A hypertufa is an anthropic rock that is built using Portland cement, peat moss, and perlite. It looks like a tufa, a naturally occurring rock formed from a precipitation of limestone. Like a tufa, a hypertufa is very light and porous and is usually created for creating gardening adornments.

Anyone can make hypertufas in their own homes, using household materials. Aside from the standard ingredients, you will also need a mold that will shape the form of your hypertufa project. The molds are crucial items in creating your hypertufa as the final result is going to be based on how creatively you managed to make use of your mold. As I pointed out earlier, you do not need to buy objects in order to have a mold. You can utilize different materials available your house for your project as your mold, just make sure that it’s solid hard and sturdy enough.

The most typical molds that are used for hypertufa are cardboard and wooden boxes, trash cans, styrofoam ice chests, buckets, pots, and plastic and metal containers, which are used to make a planter or a trough. Hypertufa planters basically simply take up the shape of the container employed as a mold and so the method is just simple.

You can even make use of other items to make distinctive gardening decorations, all you have to do is be creative with what you employ as a mold. For instance, old inflatable balls may be used to produce garden spheres. Huge leaves are also inventive choices for a mold, although creating the hypertufa off it can be a far more challenging procedure. Some other recommended items are jars, plates, gloves, old lanterns, and so on.

Other than objects, you can also make your own mold out of different materials like wood, polystyrene foam, stryrofoam sheets, and chicken wire, to make a particularly huge hypertufa imitation stones. You can also dig a hole on your lawn and use them as a mold to construct hypertufa walking stones.

It is also important to always keep in mind to put a releasing agent on your molds. The releasing agent will assist you to take away the mold once the hypertufa hardens. This will also make your mold usable once again. Plastic and trash bags are the most common releasing agents. You can also utilize bubble wraps as a releasing agent to provide texture to your creation. If your mold is made of plastic, you can also utilize oil lubricants like cooking oil, engine oil, and Vaseline as releasing agents.