Prepare and Pour the Concrete Mix. Pour a bag of the concrete mix into a wheelbarrow. To mix the color, pour a half gallon of water into a bucket along with a pint of the color, then add one gallon of water and stir.Add the color mix (Image 1 -- ash was used for this particular project) to the dry powder a little at a time.rim and Glue the Luan. Make a template of the counter using 1/4 sheets of luan. Once you get the right shape, you can trim the luan with a utility knife and a straight edge. Once they're cut, carefully glue the pieces together with hot glue, and write notes on the template to indicate the walls and finished edges.
2 Average debt levels have risen rapidly as well: two-thirds (66 percent) of college seniors now graduate with an average of $26,600 in student loans, 3 up from 41 percent in 1989.
THE DEBT The sad fact is, most families with no savings will be borrowing a fair bit of money to send their children to college. The best loans are the federal student loans, and most traditional-age students can take out $31,000 in loans during their time as undergraduates.