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How to Make a Flagstone
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...
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.
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
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.
Mix one part Portland cement and two parts dirt.
Mix water and liquid concrete dye.
Add water mix to cement mix and stir the two together until the mixture is the consistency of toothpaste.
Press the mixture into the flagstone form. Cover with plastic and let cure and dry for two weeks.
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.
