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Stamping Concrete-do it yourself and Save Money
Stamping Concrete-Do It Yourself and Save Money
You will want to start out by picking your colors. Some folks think that this can be one of the most complicated parts of stamping concrete. But as long as you are not to picky I’ll show you how pick out your colors. You may choose to start off with color swatches, the best way I have found to pick your color from a color swatch is to pick a color from the swatch and then go back one or two colors to get the actual color that you want. This is very similar to picking out a color that you want to paint a room. There are many variables such as indoor lighting and the other colors in the room (sofa’s, rugs drapes etc.) that you wish to paint. I am sure that you have picked out a color at the paint store and started to paint your room and suddenly you noticed it just doesn’t seem to match the color you picked from the color swatch, from the paint store. This is what I call perceived vision.
If you can understand what I have just mentioned this also applies to picking out a color for your stamped concrete job, there are many variables of perceived vision, such as sunlight and surrounding colors, such as the color of your house, landscaping and grass. One other way to pick your colors is to visit your decorative concrete supplier and check out some of the samples or photos they may have hanging on there wall. You may ask them or any one else if they know of somewhere there is a stamped concrete project is at so you can see the actual finished project and see for yourself how it either blends or contrast with the surrounding landscape.
Let’s start pouring and finishing your stamped concrete project, I suggest that you start with no more than 100 square feet. First, let the concrete truck driver put the color into the concrete truck for you, and let it mix for at least 10 minutes. Often you may notice some streaking of the color as it comes out of the concrete truck, not to worry. You will want some color differences as this will resemble the natural colors of what ever impressions or stamp that you have chosen for your project. For example if you look at a rock you will notice that it has many shades of the same color and often some other colors. Your next step will be to insert the concrete into your forms, you will need what is called a screed board or a 2”x 4”, the purpose of a screed board is to level out the concrete inside of your forms and to also knock down the aggregate or rocks inside the cement. Drop the wet concrete inside your form work and leave it about a ½” higher than the top of your forms. A good way to get a rough grade is to use a tool called a concrete rake or a square edged shovel will do. After you have gotten the concrete ½” above your form work you can start the “screed” process. You will definitely need someone to help you with this process. After you have found someone to help you, here is what needs to be done. Each person will get on one side of the screed board, as each of you will start to pull the concrete towards the end of the form work leveling as you go along. At this point you will need a bull float to close the surface of the concrete. Generally you will run the bull float from top to bottom across the concrete overlapping each previous pass approximately 50% and then repeat the process from side to side. Do not worry about getting it completely flat, as once you begin to stamp it will not be flat at all. Do not get hung up on small dips or small elevation changes in the concrete. Now you may begin to edge the perimeter of the concrete with an edging tool, again do not get hung up on doing this perfect, especially if this is your first time. Now you will run a fresno across your project in the same manner as the bull float.
Ok you are ready to stamp your project. Before the concrete truck gets there, you will want to pour the liquid release into a garden sprayer and also get yourself some surface retardant and do the same. Liquid release simply allows you to place the rubber stamp onto the concrete without removing the finish of your concrete, the surface retardant will slow the setting time of the concrete if you feel you are getting a little behind. Simply spray the area you will be placing your stamp with liquid release and the stamp itself before you place the stamp onto the concrete. You will not want to spay the entire project at once as this will speed up the setting time of the concrete and it will more than likely dry up before you get to the end of your project. Lay each stamp down and set the next stamp tight against the stamping mat that is already on the concrete, making sure that the handles on the stamps face the same direction. If you have help it is best to designate a specific role for each person. What I mean by that is, one person will spray the liquid release, one person shall pick up and place the stamp mats and the other person will actually step on the mat and make sure it has left a good impression. Repeat this process until you reach the end. One other thing you might do while your stamping is to use a roller tool to flatten out the bead that will form when you place the mats together. You may also want to do this process with a hand grinder after the concrete sets.
Let your project cure (set) for about 3-5 days and it is time to add secondary colors or the antique stage. For this you will need to pick out an antique agent, I suggest you use charcoal or grey for your first time. You will also need to get some xylene, one gallon for every 80_90 square feet. You will then add 5 tbsp. of antique agent to the xylene in a 1 gallon garden sprayer and stir or shake for about 45 seconds. In a circular motion spray the secondary colors, or antique, onto the stamped concrete project, ( spray only a small area at first, let it dry and you should see a light dusting on top of your project) keeping in mind to spray some areas thicker that others, while being careful not to spray it on to thick, this will give you a more natural looking finish.
Let the xylene dry and apply two coats of; non-yellowing, solvent based acrylic sealant. Your project will be a lot darker when you apply the sealant than you anticipated, not to worry, the sealant also needs to cure. Within a day or two it will lighted up to your perceived vision.
