Diy Concrete Floor Lamp Base

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Diy concrete floor lamp base. Must be the lye in concrete. The metal base is 5 deep. Floor lamps that get moved frequently last only a few years before their plastic and the cement inside crumbles. Apr 22 2020 get inspired and learn how to make your own concrete lights.

Then you look online for replaceme. I decided to used quickcrete concrete mix for the base and a small bucket as the mold to make a custom one. This is a fairly simple diy woodwo. I did fix a couple of floor lamps before by replacing the base filling with vinyl concrete and that worked out very well.

I used quikrete a vinyl concrete patching material to repair it. Paired with a smart out. In this video i show you how i make my modern or industrial style concrete lamps. Then i realized i needed a stand of some sort to hold it all up.

On a continued note the concrete inner base covered in hard plastic coating just disintegrated plastic also. Also need to make sure metal base strong enough to hold weight of lamp straight. As is the lamp stands 46 1 2 inches tall. Diy concrete and wood led floor lamp.

Movers smashed my weighted lamp base for my torchiere lamp. The floor lamp base. Just imagine the possibilities. Floor lamp bases often have plastic weights filled will sand or other material and the crack and degrade over a few years.

The wonderful benefit of making your own with concrete is that you can create any shape or size you want to. Still thinking through what to use to make it heavier. 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. Having to shell out 35 60 every few years for a floor lamp is getting pretty tiring.