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purely cosmetic

picking and choosing which features to patch with concrete is hard. Actually patching is very easy. in the end i want spaces to retain their age and show it in a tasteful way. I think a monastic sort of mineral wash, and hand smoothing some of the corners around the citadel will help bring everything together. need arches.

having a lot of fun doing the concrete work
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mcshane 2w ago

forgot to mention, left side of the column is patched, right side obviously left raw as a sample

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BTC_P2P 2w ago

Concrete is an extremely interesting and useful material. You can do so much with it and it can last millennia.

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mcshane 2w ago

yea I’m deep diving and it’s just too fun

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BTC_P2P 2w ago

The thing I’m most interested in with concrete rn is creating faux-rock for finishes on pools to make them look like giant stone walled swimming holes. There are some people who can do it perfectly. Super impressive

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mcshane 2w ago

yea I’m on the fence about using faux foam filler. I want to build some really solid structure/sculpture

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BTC_P2P 2w ago

Agreed, I wouldn’t do foam in anything. I would build structure with rebar then do a thick layer of concrete over. I’ve been strategizing how to build something that would last.