Kneading-cement ball with mosaic

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Kneading-cement ball with mosaic

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Instructions in 6 steps You can coat the styrofoam ball with kneading-cement. Push the tesserae into the still wet concrete.

Besides the articles listed below, you also need: Container for kneading of the cement (e.g. bowl with lid) Disposable gloves, brush, small container with water, stable support e.g. the lid of a plastic bucket, poss. sandpaper (item 89 530 00)

And this is how it works:

Step 1

Always work without fail with the disposable gloves!

Step 2

Mix the creative kneading-cement with water in the ratio 9:1 (9 parts of cement : 1 part of water). This corresponds to about 100 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 perfectly.

Step 3

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

Step 4

Now you can sculpt the ball with uniform stroking movements by hands until the kneading-cement mixture covers uniformly and smoothly the entire ball. If the cement is too dry for modelling, moisten it lightly with water from a spray bottle. Stroke and rotate the ball with your hands so long until the cement in some way hardens.