Birdbath In Progress

As promised, here's the start of the birdbath mosaic. It's still in planning stages. Working with what I have and seeing what ideas will sprout. The temperature went to 95 today so I'm not mixing the tile cement. There is a working limit of 30 minutes and at 95 degrees, that shortens to about half or fifteen minutes.  I'll try not to post too many photos. Remember this is only my second time at mosaics. I don't know if these products will hold up. I researched as best I could to find what I thought would hold up. But I don't know if these products are winter proof, freezing weather proof, if they will work for sure under water. I plan to store the birdbath before freezing weather. The bench, I will just cover it.

This bag is about the size of two shoe boxes but weights 25 pounds. When I open it, I plan to keep it in a plastic box to try and prevent moisture from getting in the bag.

This is the grout sealer I bought and used on the bench. It's the penetrating type.

This mortar is the one I use to glue down the tile. It's says ok to use under water. Dries in 30 minutes unless it's 95 degrees.  You will need a spatula, this one is the cheap plastic kind from the hardware. The 3-n-1 oil is for the tile nippers, they  were the least expensive, carbon steel, and they rust, the oil stops it. I read someplace on someones blog about using the plastic containers, sorry I don't remember the blog, but use the fruit plastic containers to store and organize your broken tiles. Works really good.

Here's planning in progress. I do actually have a plan, it's just making what I have work into the plan is the tricky part. 

Now can you see were this is going? :O)