Introduction and Material Overview

what's going on guys Alex and zyk and here from mr. bilder welcome back to another week in my workshop today's project is concrete slab so the whole idea behind is we have a washer and dryer in a very very tiny laundry room and we need some surface area on top to actually do this unfolding grant it's kind of expensive I don't want to do Formica and I don't want to put wood in there I feel like let's do something different out of the ordinary let's do concrete apart for mixing in the backyard patio slab this would be probably my actually official furniture piece or a tabletop countertop slab work so I'm a little nervous I'm at the same time pretty excited so the product we're using is a probably that's found on your local hardware store it's a blue bag by quick creats called 5500 PSI Maximizer it's intense it's intentionally does that work that's something is it it's intended for concrete countertops specifically so it's strong and it's easy to work with as well this is your first time working with concrete don't stress at all follow the video let me know any kind of questions down here below in the comments section I'll be more than happy to answer it so without wasting the time let's Cuba intro let's go [Music] one of the first things we need to do is create a nice detailed thorough form a mold some people might call what we're using is a three-quarter inch particle board that's covered with a top surface of melamine you can find your local hardware store there about a four by eight sheet for about thirty bucks shouldn't be a deal-breaker you will need a 100% silicone or a caulk you'll need like a credit card or a cooking tool to help work the edges you'll need some kind of degreaser alcohol rubbing alcohol acetone that's what I use and a vacuum to make sure that area is clean [Music]