Geronimo prepares the bases for the forms for pouring the concrete counter tops.
The large space in the centre of the counter top is to house the large double butlers sink.
When the mix is roughly in place, grooves are marked out for the draining board and a slope is formed to drain into the sink area.
Finally it's trowels down and a 10 day wait until the concrete has cured sufficiently to polish.
Water must be sprayed on regularly to prevent cracks caused by fast drying.
And a makeshift shade has to be hung against the windows to stop the glare of the high altitude sun.
Reinforcing steel is wired together and a thin strip of plywood curved to the correct shape.
The large space in the centre of the counter top is to house the large double butlers sink.
Geronimo wets down the wooden form while the black concrete is being mixed. Marco shovels the mix onto the form while Jeronimo and Honorato spread it out.
When the mix is roughly in place, grooves are marked out for the draining board and a slope is formed to drain into the sink area.
Now the hard work really begins, endless hours of trowelling the mix smooth.
Finally it's trowels down and a 10 day wait until the concrete has cured sufficiently to polish.
Water must be sprayed on regularly to prevent cracks caused by fast drying.
And a makeshift shade has to be hung against the windows to stop the glare of the high altitude sun.
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