I have made ton's of Ferrocement as one of the last Ferrocement boat repair " Sandmen " As we were taught the hows & why's if ever we called it concrete the boss would curse "it's not bloody concrete " Ferrocement is water tight, concrete is not. My own recipe for Ferro is as follows . 2 finest sharp sand to 1 Portland No 5 cement after 15 % of the sand has been replaced with a pozzolan like DE or Fly ash add water re slump test and for boats I add a tiny amount of Trioxide crystals to eliminate the gas made when galv gets wet plaster on it causing a honeycomb effect ( not wanted on boats ) If applied with skill , a 2mm final skim coat over wire will see no cracking .I recently did a wall at Eutopia Cafe

@wizardofeutopia

7 ай бұрын

Very similar to my mix... I use amorphous silica brand name microsilica.

nice one Peter! We stopped briefly at Eutopia (not open) the last time we passed through Kaiwaka in the daylight, my kids (initially) thought I was making it up when I was telling them it was my uncle who had built so much of it :)

@wizardofeutopia

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Yeah I should so have made a signature plaque somewhere in eutopia... sigh...

You sir are amazing Thank you for sharing this

Wonderful

This is so cool and inspiring.

Beautiful work

Really Cool Thank you for Sharing

Damn interesting! A man after me own art!

I saw your stuff on net years ago, Peter.. You do great stuff, Inspring ...... Good luck...im getting the book when I can... See you

@kpopandotherplaylists2518

2 жыл бұрын

I like the bronzing...

Wonderful....

Just ordered your book! May I ask what kind of cement your prefer in the meantime? Thank you. Beautiful work :)

did you live in queensland years ago

@wizardofeutopia

3 жыл бұрын

No...but knew some aussies from there when family in papua with anglican missikn school...in the 60s