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Do you spend too much money on wallets? Growing tired of how quickly they wear out? Find your salvation here, in a durable material well know since antiquity..
cement (pronounced like: sea-mint ).
1. A substance used to bind the stones or bricks of a building firmly together, to cover floors, to form walls, terraces, etc., which being applied in a soft and pasty state, afterwards hardens into a stony consistency; esp. a strong mortar, produced by the calcination of a natural or artificial mixture of calcareous and argillaceous matter.
2. gen.
a. Any substance applied in a soft or glutinous state to the surfaces of solid bodies to make them cohere firmly.
b. Any uniting medium or substance.
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cement (pronounced like: sea-mint ).
1. A substance used to bind the stones or bricks of a building firmly together, to cover floors, to form walls, terraces, etc., which being applied in a soft and pasty state, afterwards hardens into a stony consistency; esp. a strong mortar, produced by the calcination of a natural or artificial mixture of calcareous and argillaceous matter.
2. gen.
a. Any substance applied in a soft or glutinous state to the surfaces of solid bodies to make them cohere firmly.
b. Any uniting medium or substance.
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1. Cement : I used "SAKRETE" which is a cement that comes premixed with reinforcing fibres. Cement on its own is quite weak without some sort of reinforcing...hence all the gravel and rebar when you want to build something structural (like a highway overpass). The 50 pound bag will make enough "wallets" to last me a lifetime.
2. Reinforcing mesh : I used some mesh which is probably intended for stucco work. Again the same idea, you need some underlying armature to hold the cement together.
3. Metal shears or wire cutters to shape the mesh
4. A non-dairy whipped topping container to mix the cement in. You might be able to get away with an old dairy whipped topping container but it's risky
5. Liquid Cement Color : A fun way to create wallets in a variety of colors ranging from gray to gray-orange to pretty-damn-orange.
6. Household gloves; cement can be hard on your hands
1. Cement : I used "SAKRETE" which is a cement that comes premixed with reinforcing fibres. Cement on its own is quite weak without some sort of reinforcing...hence all the gravel and rebar when you want to build something structural (like a highway overpass). The 50 pound bag will make enough "wallets" to last me a lifetime.
2. Reinforcing mesh : I used some mesh which is probably intended for stucco work. Again the same idea, you need some underlying armature to hold the cement together.
3. Metal shears or wire cutters to shape the mesh
4. A non-dairy whipped topping container to mix the cement in. You might be able to get away with an old dairy whipped topping container but it's risky
5. Liquid Cement Color : A fun way to create wallets in a variety of colors ranging from gray to gray-orange to pretty-damn-orange.
6. Household gloves; cement can be hard on your hands
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i made one for fun and eded up giving it to my little sister for her fake rings ( i told her not to use real ring cuz i might scratch them) and i sanded it down alittle too
but im gunna make another but in a position so it can hold my xbox controller
o and btw did anyone notice in the first pic tht the hand is missing the finger
Fun idea for holders though. Also might consider using a cheap gel mold solution that sets up in minutes. Wiggle your hand out of the mold and pour to get a realistic hand with details.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Concrete-Lightbulb-Wall-Hook/?utm_source=medrect&utm_medium=wallhook_medrect
it'll make for one sweet coat hook.
a real cement wallet seemed like it would be to hard
and the definition of wallet is: a pocket sized, flat, folding holder for money and plastic cards
so you get the holding part right but not the pocket or flat part.
like your mind,
can expand to hold many things.
might i recommend a return to the classics:
"We see that Danglars was collected enough to jest; at the same time, as though to disprove the ogreish propensities, the man took some black bread, cheese, and onions from his wallet, which he began devouring voraciously."
--The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre
"They informed Captain Bonneville, however, that not far from his quarters they had found a wallet of fresh meat and a cord, which they supposed had been left by some prowling Blackfeet."
-The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington
or for more flavour, try urbandictionary.com
Wallet: A way to describe something as extremely good.
as in "Damn man that song is wallet!"