Diy Concrete Floor Lamp Base

Still thinking through what to use to make it heavier.

Diy concrete floor lamp base.

This video shows how to make a modern diy led table lamp or desk lamp from concrete a 2x4 epoxy resin and a water pipe. Must be the lye in concrete. As is the lamp stands 46 1 2 inches tall. Movers smashed my weighted lamp base for my torchiere lamp.

Just imagine the possibilities. The metal base is 5 deep. Having to shell out 35 60 every few years for a floor lamp is getting pretty tiring. Floor lamp bases often have plastic weights filled will sand or other material and the crack and degrade over a few years.

I decided to used quickcrete concrete mix for the base and a small bucket as the mold to make a custom one. If you re interested in the details of this build feel free to ask me in t. Then i realized i needed a stand of some sort to hold it all up. Apr 22 2020 get inspired and learn how to make your own concrete lights.

On a continued note the concrete inner base covered in hard plastic coating just disintegrated plastic also. The floor lamp base. Hi guys for this instructable i wanted to share with you an easy way to make an awesome concrete lamp this idea can be scaled for all sizes whether you want to go small or large. I did fix a couple of floor lamps before by replacing the base filling with vinyl concrete and that worked out very well.

Can break with your hands. Floor lamps that get moved frequently last only a few years before their plastic and the cement inside crumbles. Paired with a smart out. In this video i show you how i make my modern or industrial style concrete lamps.

This is a fairly simple diy woodwo. Diy concrete and wood led floor lamp. I used quikrete a vinyl concrete patching material to repair it. The wonderful benefit of making your own with concrete is that you can create any shape or size you want to.