| I received this request a couple of days ago and | | | | Now comes the hard part! |
| thought I would share my reply: | | | | Craft store sell letters and numbers. You will have to |
| Del, | | | | get all the letters, etc you will need. |
| Can you tell me the best way to make a rubber | | | | Now go online and look up how Linotype is set. You |
| stamp to make concrete Ten | | | | will have to set your letters into the words you |
| Commandment tablets? Or do you already have one | | | | want. This is done backwards so it is read right to |
| I could purchase? | | | | left. I forget what they call it but you can read it |
| We are a non-profit organization so I don't want to | | | | with a mirror. |
| spend too much for them. | | | | I think I would put them on a sheet of fairly rigid |
| YBIC | | | | plastic. You will need to glue them so they don't |
| Bill Hutson; Founder | | | | move. |
| Table Talk Foundation for Better Living Inc. | | | | Place the finished commandment into the bottom of |
| I wish I could say I have some made, but no I don't | | | | the form. Do all this setting up in a place that is not |
| Bill. | | | | going to get direct sunshine all day. Shade is best for |
| Making one on your own would be a nice little | | | | curing the stones. |
| project. I think I would get my forms made first in | | | | Paint on a light coat of 10 w. engine oil and pour your |
| the size I wanted. I would probably use the rigid pink | | | | concrete into the form. |
| or blue foam that is used for insulation in houses. | | | | For concrete I would use 'topping Mix' you can get it |
| Sometimes you can pick up a couple of pieces of | | | | at just about any building supply as a 'ready mix'. You |
| foam and some plastic at construction sites if you | | | | just add water. I would mix it thinner that the |
| talk nice. You should get at least 1 1/2 or 2 inches | | | | instructions on the bag. Make it about like pancake |
| thick, with 2 inches probably best, but sometimes a | | | | mix. You want to POUR it. Start in one place and let |
| little hard to find. | | | | the concrete spread itself as much as you can. You |
| I would carve out the shape of the tablet. Cut right | | | | may have to move a little if it gets to the top of the |
| through so you have a hole shaped like a headstone | | | | form and another area is not covered yet. |
| or whatever shape you have in mind. | | | | Do not move your bucket all over the place when |
| Line this with plastic. I would use a garbage bag cut | | | | you are pouring. You will have all kinds of air bubbles |
| so it was a flat sheet. Another thing that works well | | | | if you do this. |
| is that plastic that is put on interior walls before the | | | | Now the real hard part... |
| sheetrock that you got when you asked for the | | | | Cover with plastic and wait at least 48 hours, better |
| surplus insulation at the building site. | | | | yet, 3 days and pray! |