Comment by Alejandro B. Silva on December 6, 2012 at 11:08pm

great! i was wondering how do you know where to put those cracks in the stones, i'm trying to imitate something to look like but I suck at this haha any tip to learn this?

I want to get the DVDs but im saving the money, is hard cause i'm just beggining in this work in Mexico

hope to meet you some time at the training or some concrete show
by the way, you Rock!

Comment by Nathan Giffin Vertical Artisans on December 7, 2012 at 8:20am

Mikes Classes can be found in the training section... And in our training events

Comment by Mike Vernelson on December 7, 2012 at 5:51pm

Thanks Alejandro, glad you like it. Practice and persistence and studying the fracture linesof real rock.

Comment by Corey Draper on December 7, 2012 at 8:04pm

Hey Mike Corey Draper here, we have been carving a fire place out door. I have been using Kurt bag, I tried using what you had sugested in a earlyier post 3 part sand one part portland and 1/2 part clay and the sand really showed to much in the final carving. Im really happy with Kurt bag but like on this project we ran short. Do I just need a finer sand?

Comment by Mike Vernelson on December 7, 2012 at 9:34pm

On this project I used 14 shovels sand 9 shovels cement and 1/2 shovel lime. The mix was excellent but the sand they had there was very nice fine aggregate.

Comment by Alejandro B. Silva on December 8, 2012 at 1:58am

hey mike thanx for the answer!

i would like any tip you  could give me about the cracks

man you get pretty cool sharp edges

mine always get like they are melting haha kinda lazy edges, damn you gravity!

Comment by Alejandro B. Silva on December 8, 2012 at 2:06am

By the way... have any of you tryed an air inclusor aditive for these mixes?

sorry if I wrote something wrong I still learning some english

Comment by Tima on December 8, 2012 at 4:02am

I add dishwashing liquid, it makes the solution more plastic
 but you have to be careful with water, the solution
  can become too liquid

Comment by Alejandro B. Silva on December 8, 2012 at 1:10pm

tima thats cool to know but does it act like a retarder too?

and will the concrete still having good resistanse?

i guess it should be just a little dishwashing 

Comment by Tima on December 8, 2012 at 10:01pm

does it act like a retarder too?--yes a little

will the concrete still having good resistanse?--sorry i don t understend

i guess it should be just a little dishwashing---yes one or two drops

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