Made by Michele Morel
I just finished this long project with Jonni’s recipe of paper cement. Although I was planning to put it outside and protected it with 3 top coat, the painting didn’t even last a month and start cracking and peeling.
Cheetah
Love the way your cheetah is posed! What a bummer about the awesome painting I know must have been time consuming. I had this issue with a big flag I made last summer. I was in a hurry to get it done by July 4, and I think I painted it before it was completely cured. It is also the only project that I used white spray paint as the base coat because it was such a large area.
I think,had I stuck to just acrylics, or followed the valuable guidance from the video Jonni listed, it wouldn’t have bubbled and peeled. Hopefully you will get it sorted!
Thanks Mary for your comment, I guess it may explain what happens as I believe I have been too hurry to take it outside! It is how I learn I guess!
Hi Michele. Your cheetah is beautiful, but it’s really sad to see the paint peeling like that. I’m not an expert in concrete products, but this video might help. The channel has a lot of really good videos about garden art made with concrete. If that video doesn’t help, he has longer videos, too, and if you give him the web address of your post, he might know exactly what went wrong and how to fix it. Good luck with it!
Thank you Jonni, I will look into it for sure!