Recently i shared on facebook that we were doing a makeover on our powder room aka the world s smallest bathroom.
Diy concrete sink bowl.
1101 is the original 4000 psi average compressive.
I made an outdoor concrete sink and rustic vanity so i could wash my hands before coming in the house after doing some yard work or working on the house.
Building a diy birdbath like this one from the art of doing stuff requires only two steps.
Go over the surface of the sink and ensure that these holes are filled and the surface is smooth.
Using a sink mold sold here you can place the mold as part of your form work and pour the sink as part of the countertop this is a great option for overall strength of the concrete.
Then it s time to pour the concrete.
Quikrete concrete mix no.
Mix the concrete so it is about.
Mine was a little uneven on the bottom of the sink itself so i decided to clean it up a little bit.
I had to hand sand the sinks since the sander would not fit to sand it smooth.
If you missed that post on how i stained my concrete floors you can check that out how i painted and stained my concrete floors.
How to paint a sink a diy bathroom project your budget will love.
Making a large hole as in the above 2 sink options greatly increases the overall weakness of the concrete piece and stress cracks are common around sinks.
Easy to make concrete bowls and planters.
Pour it into the mold but make sure to vibrate the concrete real well in order to get rid of air bubbles in the concrete.
Wedging broken branches into the ground and placing a bowl plate or saucer on top.
Mix concrete fill your mold.
I did two coats of stain sanding with 220 grit sand paper between coats.
The project i was most excited about was the sink.
Take care to space.
The stain is the stain i used on our back porch floor.
Our new dpm 10 vessel 14 bowl mold replacing our old sdp 48 vessel bowl 14 mold model concrete sink size finished sink.
You don t want any spaces in the concrete.