Super video Mike. You are one of my favorite you tubers. You put things in layman terms so it makes sense. I built your lumber storage rack after watching so many videos of other people. You’re the best. Keep up the good work. 👍
Mike at Modustrial Maker came up with the caulk method and you missed a crucial step. You lay down a coat of paste wax first. It helps the concrete release nicely and it keeps the excess caulk from sticking. (Haha yeah, you said it as I was typing!) Mike also makes a ton of awesome concrete projects!
Michael, I started watching your videos a year ago after retiring, you inspired many cool projects. I’m excited to do my son’s bath countertop soon using the concrete, crushed glass, & resin method from this video. I’m going to add some river stone too, like I did on an outdoor bar top I created last fall I learned a lot from that project). I hope to also start a TH-cam channel soon… Thanks for your inspiration!
THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT! Good job Mike! Let me know if have any questions about starting a TH-cam channel. I still haven’t figured it out yet but maybe I can steer you out of the wrong direction lol 😂
One more note Rapid set does make a purple bag of just cement pure raid cement but you have to add your ingredients of sand, citric acid or water reducers it’s perfect for spraying GRFC .. look into it
No 3/4” AR glass fiber or fiber mesh , don’t use uncoated polymer seal metal mesh which will flex and cause cracking over time with expansion up grade to AR glass fiber or basalt fiber mesh this would help out more for lasting reinforcement but great work on the vanity once again thanks for sharing
It's actually a fondant tool that is used to form the silicone seam. The key is that you have the right size. I don't think your bearing was a good size.
So glad I found this channel. You do some awesome project's and this is one of them. These are so cool. You've just inspired me to do this project. Thank You!
You have really inspired me with this technique of countertop builds. I would love to see you try an infinity sink build. This is something I would love to try but there are many videos or start to finish videos.
Can you do a video on the Asphalt Resurfacer? I think you can use that if you have a bunch of big cracks on blacktop driveways. Would be a great video since there is only like 1-2 on youtube. Then you'd use normal driveway blacktop sealant after.
I like the idea of trying maybe the next time you do an undermount sink to have a river flow INTO the bowl area and texture it like a waterfall on each sides into the bowl?
So, I guess that the waterfall effect was ......... Taking it up a notch? ;o) Have you thought of putting your makers mark on any of this stuff? It would seem you now have a couple of "Side hustles" ...... YT (Obviously) and Custom sink counter-top design and build! You aren't thinking of building a Concrete House ..... are you? Seriously though ... another great video!
I just tried to make a similar counter and mixed two 55 pound bags of rapid set at the same time. The mixture never became fully fluid, using an electric mixer and with three bags of flow control. it ended up setting on me before it came to a fluid and I actually broke my hand. Should I not mix more than one 55 pound bag of rapid mix at once?
OK OK OK... CORNHOLE!! I think a great project would be a set of concrete cornhole boards. There's not much out there on how to build them. I think with some epoxy inlays or maybe some cola exposed aggregate or white concrete would be awesome. Autobots vs Decepticobs! Or red line FD vs blue line PD. Or square and compass if you know a freemason or shriner out there. I think I'm going to try and tackle it soon but would love to see a pro first.
Will any resin attach to the concrete? Did you seal the concrete where you poured the resin? And how did you make sure resin and concrete stayed flush?
I am really enjoying your concrete videos. I started watching a few days ago because I acquired an outdoor island with a concrete top. BUT ,I haven't been able to find information about cleaning, sealing old, dirty concrete. Can you please send me in the right direction 🙏 😊
Thank you SO MUCH! The best and easiest way would be to rent a pressure washer and hose it down with an all purpose cleaner pressure washer fluid. If the dirt and grime is still being stubborn, you’ll have to get a concrete etcher and scrub it really well and then hose it off www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum-1-gal-Concrete-Etch-and-Cleaner-301242/206495770 Then seal it with a concrete sealer that is UV resistant.
