# DIY: Contemporary concrete fire pit

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**Created:** [July 9, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-contemporary-concrete-fire-pit/224467 "2012-07-09T14:58:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![jimmyfloyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmyfloyd/32/3077_2.png) [@jimmyfloyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimmyfloyd)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-contemporary-concrete-fire-pit/224467/21 "2012-07-10T09:21:11Z")

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What material are you using to make your Forms and are you using a special concrete? Are you using rebar or wire mess for structural support? Looks like this could be a fun project.

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**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-contemporary-concrete-fire-pit/224467/22 "2012-07-10T15:38:09Z")

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Added some wax today and gave it a bit of a shine. I wanted to make it more “earthy” so I kept all the voids exposed.

these letters were supposed to pull out…but to my suprise, i couldn’t get them out. So… it’s not nearly as subtle as I was hoping.  
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**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-contemporary-concrete-fire-pit/224467/23 "2012-07-10T15:47:59Z")

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> [@juicedz4](#):
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> Very cool as usual. How did the “live, dream, love” in the one end turn out? I dont see a finished pic of that, or did you scrap that before the pour?
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> :tup:
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> Dan

To be honest, I felt it was a bit cheesy, which is why i have it on the back side. I was trying a test with using laser cut lettering out of plastic to use as a stamp. It didn’t work. I couldn’t get the letters out easiy, so i left them in. I used mold release on them and didn’t think they were going to be a problem. I wanted it to be subtle, even fill it with a similar color cement, but instead it’s obviously white. I had a better quote i wanted to use, but I chose something that was bold and larger letters so I could pull them out. Again, it didn’t work as planned, but it was still a learning experience. next time i’ll mix up a stamp using silicone.

> [@jimmyfloyd](#):
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> What material are you using to make your Forms and are you using a special concrete? Are you using rebar or wire mess for structural support? Looks like this could be a fun project.

Melamine Board. The mold for this was simple, took about 30mins to make and sealed the seams with silicone. Annoyingimity (Dan) made a plastic insert for me for the hole. I used a concret addative from CHENG ([concreteexchange.com](http://concreteexchange.com)) that has a fiberglass fibers, color, and other addatives. I didn’t use a wire mesh for this particular size because the fiberglass fibers mixed in are more than suffice.

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