Deepwater Step by Step (6 of 42)

Here is the Pier after adding the legs. These are simply 1/4" and 3/8" wood dowels from Lowes. If I had it to do over this would have been step one and I would have drilled holes through the Pier base for each leg. Then place the Pier in the harbor, level it up by allowing the dowels to poke through the top of the Pier base, and then glue the dowels in place and finally sand off the top.  I didn't, I ran 8 3/8" by 1/2" stringers across the bottom of the Pier.  Drilled holes in these for the legs and then tried to level it up by sanding or cutting of the bottoms of the legs.  Three and a half days later the results are in the photo below.  No matter how level the plaster looks, it is not level.  It has high spots and low spots as a result, I guess, of how it settles in during the pour. You might notice the color differences in the "painted" water.  This was caused by the fact I had used spackle to smooth out imperfections in the orginal plaster pour.  Spackle absorbs the paint differently than Plaster of Paris.  I actually think this worked out for the better, but thought you should know it was an accident.  Once the Enviro-Tex was poured these color differences make the water look more like what you would see in a sheltered port.   Also notice that the Rock wall is in place, the Hydrocal casting of stones is above that an I have featherd light tan down to just past the waters edge on the right side of the photo.

Pier-3 No Water