@Michael Builds thanks so much for responding. I got our pressure washer out of storage and will start working on it today. It has lots of grease/BBQ stains so I bought the concrete cleaner. Deciding weather to stain it before sealing, but that will depend on how the cleaning goes. I'll take photos of the process if you are interested.
I am wanting to make a slab (next to my shed) with stepping stones (that I made out of concrete) and various pieces and types of tiles (that I went dumpster diving for, lol). My stepping stones and tiles have a variety of shapes and thicknesses. I am wanting to put them together to make something that resembles a mosaic walkway/slab theme. Problem is is the differences in thicknesses. What type of base would you suggest using to put under the stepping stones and tiles to where I am able to mound it up to put the thinner pieces of tiles the same height as the stepping stones? My ground dirt, right now, is a variety of sorts (I live is south Texas). A little red clay with dirt and sand. Along with the base, what would you suggest to use to fill in the joints? At first, I was thinking concrete to fill the joints, but now watching this, I am thing mortar. My original thinking was to put a layer of cement gravel (some type of small rocks), then put a layer of sand (IDK what type), then put a 1/2 inch or so layer of dry pour concrete down, then lay the stepping stones and tiles on top of that dry pour cement, and then add more dry pour concrete in the joints around all items. But I don't think the tiles will adhere to the dry pour. I know they do adhere to wet concrete (I have some tile in my stepping stones), but I will be doing this myself and yes, I want to try a dry pour. Any suggestions?
Thanks for another great video! Those look fantastic! Any advice on how to raise a small concrete slab? I have one in front of my barn. It is angled wrong and when we get heavy rain, the water goes into my barn and pools up. The area of the floor where it pools is now cracked and a small depression is there. Now that it's finally warming up here in SE MI, I'm hoping to fix this sometime this Spring or Summer.
Mike I recently poured two small tops as a trial before I do my kitchen tops. I used the same brand mix you used and it comes out like a tan color instead of gray. When I watch your videos which are great yours look gray. Any ideas?
I recently poured a top using the mortar mix and added a bottle of black dye hoping it would make it black but when it dried it turned out gray. So if your shooting for gray that might be the way to go. I used one bottle to one bag.
Flow control is simply a water reducer. Less water in concrete = more strength. Nice job Mike!
Well done!
Thank you! ☺️👍🏻
Anthony
Lots of work, but the result is worth it. Some lucky customer of yours has a one of a kind piece of art.
Doug
Super video Mike. You are one of my favorite you tubers. You put things in layman terms so it makes sense. I built your lumber storage rack after watching so many videos of other people. You’re the best. Keep up the good work. 👍
Thank you so much Steve! And thank you for the email!
Unique and beautiful, both of them!
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Yes . Floor wax then Q top the corners leaving the wax over the rest . Once silone dries . The access comes right out.
Done it money times
Yeah, I was watching Modustrial Maker last night and he confirmed that as well in a couple of his videos haha. Oh well, now I know for next time lol 😂
Both counter tops are gorgeous!
Thank you so much Patti!
I really like that you show what doesn't work and the process to get to what does . In regards to the polishing process.thanks.
David
Impressed with the beautiful results and with the number of comments by people planning to do something similar after watching a few of your videos.
Looks great!
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They look great, and I bet they look better in person than they do in a video on my phone.
John
They’re both beautiful. I love that with rapids set you can do this as a DIY and succeed
Mike at Modustrial Maker came up with the caulk method and you missed a crucial step. You lay down a coat of paste wax first. It helps the concrete release nicely and it keeps the excess caulk from sticking. (Haha yeah, you said it as I was typing!)
Mike also makes a ton of awesome concrete projects!
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They look incredible! 😍😍🙌🙌
I LOVE TOTAL BOAT!!! ☺️🥰👍🏻🎉
@@MichaelBuilds We love you!
Michael, I started watching your videos a year ago after retiring, you inspired many cool projects. I’m excited to do my son’s bath countertop soon using the concrete, crushed glass, & resin method from this video. I’m going to add some river stone too, like I did on an outdoor bar top I created last fall I learned a lot from that project). I hope to also start a TH-cam channel soon… Thanks for your inspiration!
THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT! Good job Mike! Let me know if have any questions about starting a TH-cam channel. I still haven’t figured it out yet but maybe I can steer you out of the wrong direction lol 😂
I got to say..... Your are simply the Best!!!
You are definitely an inspiration. You make these projects approachable and quite tempting. :D
Thank you SO MUCH Ray!
Ray
as always love watching your projects
Mind blowing talent!
Amazing work...given me a lot ideas around my home.
Love seeing you back on the concrete
It’s a work of art. Beautifully done…. ❤❤
THANK YOU!
Michael
One more note Rapid set does make a purple bag of just cement pure raid cement but you have to add your ingredients of sand, citric acid or water reducers it’s perfect for spraying GRFC .. look into it
No 3/4” AR glass fiber or fiber mesh , don’t use uncoated polymer seal metal mesh which will flex and cause cracking over time with expansion up grade to AR glass fiber or basalt fiber mesh this would help out more for lasting reinforcement but great work on the vanity once again thanks for sharing
Victor
It's actually a fondant tool that is used to form the silicone seam. The key is that you have the right size. I don't think your bearing was a good size.
Darrin
This is so freakin cool!!!!! Both are good..but that live edge is 🔥!!!!!
THANK YOU! You’re freakin COOL! 😎
Bad ass. I love this guy
I love you too! Lol
I like them both!
David
That’s Bomb brother! Nicely done! Enjoying the process!
Super well done
Wow! Wow! Wow! So cool! Awesome job. Gotta try it myself!
So glad I found this channel. You do some awesome project's and this is one of them. These are so cool. You've just inspired me to do this project. Thank You!
Cool, they both look great.
You have really inspired me with this technique of countertop builds. I would love to see you try an infinity sink build. This is something I would love to try but there are many videos or start to finish videos.
Amazing. Great job
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Heeey! Michael! 😁💕
Heeeeeeey 😉😊🤣
Marie
That looks very cool!
Can you do a video on the Asphalt Resurfacer? I think you can use that if you have a bunch of big cracks on blacktop driveways. Would be a great video since there is only like 1-2 on youtube. Then you'd use normal driveway blacktop sealant after.
Badass dude, you're a great video maker
That's very cool
Tom
I like the idea of trying maybe the next time you do an undermount sink to have a river flow INTO the bowl area and texture it like a waterfall on each sides into the bowl?
Surprised me w using the RS Mortar. I have used it for so many things but never countertops!
You can do anything with this stuff! ….except go slow lol 😂
Beautiful
Rapid set better have sent you more than a few bags of product for that ad, bud.....that was damn good advertising!
This is very tempting to do. I hate my bathroom counter tops.
Very cool
Awesome designs and amazing job.
So, I guess that the waterfall effect was ......... Taking it up a notch? ;o)
Have you thought of putting your makers mark on any of this stuff?
It would seem you now have a couple of "Side hustles" ...... YT (Obviously) and Custom sink counter-top design and build!
You aren't thinking of building a Concrete House ..... are you?
Seriously though ... another great video!
another great video, well explained plenty of details. Goin to build a vanity top for a 2nd bath.
I just tried to make a similar counter and mixed two 55 pound bags of rapid set at the same time. The mixture never became fully fluid, using an electric mixer and with three bags of flow control. it ended up setting on me before it came to a fluid and I actually broke my hand. Should I not mix more than one 55 pound bag of rapid mix at once?
Mike
They Looked Awesome!!! Its been a year. Have they held up ok? Any issues?
OK OK OK...
CORNHOLE!!
I think a great project would be a set of concrete cornhole boards. There's not much out there on how to build them. I think with some epoxy inlays or maybe some cola exposed aggregate or white concrete would be awesome. Autobots vs Decepticobs! Or red line FD vs blue line PD. Or square and compass if you know a freemason or shriner out there.
I think I'm going to try and tackle it soon but would love to see a pro first.
