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Forum: Hypertufa and ConcreteReplies: 48, Views: 594
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Pixydish
Lakewood, WA
(Zone 8a)

November 23, 2005
12:17 AM

Post #1890067

My son and I ventured into the garage to experiment with some hypertufa in the way of leaf bowls for Christmas presents. I wanted to use what was on hand, so we mixed two parts mortar mix with 1 part (plus a little) screened peatmoss. I added some bonding agent and then water.

I didn't have sand, but I had a load of really good 5 way mix soil, so we used the soil to make our forms for the leaves. Here are the leaves we started with.

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