I've always wanted to try hypertufa, just haven't done it yet. Concrete is so easy. What recipe do you use for hypertufa?
Kathy

I will have to check my book which is "somewhere"! In the mean time go to the Hyperufa forum here and check it out. Should be formula's there. We use I believe it is called "Sandcrete" or "Quickcrete", and add a fine vermiculte (hard to find), (perlite wants to float) and sometmes add a fine gravel. Makes it lighter than concrete and easy to use. I can mix mine in the basement in the Winter and it dries in 2 or 3 days. Easy to paint or you can inbed things in it. We made the bird baths using large rhubarb leaves. Fun ! Hope this helps. We also made our large rocks.

Very cool, oldgraymare! TFS! Jeanne S.

Love your totem pole, oldgraymare! I would be interested in seeing the beads that posieh is talking about ... sounds intriguing!

I would love to know what you used for molds, oldgraymare, for your totem pole! Would you be willing to share?

I used a small bucket for the mold! I think I got it at the dollar store. I just cut the front out so i could mold the face. Hypertufa needs to be kinda thick so it doesnt run out while your making face. I put a tall pc of pvc thru the middle so i could put it on a pole when it was dry. I turned the pvc piece alot so it wouldnt stick. when it was somewhat dry i removed it. I put a piece of conduit in the ground about a foot and then i just slid them over. The base was just a round container and the top was a bowl. I put holes in them too so i could put them on the conduit.