Concrete Countertops DIY (Instructional DVD) featuring Fu-Tung Cheng
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Actor: Fu-Tung ChengDVD: Region Code 1
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-17
Movie Reviews of Concrete Countertops DIY (Instructional DVD) featuring Fu-Tung Cheng
Movie Review: I am sure I would have messed mine up without repeated viewings
Summary: 5 Stars
Labeling this DVD an infomercial overstates the case. There are maybe three parts of the video where he (Fu-Tung Cheng) is hawking his products. They are super easy to blip past. Thankfully, so are a few of his jokes.
The real issue becomes, if you choose not to use his products, then it leaves you no information on measuring out fibers, coloring agents and water reducers. ("Concrete Countertops," his book, is good stuff and I recommend getting it first, this DVD does *not* replace the book. The book predates the his product line, so it has the aforementioned measuring information, and making your own faucet knockouts, etc.)
That said, here is why the video is worth it.
It is useful to see the how the process as described in the book (above) has been refined, i.e. putting packing tape over the form screws (instead of modeling clay in the screw heads). Or, that they use a cordless vibrator that is maneuverable/gentle enough to use in the form (in the book, they talk about how dangerous they can be and only use them clamped to the table - Now he's got a Makita cordless job). And they spread the decorative aggregates on the form surface now, affixed with Super 77 (instead of adding a boatload to the mix like it was gravel), which makes much more sense to me...
A moving picture is worth a million billion words (for me). I would review the scenes before I did each section. I am sure this saved my [...], as I am prone to skimming over some crucial passage. Like when he stops cold and says - "I have been using 1 5/8s screws, but you must use 1 1/4 here or you will break right through your form walls"
A am a bit biased, I got a "free" pound of Neomix when I bought the DVD off of Cheng's site ("free" with shipping, that is); so I felt I did all right. (Psst. Hey kid, the first one's free... Just trying to get me hooked, I suppose.)
An interesting extra is I found 80lb bags of 5000 psi concrete (not quickcrete brand) at my Home Depot with fibers and reducers already mixed in. That pretty much leaves color...
Minuses: Extras? pah. Would be nice if they showed how to build a curved form or something. Also, sometimes They Show Him Putting In Every Screw. A bit more agressive editing couldn't hurt. Nothing significant enough to dock stars.
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