If you have further questions about this process you may visit my web site for further details. I am at www.howtocrete.com How to Crete
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Hello, my name is John Mindrup, for over twenty five years I have made a living doing what I love. I have spent the better part of those twenty five years creating works of art within the decorative concrete industry. Prior to attending one of the nation finest art institutes, I worked for my father’s concrete company. After I graduated I decided to combine my two great passions in life which were art and concrete. At the time there was an explosion of new technology in the concrete industry. After twenty five years my body had told me to give up the long hours and the hard work. I have found a way to remain in the decorative concrete industry without actually having to drive to work every day. Now my morning commute is on the “information super highway” I am able to do this via the Internet. How to Crete
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Melissa & Doug Alphabet Stamp Set $21.94 Melissa & Doug - Stamp Sets - 3557 - Great as a gift, rain-day activity or party favor, the Alphabet Stamp Set Arts & Crafts Kit is fun for everyone! Mix and match these detailed, wooden stamps to create hundreds of beautiful scenes and more! Set includes a four color stamp pad and is conveniently stored in a wooden box. Washable, non-toxic inks. Ages 4+ 57 pieces Dimensions: 11 H x 6 W x 1.4 D |
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Drawin map for stamping die tryout
Sheet metal forming is a manufacturing process in which flat sheet metal is drawn into a die cavity to form a product shape. Draw-in amount is the single most important metal stamping index that controls all forming characteristics (strains and stresses), formability failures (splits, wrinkles) and surface quality (distortions) on a panel.
Adaptation of a new die set for repetitively metal stamping sheet metal parts to a part design specification is simplified by using a math-based simulation of the metal stamping operation under specified engineering metal stamping conditions for the specified part. The metal stamping simulations are used to create an engineered draw-in map comparing selected locations on the peripheral edge of the stamped part with corresponding locations on the peripheral edge of its original sheet metal blank.
The resulting map of sheet metal draw-in dimensions reflect suitable displacements of the metal sheet between the binder ring and binder surface of the female die member at all such locations as the punch member of the die set executes its metal stamping operation. The engineered draw-in dimensions for a simulated part identify specific locations for adjustment of the binder ring/binder surface system in adapting the die set for production of parts.
A conventional three-component die set for metal stamping sheet metal parts consists of a punch, a binder ring and a female die. Such die sets are used to make many strong and light weight articles of manufacture. These articles include, for example,automotive body panels and other structure parts; aircraft and appliance sheet components; and beverage cans. Families of formable ferrous and aluminum sheet metal alloys have been developed for these manufacturing processes.
In a typical sheet metal forming operation, a flat blank of the metal is held at its periphery over the shaped cavity surface of a female die and the sheet is pulled into the cavity and against the shaped surface using a punch with a formingsurface complementary to that of the female die. The sheet is drawn and stretched between the tools and assumes a desired shape. In making stamped parts such as automotive body panels, often characterized by deep pockets and small radii bends, thepanel may be formed in stages using two or more sets of metal stamping dies each operated in a suitable hydraulic press.
In sheet metal stamping operations the blank is clamped at its periphery against the marginal surface of the female die cavity with a blank holder called the binder ring. The interaction between the binder ring, the interposed sheet and thebinder portion at the margin of the female die is critical to making a part that is formed free of wrinkles or tears. The binder ring has a bead that presses adjacent sheet metal into a complementary depression, a trough, in the binder portion of thefemale die to create proper restraining forces that prevent the sheet metal from being drawn to the die cavity too freely or too restrictively.
In a traditional die development and making process, a die is designed based on previous experience, and the die is validated through a series of physical tryouts. These tryouts are time consuming and costly and cannot guarantee the success ofthe die developments. For a typical automotive body panel, say a fender, the tryout alone could last twelve months and cost more than one million U.S. dollars. Today in math-based die development practice, the design of a die can be evaluated andreshaped through electronic tryout via advanced metal stamping simulation technology that consists of metal stamping CAE (computer aided engineering) programs, sheet metal forming simulation software (e.g., Pamstamp? and Dyna3D?) and high performancecomputers.
After the die sets for a vehicle body panel, for example, are designed or developed successfully in the digital world, the dies are constructed and tried out in a tooling shop. However, there are differences between the engineering of a die setand its everyday use in a manufacturing operation. And there are differences in results obtained between digital simulation of die operation and physical parts produced in a metal stamping plant. One aspect of the problem is that die makers are not sofamiliar with math-based die engineering principles that they can make good use of the math-based work in tuning actual dies for everyday metal stamping operations and ordinary sheet metal material. Therefore, physical tryout periods for each set ofmanufacturing dies can still take weeks or months because there has been no robust procedure by which manufacturing people can detect and correct differences between an actual die set and the math-based simulation from which it was built.
It is an object of this invention to provide a process for conforming actual sheet metal metal stamping experience using a specific die set with state-of-the-art math-based simulation of the die set and metal stamping operation. It is a more specific objectof this invention to provide a process for using the exact amount of sheet metal drawn in over the binder ring at selected locations around the periphery of the blank as a practical and effective basis to conform the operation of the physical die set tothe simulated performance of the virtual die set.
Die tryout workers can use the engineered draw-in map as a basis for correcting actual draw-in of the blank on the real die set. Where the sheet metal draw-in distance on the trial part is larger or smaller than the map dimensions suitablecompensation adjustments are made to the bead shapes to reduce or increase sheet metal flow. Invariably, as the actual draw-in values around the periphery of formed parts are brought into conformity with the simulated metal stamping draw-in values, good partsare produced.
The advantage of this invention is that die tryout workers can focus on draw-in of the sheet metal as the part is formed, one of the occurrences that they regularly observe in the making of each metal stamping. Now, with the use of the engineereddraw-in map, die tryout workers can more efficiently approach the die tryout process by conforming actual sheet metal draw-in dimensions with the math based simulation draw-in map and, where necessary, making adjustments to the beads at specificlocations identified from the draw-in map.
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