Big kneading-cement ball with circles

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Big kneading-cement ball with circles

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Instructions in 12 steps Once rolled out, you can cut out the kneading-cement putty with cookie cutters and put the made shapes onto the coated ball.

Besides the articles listed below, you also need: Container for kneading of the cement (e.g. bowl with poss. lid), disposable gloves, stable support e.g. the lid of a plastic bucket, PET spray bottle (item 38 798 000), rolling pin (item 61 069 00), spatula (item 38 032 00), brush, small container with water, stand (e.g. a small plastic bucket filled with stones), cling film, turntable <br />(item 89 259 00)

And this is how it works:

Step 1

Thus the kneading-cement is not too dry, we recommend you to work it out in 2 sections. Always wear plastic gloves while working!

Step 2

Mix a half of the creative kneading-cement (3kg) with water in the ratio 9:1 (9 parts of cement : 1 part of water). This corresponds to about 330 ml. Stir the water slowly, gradually add it while constantly kneading. Knead the crumbly mixture with damp disposable gloves (if necessary, moisten several times) until the desired consistency is achieved.

Hint: You can mix also, quickly and easily, the kneading-cement in a sealable container. Here also add the water gradually by stirring it constantly, then close the container and shake it well. That way there is less dust and the parts intermix perf

Step 3

For further processing, place the styrofoam-ball on a securely stable stand, for example on a small plastic bucket filled with stones.

Step 4

Take some cement between the palms, press it flat and coat thinly around a half of the styrofoam-ball.

Step 5

Now you can sculpt the ball with uniform stroking movements by hands until the kneading-cement mixture covers uniformly and smoothly a half of the ball. If the cement is too dry for modelling, moisten it lightly with water from a spray bottle.

Step 6

Roll out about 6mm thick the remaining mixed kneading-cement between two layers of the cling film by using the rolling pin and cut-out circles in different sizes by using the round metallic cookie cutters. You can get great effects by decorating additionally several circles with a small circle pattern.

Step 7

The punched-out circles can be at best removed from the foil by using a spatula and then laid down onto the coated styrofoam-ball (the joints should be always damp, work out possibly with a slightly moistened brush).

Step 8

Let it dry over night.

Step 9

The next day, turn the ball around, so that the free styrofoam-surface is facing upwards.

Step 10

Repeat the mixing of the remaining kneading-cement as already described and coat the free styrofoam-surface as described for the first half. Damp the dry/fresh connection joints of the kneading-cement with a brush, so that the two layers bond well. Decorate as well the second half as already above described with circles in different sizes.

Step 11

Let it dry at least for 1 day. The entire drying period lasts for several days. After about 21 days the object is weatherproof.

Step 12

To obtain a sophisticated look, you can paint further some circles with the Chalky Finish paint.

Craft Idea Big kneading-cement ball with circles