My first DIY. Plaster speaker stands!!! (1 Viewer)

[Michael Ipp]

Mold was $40, took 2.5 25lb bags of plaster. Very solid, nice and heavy.
I still have to wet sand the top. This pic was taken about 2 hours after it was poured

 

[Michael Ipp]

Dont know how I got double posts, how can I delete one?

 

[Anthony_Gomez]

Looks good..but I have one concern. Being solid plaster, are you worrying about any contraction induced cracking once the center of the column dries out and completely sets?

 

[Chris Carswell]

I'm not sure about the cracking. I got mine hollow then filled them with sand. They worked really good for my surround speaker stand.

 

[Michael Ipp]

Thanks. As far as the cracking, well unfortunatly I guess I will have to wait ans see. I never really worked with plaster. I will just keep an eye on it for a while.

Maybe some pillows around it in case it crumbles with my speaker on it.


Chris - Did you buy yours pre made? If so, where and how much?

 

[Patrick Sun]

The other thread has been deleted.

Will you entertain painting the plaster speaker stands if it makes for a better match with the decor of the room?

 

[Sebastian]

Nice job, but did you know you could by plaster stands at Michaels for about 30-40 bucks?

 

[Chris Tsutsui]

That looks like a greek plant stand with a space ship on top.

Sorry hehe, I like the idea of using plaster...

For one of my studios I carved a replica of the B&W nautilus Prestige speakers out of plaster. I also drew a charcoal picture of them sitting in my room. Nobody in my class has ever seen or heard about them so I got away with ppl thinking I have them.

 

[Chris Carswell]

Sebastian & Michael Ipp,
Don't laugh, but I got mine at WALMART (I said don't laugh) for $12 a piece + a can of black spray paint for $.88, sand from the backyard was free so I got speaker stands for $25

 

[Michael Ipp]

Patrick - I might try to use the "marble" paint kit and see how that goes

Sebastian - I looked but could not find any. I also went to gardening stores and home depot. I eventually bought a bird bath, tunred it upside down and painted it. Too big for the speaker but now it is my TV stand.

Chris - I wish I could have found that!!! But I'm not complaining, the place where I bought the mold from is quite excited about the new use, she is going to put my picture on the web site.

 

[Phill O]

I'm sure that since you did it your self.
You got the exact height that you wanted.
Looks good from my house

 

[Michael Ipp]

I finally found the stands at Michael's that were mentioned. Wanted to see them before I did anymore stands. I have to say I did not like them. They were hollow and had a metallic ring to them if you tapped it. Sure you can fill it but also each one had some sore of crack or chunk missing. I would not feel safe with my speakers on them.
A little update on my project... painted it with Crack paint, pretty easy and pretty cool paint. I had the urge to start crackling everything in the house.

The funny thing is I designed these stands to match my marble nOrh's. Now I think I am selling the nOrhs. Does it ever end?

 

[Rick Wilson]

Thanks for your idea. I saw this post last Friday and I finished my new stands last night. They are not plaster but are some type of resin. I added 10 pounds of sand to each and they currently weigh 27.5 pounds each. The wife painted them with the black stone paint then added gold and silver highlights. 3 coats of gloss polyurethane were added last. I took my old metal stands apart and used the bottom plate with spikes and the top plate.

Thanks again!

I tried to place a photo here but I do not have a place to put it on the web to link to. Is there an area in this forum to store photos?

 

[Dave Poehlman]

Michael, the stands look cool! Especially with the crackled paint.

Did you seal the plaster with anything to keep moisture out of the plaster?