Frondy water feature

PeterG - Monday, August 25, 2008 - 2:42am

Just installed this water feature for a customer yesterday. The glass bowl is heavily textured, 10mm thick and a bit over 3' across. The pond will be filled with stone cobbles to make it look like the water is disappearing back into the ground. The steel work was hot dip galvanised, primed, coated with an iron rich paint and allowed to rust.

Peter

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I love it! My kind of

mele miller - Monday, August 25, 2008 - 4:41am

I love it! My kind of thing.
Mele

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Peter That fountain is just

NELSON - Monday, August 25, 2008 - 5:32am

Peter
That fountain is just gorgeous. CONGRAYULATIONS! NELSON

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Really nice

Paula - Monday, August 25, 2008 - 6:13am

I like it alot!!

Paula
Guthrie, MN

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Amazing!

SteelyJan - Monday, August 25, 2008 - 7:07am

Congratulations on a wonderful fountain....recently had an idea for a fountain and this just fuels the fire....please post it again with the pebbles in place...Love it so much...
SteelyJan.

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So it looks like there is a

mele miller - Monday, August 25, 2008 - 4:00pm

So it looks like there is a pipe that enters the bowl from the center? Can you post some closer pictures of the leaves. Is it just welded to a flat circular base?
Mele

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Thanks for the

PeterG - Monday, August 25, 2008 - 6:28pm

Thanks for the compliments.

Mele. Unfortunately this is the only pic I have at the moment. The client has promised to send me a final picture when she finishes landscaping around it. The bowl has a 20mm hole drilled in the base and a flexi hose running down to a pump. I left some thread inside the bowl so she can attach a fountain head if she wants. I prefer the still look with the water cascading over the edge. The leaves are very simple.....just lightly forged, tapered steel bar of various sizes. The bowl is supported by 3 fronds of 10mm x 50mm steel. All the rest are for decoration.

Peter

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Hi Peter, the fountain looks

eligius1427 - Monday, August 25, 2008 - 8:05pm

Hi Peter, the fountain looks great. Once all of the landscaping is in place it will literally look like vegetation is holding up this giant bowl of water. What was the name of the iron rich paint you used and was it difficult to apply? I am in need of such a product.

Jake Balcom
Mettle Design
Lincoln, NE

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Hi Jake The product I used

PeterG - Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 5:45am

Hi Jake

The product I used is from Porters Paints....an Australian company, but they do sell in the US.

Its called Liquid Iron and Instant Rust and is an iron rich paint with an activator (patina) chemical. They also sell a primer to go on galvanised metal. If you cant get the primer, I'd recommend a light sand blasting before using a normal primer.

Its pretty easy stuff to use. Primer, 2 coats of the iron paint then a coat of the patination chemical. It will rust up over a day or 2 particuarly if you keep it damp. I dont bother to seal it. I like the rust to keep developing and changing.

The US suppliers are:
U.S.A. - Los Angeles
OS
Sydney Harbour Paint Co.
Market Entry Services
2033 S. Santa Fe Ave
Los Angeles CA 90021 U.S.A.
Phone: 1 213 817-5418

U.S.A. - Santa Barbara
OS
Surface FX Inc
130 Powers Ave
Santa Barbara CA U.S.A.
Phone: 1 805 963-3126
http://www.porterspaints.com.au/default.aspx

....but there may be a local equivalent from a top-end paint effects store.

Good luck

Peter

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