Tag: Pets

Stained Cement Pug

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Having just painted one of these using opaque paints, I thought I would try one using the concrete stains which are somewhat translucent depending on how absorbent the cement is. It’s tricky stuff with no do overs. Once the brush touches the cement, that’s where it’s going, and if I have too much stain on the brush it’s prone to run off the brush and go willy-nilly wherever gravity takes it. I get one shot at it. I’m waiting for it to dry before I put the cement sealer on it. The sealer will make the colors richer and shine, but the stain in general gives it an almost glazed effect as if it was fired in a kiln.

The Statue of the Sitting Pug Progresses

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After layering on the liquid latex morning and night, it was time to get the show on the road and cast the plaster cradle that holds the mold in place when filling it with cement. Here’s the process. The blue tape is so the plaster can be removed in sections and then later placed around the rubber mold when casting cement.

Biscuit Nose Rainbow

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I never realized there was so much one could do to color cement. My latest is to use a concrete sealer to bring out the colors.

Finally, The Right Shade of Chocolate

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Through a combination of brown powder color added to the cement mix and a brown acid stain, and then a concrete sealer, I finally got that right chocolate color on my cement Labrador.