Rejuvenating Cracked Flower Pots

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Rejuvenating Cracked Flower Pots

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When left alone on a rooftop, flower pots frequently break, primarily due to monkey attacks. Large flower pots may suffer significant trauma if they are moved negligently during home renovation. If a cracked flower pot breaks into a few pieces, it is no longer useful. However, if it has a little crack, it can be repaired with cement and the entire pot can be painted to give it fresh life.

Supplies

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Only four items are required:

  1. Cement (200 grammes is enough for two to three pots)
  2. Water
  3. A broken flower pot (of course) and sand and gravel (100 g is enough).
  4. Apex Paint(optional)

Blend Cement With Water

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In order to make concrete, cement is frequently combined with aggregates like sand and gravel rather being utilised alone. Sand and gravel should be added to the cement-water mixture so that the cement makes up 70% of the mixture by weight and the sand and gravel make up 30%.

The consistency of the mixture could be destroyed if the weight percentage of cement is increased further.

Cover the Fractured Surface With the Mixture.

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Completely fill in the cracks with concrete. Using your fingers, form it into a pot shape. Complete it quickly to avoid the mixture losing its consistency, which is likely to happen with such a small amount of mixture.

After the first coat dries, you can apply a second coat. But after it, render it untouched for some time.


Let It Rest for a While to Recover.

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Give it two to three days to dry. Pour significantly less water than you normally would at this time. The reason for this is that water gushes out quickly from a tiny location, which is a natural phenomena. As a result, the mixture coating may get distorted.

Rejuvenate Each One of Them.

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You can paint the flower pots any colour you want to cover up repair marks. I used apex paint in a cream hue to paint them. This step is completely optional.

You can also make the pot taller by covering each side of the pot with a thin coating of mixture. This would aid in the pot's ability to hold onto more water.

Keep It in Place

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Rejuvenating Cracked Flower pots

Flowerpots can now be kept in their designated spots and watered regularly.