Diy Concrete Floor Lamp Base

I decided to used quickcrete concrete mix for the base and a small bucket as the mold to make a custom one.

Diy concrete floor lamp base.

Movers smashed my weighted lamp base for my torchiere lamp. Floor lamp bases often have plastic weights filled will sand or other material and the crack and degrade over a few years. Must be the lye in concrete. Then i realized i needed a stand of some sort to hold it all up.

The metal base is 5 deep. Still thinking through what to use to make it heavier. If you re interested in the details of this build feel free to ask me in t. Can break with your hands.

The wonderful benefit of making your own with concrete is that you can create any shape or size you want to. Also need to make sure metal base strong enough to hold weight of lamp straight. Apr 22 2020 get inspired and learn how to make your own concrete lights. Just imagine the possibilities.

Here are some ideas for concrete lamps and lights pendants floor lamps and table lamps. Floor lamps that get moved frequently last only a few years before their plastic and the cement inside crumbles. I used quikrete a vinyl concrete patching material to repair it. This video shows how to make a modern diy led table lamp or desk lamp from concrete a 2x4 epoxy resin and a water pipe.

I did fix a couple of floor lamps before by replacing the base filling with vinyl concrete and that worked out very well. In this video i show you how i make my modern or industrial style concrete lamps. The floor lamp base. Paired with a smart out.

Diy concrete and wood led floor lamp. On a continued note the concrete inner base covered in hard plastic coating just disintegrated plastic also. As is the lamp stands 46 1 2 inches tall. Having to shell out 35 60 every few years for a floor lamp is getting pretty tiring.