How to Make Cement Brick Easy

Making your own cement bricks for home design projects can be rewarding and save you money. You can use cement bricks to decorate your walkways, driveways and walls. There are many different shapes and sizes of cement brick molds, which means the brick design possibilities are nearly endless. Cement is a component of concrete and it functions as a gluing agent that holds the brick's other components together; however, you can also use cement on its own to make bricks. All you need is to mix cement with water to create long-lasting cement bricks.

Mold release spray
Mold shapes
Dry cloth
Cement
Water
Scoop

Instructions

- 1
  Spray the walls of the cement brick mold with a mold release spray. Molds are either made of plastic or wood and you need to spray them to prevent bricks sticking to their walls. The mold release agent will help you remove the cement bricks from the mold without damaging it. Apply only a barely visible thin layer of coating. If you leave excess agent on the wall, it may create bubbles on the brick's surface.
- 2
  Wipe off the excess release agent from the mold using a dry cloth.
- 3
  Mix two scoops of cement with a half-scoop of water. Stir it until you get a toothpaste-thickness mixture. Add additional water if needed.
- 4
  Scoop the cement mixture into the mold shapes. Fill up the mold to the top to make bricks.
- 5
  Bounce the mold up and down to help the cement settle in all corners of the mold. Wait 48 hours for the cement to dry. Turn the mold over to drop the brick out.

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