How to Make a Flagstone
Nothing beats the look of flagstone in your yard. Whether it's a flagstone patio or a set of steps, natural-looking stone gives your garden a rugged appeal. But you can avoid buying pallets of stone--and the effort it takes to haul it home. You can recreate the same look by making your own flagstones, also known as Hypertufa flagstones. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Styrofoam cooler
- Quikrete play sand, 50 pounds
- Clean garden dirt
- 90-pound bag Portland cement
- Liquid concrete dye
- Water
- Dry-cleaning bag
Instructions
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Fill a Styrofoam cooler with the sand. Make a depression in the sand that's the desired size and shape of your flagstone. Cover the depression with the dry-cleaning bag and smooth out any wrinkles. This will be your flagstone mold.
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Mix one part Portland cement and two parts dirt.
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Mix water and liquid concrete dye.
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Add water mix to cement mix and stir the two together until the mixture is the consistency of toothpaste.
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Press the mixture into the flagstone form. Cover with plastic and let cure and dry for two weeks.
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When the flagstone step has dried, gently pull it out of the form. It is now ready to use in your garden or patio project.
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