Polished Concrete Fire Pit Table

by abitdifferent in Workshop > Furniture

57094 Views, 665 Favorites, 0 Comments

Polished Concrete Fire Pit Table

photo 4 (3).JPG
photo 5 (1).JPG
I thought I'd do a quick instructable of my latest creation, im not going to go into major details as there's loads of polishing concrete instructables to read out there but here it is.

Check out my other work here abitdifferent.wordpress.com

You will also like:  suitcasesounds.tumblr.com Check em out

Make the Mould

photo 1 (1).JPG
I made my mould out of old bits of wood i had laying around, i also counter sunk some dents in it and placed marbles on it, I also put crushed slate, big rocks off the beach, sea shells and other bits of glass and stuff on it which make the finish poduct better in my opinion, the four pieces of wood are bits of Oak

Pour Your Concrete, Leave a Week Then Get Polishing

photo 1 (2).JPG
photo 3 (1).JPG
In my mix I used Ballast ,Yellow Building sand, Plastering sand, White Cement, glass fibre strands, Nylon mesh and inserts of insulation board to make it lighter

Polished!

photo 2 (2).JPG
photo 3 (2).JPG
photo 4 (2).JPG
You can see the detail close up but it really is a lot better to see in the flesh

Spray Firepit, Seal Conctrete, Varnish the Oak

photo 2 (3).JPG
photo 4 (2).JPG
Not quite in that order as you can see from the pics, my firepit was old so I rubbed it down and sprayed it

Make a Base

photo 2 (1).JPG
Although my base is not quite finished yet it works which is the main thing, same again just out of bits of wood I had laying around

Enjoy

photo 5 (1).JPG
photo 4 (3).JPG
It really keeps us all warm when its dark and its quality for toasting marsh mellows 
Thanks for looking

P.S I will update when the base and table edges are finished.