| Try this Tufa mix when you do this project. | | | | Sometimes if you have a good container like an old |
| * 1 part cement | | | | cooler you can slop on a coat of 1 part cement - 2 |
| * 1 part sand | | | | parts water with an old paintbrush. Let it get semi |
| * 1 part colored aquarium gravel | | | | hard and then mix your hypertufa as above, but |
| * 2 parts peat moss or potting mix. (be sure the | | | | make it a little thick. So you can pick it up in your |
| potting mix has no fertilizer) | | | | hand and form a ball that will stay together. |
| * enough water to make a heavy stucco type | | | | Plaster this on over the cement/water mix. Start at |
| compound. | | | | the bottom and work to the top. Make it at least 1 |
| You will also need a couple of containers. I have used | | | | inch thick. Do the inside the same way but put 2 |
| everything from milk cartons to Styrofoam coolers. | | | | inches or more in the bottom. |
| These will be your molds. | | | | Now cover it and let is setup for 12 or more hours |
| Never start this with only one, you will have some | | | | depending on the temperature. When you uncover it |
| left over and it is nice to have someplace to put it. | | | | you may decide to try to wash it gently using a |
| Besides that, when you are finished you will have 2 | | | | spray bottle, not the garden hose! This should |
| pots. That is always good. If you mess one up you | | | | uncover some of the colored aquarium gravel you |
| can do better on the second one. | | | | used in the mix. |
| Look around and see what you can find. Maybe a 5 | | | | If you have a favorite mix you can use it instead. I |
| gallon pail cut lengthways and laying on its side. You | | | | add some white glue mixed with 2 parts water to |
| can get them free at a lot of wine-making stores | | | | mine when I do it. I am not sure, but I think it gives |
| and micro breweries. Use your imagination here, the | | | | the concrete / hypertufa a little more strength. |
| more unusual, the better it will look. | | | | |