Cement flower pot production process

 

Cement flower pot production process

As more and more succulents are grown, from a few Cement flowerpot of succulents at the beginning of home planting to a dozen Cement flowerpot of succulents, to dozens of succulents, and finally to hundreds of succulents.

Especially when planting succulents for a few years, dozens of succulent plants are the norm. As the succulent potting team grows, pots are not enough, more and more, and the pursuit of the shape of the pot.

The pots on the market now, not cheap, cheap a few $, expensive a little more than ten $, or even dozens of $. Raising succulent plants, pots are a considerable expense. Of course, some flower friends, pay attention to the economic use, especially hands-on flower friends, their own handmade pots, with the effect is also very good, a little art skills.

Can also be painted at will, to increase the beauty of the flower pot. A flower friend, raising a lot of succulent flowers, flower pots are not enough, so use cement to make a lot of different kinds of flower pots, the following flower pot production process to share out, interested friends may wish to try.

Cement flower pots production method

1. Material preparation

Since they want to make pots, prepare in advance the appropriate materials, such as cement, river sand, which is the main material used to make pots, but also to prepare enough water. Garbage cans are used to make grinding tools. Spoon used to apply cement but also prepare a few plastic bags.

2. Cement and sand mix

First, find an open place, the ground is flat, while laying snakeskin bags, then the cement and river sand in accordance with the ratio of 1:2 mix, and add water to mix well, remember not too thin. Of course, some flower friends worry about whether the cement will crack, you can generally increase the proportion of cement to solve the problem of cracking.

For example, the ratio of cement and river sand according to 1.5:2 can be. In this process, the key point is to fully mix the cement and sand, you can spend more time, the cement as thick as possible, too thin to support the wall.

3. Touch tool preparation

Next to prepare a variety of sizes of touch tools, here the touch tool is relatively simple, using the home garbage can instead. In the touch tool padded with a layer of plastic film, the film must be flat, not by the fold, to avoid the cement dry, up not down.

4. paste cement

Then put on the gloves, put some prepared cement into the touching tool, first put the cement on the bottom of the touching tool, the thickness of 0.5-1 cm, the cement should be close to the bottom of the touching tool, and evenly coated, the bottom of the flower pot needs to leave a permeable hole, so in the process of applying cement, can not go completely closed.

Next, paste cement along the perimeter of the feeler, from the bottom to the top, and at the same time apply evenly oh. In the process of applying cement, do not squeeze into the folds of the plastic film, otherwise, the plastic film marks will be very deep when the mold is released, and the gap will be affected by the sturdiness of the flower pot.

The process of pasting cement along the wall of the touching device, so that one inch by one inch inside the touching device paste cement, and press the solid.

5. Smoothing the surface of cement

Just paste the cement to the inner wall of the touch are, the surface will be uneven, then you have to use the back of the spoon to smooth the surface of the cement, especially the mouth of the pot, you must use the spoon to scrape smooth, otherwise, it will be uneven.

6. Flowerpot wave mouth production

All are pursued, hope to make the flower pot more beautiful, always like a way to dress up. Want to make a few wavy mouths of the pot, first with the back of the spoon along with the cement pot mouth, open a little gap, must be operated slowly, too fast, too big, not goodwill appear cracks Oh.

You can slowly grind back and forth to the mouth of the pot to pry open a little on the line so that you get a wave. Other waves according to the above way, wait until the wave mouth is done, it will form a wave mouth of the pot.

7. Drying flower pots

After the above steps are done, it means a flowerpot has been done. Next, you can move the touch to the sun to dry, almost 24 hours to dry, after which you can take out the wave flower pot. It is recommended that after the planter is taken out, it is left outside to dry for another 24 hours so that it will be dry.

Then put the dry cement flower pots into the water to soak for a little bit, the time can be longer, generally can soak a day. This can be done to avoid the surface of the cement pots will not be a hundred alkali ash, and then put into the sun to dry, wait until the pots dry, you can apply acrylic waterproof paint, both for decorative pots, but also waterproof.

Remember that the flower pot soaking step can not be omitted, soaking water is to make the cement flower pot more solid. Here is a look at the finished cement planters, although the production process is a bit complicated, it is still very good to use.

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