Will any resin attach to the concrete? Did you seal the concrete where you poured the resin? And how did you make sure resin and concrete stayed flush?
I am really enjoying your concrete videos. I started watching a few days ago because I acquired an outdoor island with a concrete top. BUT ,I haven't been able to find information about cleaning, sealing old, dirty concrete. Can you please send me in the right direction 🙏 😊
Thank you SO MUCH! The best and easiest way would be to rent a pressure washer and hose it down with an all purpose cleaner pressure washer fluid. If the dirt and grime is still being stubborn, you’ll have to get a concrete etcher and scrub it really well and then hose it off www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum-1-gal-Concrete-Etch-and-Cleaner-301242/206495770
Then seal it with a concrete sealer that is UV resistant.
@Michael Builds thanks so much for responding. I got our pressure washer out of storage and will start working on it today. It has lots of grease/BBQ stains so I bought the concrete cleaner. Deciding weather to stain it before sealing, but that will depend on how the cleaning goes.
I'll take photos of the process if you are interested.
Then i seen this lol great video thank you
Great video! What type of mortar would you recommend if you're trying to get white vanity tops? Or would you just use white pigment in the mix?
I am wanting to make a slab (next to my shed) with stepping stones (that I made out of concrete) and various pieces and types of tiles (that I went dumpster diving for, lol). My stepping stones and tiles have a variety of shapes and thicknesses. I am wanting to put them together to make something that resembles a mosaic walkway/slab theme. Problem is is the differences in thicknesses. What type of base would you suggest using to put under the stepping stones and tiles to where I am able to mound it up to put the thinner pieces of tiles the same height as the stepping stones? My ground dirt, right now, is a variety of sorts (I live is south Texas). A little red clay with dirt and sand. Along with the base, what would you suggest to use to fill in the joints? At first, I was thinking concrete to fill the joints, but now watching this, I am thing mortar.
My original thinking was to put a layer of cement gravel (some type of small rocks), then put a layer of sand (IDK what type), then put a 1/2 inch or so layer of dry pour concrete down, then lay the stepping stones and tiles on top of that dry pour cement, and then add more dry pour concrete in the joints around all items. But I don't think the tiles will adhere to the dry pour. I know they do adhere to wet concrete (I have some tile in my stepping stones), but I will be doing this myself and yes, I want to try a dry pour.
Any suggestions?
Is there a way to make the sink out of morter as well? Like all 1 solid piece?
After you sanded the epoxy was the transition seamless?
Watching the video, it looks like you sprayed WD-40 on the blue fire glass, does that effect adhesion to the concrete?
Nope. You would think so but they’re in there real good haha
Can a concrete top be made to look like marble?
Thanks for another great video! Those look fantastic!
Any advice on how to raise a small concrete slab? I have one in front of my barn. It is angled wrong and when we get heavy rain, the water goes into my barn and pools up. The area of the floor where it pools is now cracked and a small depression is there. Now that it's finally warming up here in SE MI, I'm hoping to fix this sometime this Spring or Summer.
Really beautiful! Can’t wait to see you install them.🤗❤️🐝 btw…. What do they weigh?
Mike I recently poured two small tops as a trial before I do my kitchen tops. I used the same brand mix you used and it comes out like a tan color instead of gray. When I watch your videos which are great yours look gray. Any ideas?
Mine come out tan-ish too. It’s hard to tell on camera but I’m getting the same results you are. If you use Cement All you’ll get much closer to grey
@@MichaelBuilds thanks for the reply. I’ll give that a try and see how it looks.
I recently poured a top using the mortar mix and added a bottle of black dye hoping it would make it black but when it dried it turned out gray. So if your shooting for gray that might be the way to go. I used one bottle to one bag.
@@str8tshooter3006 thanks for the input. Might have to try that one also
Mark
LOL, his wife 😆
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Looks like an elephant. 17:03
were you "commissioned"
You don't want your mold release on you glass pieces.
You do NOT need to wait a week to demold other countertop mixes you shill.