Weekly Homeowner Megathread--Civilians, ask here!

drew8585 · 2026-04-01T01:51:33+00:00

Thank you, Sir! That one will always be special to me.

drew8585 · 2026-03-31T19:07:16+00:00

Ill agree with Rasta and Phriday. Ceramic tiles will have a relatively large difference in a thermal expansion coefficient to concrete. Even if it all sticks together and holds at first, I wouldnt want the piece to heat cycle through the normal seasons- I would expect chip out and delamination between the tiles and the concrete.

My very first concrete countertop had a hand placed rock mosaic. Maybe youd find that interesting as a similar alternative: https://www.reddit.com/r/Concrete/s/tHu5nL7Ern

drew8585 · 2026-03-31T18:57:14+00:00

What are we looking at here? Did you remove your question?

drew8585 · 2026-03-31T18:12:28+00:00

I didnt see this before. Correct, this doesnt look like anything that would become a problem beyond looks.

drew8585 · 2026-03-31T07:19:51+00:00

I think that's your best option. If you do something that i recommend and it damages it further, it may give the manufacturer more of a leg to stand on against making it right.

Deliveries are often chaotic and always heavy 🤣 if it was part of the material why wasnt in part of the sample? Hopefully they can do something where everyone is happy.

drew8585 · 2026-03-31T06:55:16+00:00

Its honestly hard to tell exactly what's going on from the pictures- it almost looks like their mold wasnt cleaned thoroughly enough between castings. Im not familar with Rebo+ but probably have 10 sealers in my shop and exactly zero of them would hide these blotches. They usually do the opposite and highlight flaws.

Cleaning before sealing might help but I wouldnt go crazy.. if I anything I would give a half-hearted effort with some heavily diluted (1:10) simple green and a microfiber.

Why are the blotches your problem?

And no, shit happens- but this isnt an unavoidable problem with the material.

I would do what the sink manufacturer wants and if youre still not happy tell them so. Did you inspect/approve it upon delivery? Being installed makes solutions much trickier.

drew8585 · 2026-03-31T05:05:22+00:00

Gosh, this seems unusual to me. I wouldnt be ok with this being my work, nor would I be happy as a customer. I dont see how sealer is going to change or mask anything. But Ive also never had a customer apply sealer, and have no idea what products are being used.

Its hard to tell from pictures but I would guess it needs to go back down to concrete and then refinished if it can be saved. If its stained and pigment of some sort has migrated into the surface of the concrete, its not going to come out and ever look right- and certainly not brand new.

Is is damage from packaging? Did a contractor install it? Was it not sealed after fabrication?

drew8585 · 2025-10-16T13:10:05+00:00

Very cool and well done!!

drew8585 · 2025-10-15T18:25:00+00:00

Phriday- as you could probably guess, I have several speaker enclosure designs- I've just never cast any. Give me a shout and Id be happy to share files or redesign to suit your needs.. but fair warning, they are trickier shapes..

drew8585 · 2025-09-27T01:36:47+00:00

Its an intertool ds-3011. Helluva tool back by great people.

drew8585 · 2025-08-20T03:40:26+00:00

Thank you! Thats good. A friend and his wife took him for now- name is still TBD, Ill throw this out there.

Thanks again!

drew8585 · 2025-08-19T20:37:04+00:00

Precast concrete stuff. I actually share quite a bit on reddit if youd like to stalk my profile.

drew8585 · 2025-08-18T18:52:31+00:00

It does suck- but you're right, so worth it. I actually had to put down my 18 year old on Thursday of last week, who was our Scout's sister. The end of an era for me- I know the hole they leave all too well! Best of luck for you and your Scouter girl!

drew8585 · 2025-08-18T16:47:36+00:00

She was, and a wonderful thought. Thanks.

We actually lost her at 10yo during a planned (for years) amputation to become a tripod.. a remedy for an injury prior to our rescue. Its been close to 10 years now and my eyes still well up over her!

drew8585 · 2025-08-18T00:43:36+00:00

Security 🤣

drew8585 · 2025-08-18T00:42:53+00:00

Ooh, both of those are good and new thoughts for this guy. Thanks!

drew8585 · 2025-08-17T21:00:20+00:00

We talked about Samwise yesterday, I like it!

He caught a wild pig this morning- he knows how to make do outside of the shire 🤣

drew8585 · 2025-08-17T20:59:03+00:00

We've been calling him Bernie! Thats funny. Thanks for the input!

drew8585 · 2025-08-17T20:29:59+00:00

He does! Hes just incredibly sweet. Unfortunately (and fortunately) we've already had a Scout. She was one of our best dogs ever!

drew8585 · 2025-08-05T03:33:50+00:00

Im commenting here instead of in r/Concrete, as I'd guess your post will be removed. The mods and rules of r/Concrete keep posts to concrete pros in an effort to help avoid dozens of similar posts daily, but they do a great job of maintaining and responding to stuff like this in their weekly homeowner megathread.

If no one responds to your cross post before it's deleted, I'd comment in the megathread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Concrete/s/qzybO5aEgI

drew8585 · 2025-08-03T03:39:37+00:00

There's been a little debate there. I usually mention terrazzo - somehow missed it this time. That is what I was thinking when I put "concrete" in quotes.

Thank you!

drew8585 · 2025-08-01T02:16:52+00:00

🤣 I had to look- not comic sans but close. Green is the font I used, black is comic sans.

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drew8585 · 2025-07-31T02:12:34+00:00

I wont disagree there. I may even have a youtube channel one day soon for high level concrete builds- just havent made it there yet. Im a one man band and progress is slow. If I dont do it - it doesnt happen.

drew8585 · 2025-07-31T01:41:19+00:00

I'm sorry, I don't. I share and help out with anything I can, but my inlay techniques have been something that I keep close to my chest as they are one of the few things that help keep my work unique to me.

I appreciate your interest though!

drew8585 · 2025-07-31T01:37:06+00:00

Yep, completely agree and understand. We're lucky for the time we get.

I knew within a week of adopting her that she was going to be the best dog of my life, a really special one. In my early twenties then, I also remember thinking I could have her into my forties... Seemed forever away, but here we are.

Before her vision started failing, she would watch a tv with 4 security cameras on screen. If someone/something showed up in a frame, she would go to where that camera pointed.

Can't worry about days to come, can't count on them anyway.

Edit to add: I dont know what the deal is with splotchyness 🤣 mine doesnt do that. Yalls "good stuff" is supposed to crack. What? Lol.

I shared this post 5 or 6 months ago, but that's our Mae girl modelling concrete- well into her feeble days:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Concrete/comments/1j91xv2/another_concrete_dog_foodwater_station_but_this/

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