could do with a broken concrete wall about 3 ft. tall and 6ft. wide, pretty irregular and ugly like walls made out of old concrete can be..I went to the local Farm& Fleet and bought some fibreglass reinforcing in the auto department.. I cut it into 1 in. pieces with a scissors, unraveled it into threads and followed my hypertufa recipe except in each batch, which I mixed with a drywall mixer on my electric drill, in a 5 gallon bucket, I would throw in a handful of fibres before I put in the water,mix it all well, and put it on the broken concrete. I slapped it on with a trowel, pushed it in the cracks and scored it the way I thought it looked like boulders.. It is still there after 10 years, not a crack in it, the concrete coloring has faded but it looks good. Most people wonder how I got those big rocks in there and how I got them to fit so well.

]]> By: Concrete Reacts Differently With Various Metals | The-Artistic-Garden's Blog http://www.the-artistic-garden.com/blog/hypertufa-projects-tips-skim-coating-vertical-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Concrete Reacts Differently With Various Metals | The-Artistic-Garden's Blog Sat, 30 May 2009 13:01:56 +0000 http://the-artistic-garden.com/blog/?p=215#comment-176 [...] received a question from a crafter who had read my post about using hypertufa to skim coat vertical walls. She has a metal shed that she’d like to use the technqiue on and wondered if it would work [...] [...] received a question from a crafter who had read my post about using hypertufa to skim coat vertical walls. She has a metal shed that she’d like to use the technqiue on and wondered if it would work [...]

]]> By: Claudia http://www.the-artistic-garden.com/blog/hypertufa-projects-tips-skim-coating-vertical-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Claudia Fri, 29 May 2009 14:16:49 +0000 http://the-artistic-garden.com/blog/?p=215#comment-173 Hi Catalina: Let me preface the information I'm going to give you here with this: I will **ASSUME** that you can successfully cover the walls. But I have never anything like this myself, nor have I ever read of anyone doing this. But, I am very aware of how a hypertufa or concrete recipe will stick forever to most metal surfaces. I have read more than one time of a crafter boo-hooing over the loss of their favorite stainless steel pot that they used for a mold but DIDN'T put any type of release agent on. The 'tufa or 'crete stuck to the pot and nothing the crafter could do to try and remove the hardened stuff to save their pot worked. Other metal types may or may not have varying degrees of corrosion take place when they come into contact with Portland cement. but you may have to paint the walls first. So, that being said, it **appears** that in essence, yes should be able to cover the walls of your shed. But - I sure would encourage you to make up a small batch of your recipe and experiment on one of the walls to see if it adheres, and if after it has cured for awhile, can you chip it off the wall? And as I just mentioned, the Portland cement does react differently with different metals, and that **could** be a problem for you, depending on what your shed's walls are made from. I just dug out a non-copyrighted document I found online years ago in my file and the information in it will be helpful for you. I've posted the information here: <a href="http://the-artistic-garden.com/blog/concrete-reacts-differently-with-various-metals/" rel="nofollow">Concrete Reacts Differently With Various metals</a>. Let us know if you do try this project and how it turns out! Good luck! Hi Catalina:
Let me preface the information I’m going to give you here with this: I will **ASSUME** that you can successfully cover the walls. But I have never anything like this myself, nor have I ever read of anyone doing this.

But, I am very aware of how a hypertufa or concrete recipe will stick forever to most metal surfaces. I have read more than one time of a crafter boo-hooing over the loss of their favorite stainless steel pot that they used for a mold but DIDN’T put any type of release agent on. The ‘tufa or ‘crete stuck to the pot and nothing the crafter could do to try and remove the hardened stuff to save their pot worked.

Other metal types may or may not have varying degrees of corrosion take place when they come into contact with Portland cement. but you may have to paint the walls first. So, that being said, it **appears** that in essence, yes should be able to cover the walls of your shed. But – I sure would encourage you to make up a small batch of your recipe and experiment on one of the walls to see if it adheres, and if after it has cured for awhile, can you chip it off the wall?

And as I just mentioned, the Portland cement does react differently with different metals, and that **could** be a problem for you, depending on what your shed’s walls are made from. I just dug out a non-copyrighted document I found online years ago in my file and the information in it will be helpful for you. I’ve posted the information here: Concrete Reacts Differently With Various metals.

Let us know if you do try this project and how it turns out! Good luck!

]]> By: Catalina http://www.the-artistic-garden.com/blog/hypertufa-projects-tips-skim-coating-vertical-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Catalina Fri, 29 May 2009 01:13:44 +0000 http://the-artistic-garden.com/blog/?p=215#comment-170 Could you use this same method to cover the walls of a metal shed? I have an ugly metal shed that really needs some help! Could you use this same method to cover the walls of a metal shed? I have an ugly metal shed that really needs some help!

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