Comment by scott dobert on September 18, 2011 at 8:10pm

THIS IS GREAT ADAM!! cool top too is it solid or overlay? i like the edge detail also looks like an old mstone mill wheel or sumthin! first try?

Comment by Adam Tidwell on September 18, 2011 at 8:19pm

It's not solid Scott , I took 3 pieces of 3/4 inch styrofoam and glued them together then I wrapped metal lath around it (which was a pain) then I took some small stiff wire and stuck thru it to hold the lath close to the foam. Then I used sacrete motar for the scratch coat, don't know if thats was the correct thing to use but I was too excited to get started when I picked up the flex-c-ment  and happened to be driving by Lowes on the way home so I guessed at it! lol 

Comment by scott dobert on September 18, 2011 at 8:23pm

thats cool it should work fine for a scratch coat. woulda weighed a ton if solid! again looks great!! and im not sure how old the pics are but colors will prob all lighten up as they dry.

Comment by Adam Tidwell on September 18, 2011 at 8:31pm

I did it last Saturday and painted it last Sunday. Took the pictures on the following monday and took it to my brother. I haven't seen it since. So you think it will lighten up? I didn't know what to use for paint either but I do alot of automotive airbrushing so I used some paint called "auto air" which is a water borne paint and can be deluted with water. Then I used a flat clear to seal it. lol I'm sure that wasn't the stuff to use either! It's probably laying all over  my brother's patio by now! lol

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