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Sat, Apr 4, 09 at 19:42
| Okay, I started my birdbath. I'm using fairly thick peanut-buter consistency thinset, but pieces are still slipping, ever so slowly. Am I gonna have to lay this thing down? I did put tape on some focal pieces, but can't do that on every piece. |
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| Are you using too much? Also, if you work from the bottom up, the lower pieces will support the ones above them. |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Sun, Apr 5, 09 at 9:47
| Are you SURE it's peanut butter consistency? I find thinset very sticky, and it even holds the large flat-backed glass globs for me. LASCATX is right - not much is necessary to hold. |
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| Thanks. I think it was thick enough, but today i'm gonna try making it just a tad thicker, a little stickier. And I do indeed think i may be using too much. I think that's the key!!! I've got to remember - a dab'll do me. I'm encouraged now that today's session will go better. |
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| Just wanted to say thanks again. I did make the thinset thicker. Slow, your word "sticky" helped me know what I was going for. AND, I used a lot less on each piece. So mosaicing was a whole lot more fun for me this time. |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Mon, Apr 6, 09 at 9:10
| Well there you go - another one down for thinset. I couldn't live w/o it. Sure anxious for some WIP pictures. |
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- Posted by cathyscache (My Page) on Thu, Apr 9, 09 at 2:18
| I would love to see pics too!!!! I have a birdbath I need to get done before summer is here.....may have to be my next project?? We'll see, I have so many I need to get done and not ever enough time... |
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| Okay, here's my first WIP picture. Did some more today, but this picture is from yesterday. I had some extra thinset, so smeared it on the bottom part that had a bunch of raised parts. The part below the blue line will be a different blue/white pattern. |
Here is a link that might be useful: WIP - Birdbath
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- Posted by cathyscache (My Page) on Sat, Apr 11, 09 at 2:52
| Your birdbath is gonna be beautiful!! Thanks for the pics...Can't wait to see the finished product.....,Cathy |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Sun, Apr 12, 09 at 10:14
| OH, OH, OH. What a beautiful job of placement. Fits together like a puzzle. This is gonna be a gorgeous birdbath. |
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