concrete drawing test panel reveal

we left the test panel to set for a few days

then came back and removed the form board ready to try and release our test tile from the concrete base.

one last thing that was done when we poured in the backing concrete was to insert these large lifters, they look like giant zipper tabs.

we connected the chains and lifted the whole thing both panel and base a few inches, then john tapped the base to try and release the panel. it was a tense few minutes.

and then pop and thud, the panel popped up and the base bed of concrete made a thud as it dropped away.

 

using the crane the panel was lifted up

and then moved across the workshop

this is what the base concrete looked like after, some of the oxides left on it but for the most part ok.

the test panel is set down on a pallet ready to inspect.

some of the base concrete bed remained stuck to our test tile but we were able to scrape that off

and this is the final result. it is pretty good. we were happy with the result. the colours are good, they will change a but more as it continues to dry out over the next few days.

this is the panel wet. we learned a lot doing this panel. next is to get it slip tested (more on that later)  and then if we pass that then we can begin one of the real artworks.