Concrete Countertops: Attempt #2

This is attempt #2. Amanda and I took hammers and hammered under the mold for around 3 hours. There was no need to workout that night. Our arms were on fire! The above picture shows the mold. What is in the center is my gloves and two pieces of 1 inch foam siliconed together to represent where the sink will go. The size is 45" by 22" total.

So the differences from the first mold. First, the sink was not built in. I purchased some drop in sinks from the ReUse store for $5.00 a piece. It was quite the steal. At the same time we purchased some back splash tile for $5.00 for a complete box. Second, we hammered and did not use the palm sander. Our palm sander did not have the ability to vibrate the bubbles out like we needed to. This was a dramatic improvement. Third, the internal wire support was more straight forward. The other mold had multiple pieces and this one only had one. This was much simpler to make and cut. The final difference was the amount of concrete. The first one took 3.5 bags of concrete. This one took around 2 bags of concrete.