Introduction: How to Make a Trumpeter Swan Outdoor Sculpture With My Custom Concrete Recipe...
Step 1: 25 Feet of Chicken Wire & a Ball of Sisal Cord...(& Some Coat Hangers)...
Step 2: Here Is My Custom Concrete Recipe (for Cold Outdoor Weather)...
So then, make your Concrete Mix & just apply it...(I mix it in a cat litter box with dishwashing gloves & mask & glasses for safety)...(the longer it cures the better...when fully cured, I put an eco-friendly cement sealer)...
Sari's Custom Concrete mix is:
2 parts white cement to 1 part aggregate:
(that 1 part aggregate is in 4 parts itself- so,
25% Perlite(for lightness of weight),
25% Aragonite sand(this is marble sand-I get it at pet stores-for malleability),
25% white silica sand(for strength),
25% alkaline resistant glass fibres...must have, keeps it from falling off!)
Then 1 part liquid, which is 75% water to 25% latex adhesive (Milk-the more milk you use the more waterproof it is)...
Covered in Eco-House special eco no VOC concrete sealer...(Awesome No Voc sealer they made for me, also has graffiti proof qualities)
The black bill has added black cement powder paint integrally...(don't paint on top-mix it in your mix, way better, no peeling)...