08-24-2007, 04:57 PM
David, I was looking into concrete counters, but we are still soo far away from that....
Anyhoo, one site that does counters used a vibrating table to de-air the slab, it was so cool that I thought I would try their method on a stepping stone, just to see how it would turn out. The concrete came out of the mold (a large deli veggie platter cover) with nary a void & with a surface gloss like a polished quartz. Now I'm trying to figure out how to do this on a counter sized slab.... (the pro had a huge automated vibrating table that could fit a good sized counter slab... Mine small table was powered with nervous energy....)
Anyhoo, one site that does counters used a vibrating table to de-air the slab, it was so cool that I thought I would try their method on a stepping stone, just to see how it would turn out. The concrete came out of the mold (a large deli veggie platter cover) with nary a void & with a surface gloss like a polished quartz. Now I'm trying to figure out how to do this on a counter sized slab.... (the pro had a huge automated vibrating table that could fit a good sized counter slab... Mine small table was powered with nervous energy....)