I wanted to hide my diy overflow pipes, and thought this might be neat. It is untested, so don't copy me unless you think it is fish safe. I live in the country and had these materials lying around, so I wont give a cost estimate.
First I cut some 6" diameter irrigation pipe to size and drew my designs. I then cut the holes out with a jigsaw and tied on some plastic animal fence with plastic poly baling twine. I think the fence material will help give the concrete something to hold onto. Then I mixed equal parts plastic cement and sand and added some powdered concrete color. Then I just sculpted the tiki man. So far I have only finished one, but I have 3 more ready to sculpt tommorrow. I will make sure to leach them until the ph stabilizes.
First I cut some 6" diameter irrigation pipe to size and drew my designs. I then cut the holes out with a jigsaw and tied on some plastic animal fence with plastic poly baling twine. I think the fence material will help give the concrete something to hold onto. Then I mixed equal parts plastic cement and sand and added some powdered concrete color. Then I just sculpted the tiki man. So far I have only finished one, but I have 3 more ready to sculpt tommorrow. I will make sure to leach them until the ph stabilizes.
