Faux (fake) Rocks: Build Log with Pics. - Page 3

luckyluke · #21 01-21-2009, 02:00 AM

this is very impressive... hope you can get more than guppies in there soon! this tank dissevers to have something amazing living in it... i hope i can be this successful when i start creating like this... really well done!

Allyn · #22 02-12-2009, 10:09 PM

Can you use pool noodles for this?
Or the foam used for the T-rex Inserts?

Gold3nku5h · #23 02-12-2009, 10:13 PM

So where did you actually fine the polythelyene foam? i've been looking aroudn town for about a month now, and have come up with everything but. I've checked the ups store, lowes, home depot, micheals, hobby lobby (last 2 craft stores) and heard i might check at a uhaul place. Also tried the post office. No luck. I might use regular styrofoam, but not a traditional one, but more like the polytheylene foam, but not a plastic type. Anyways, any help on where to get it would be great, and also im still going to read the rest, but what kind of mortar mix did you use?

Allyn · #24 02-16-2009, 08:24 PM

I'm trying the tile concrete thing on a slightly modified t-rex foam insert right now, ill post a pic when its done to show how it turns out when its done if any1 is interested. then ill try using cut up pool noodles to see if they work well too.
Is there anything I should use to seal the finished project to keep it from dissolving from moisture or anything?

and is this smile

supposed to look like its drooling or is it just my computer?

Gold3nku5h · #25 02-16-2009, 08:37 PM

I kinda see how that smillys drooling, but as far as the foam stuff, i'd like to see how it comes out. On wednesday im probably going to order a whole bunch of the polythylene foam either a charcoal color, or straight white, it depends. Im probably going with white, cause its going to be covered anyways. Also i got all the stuff as someone else on the board. Ultraflex 2 and thinset. I also have quikcrete mortar mix (getting a bonding agent at work tomorrow maybe), and i might try a test with the both of those to see which one is better. FAS - Fine Art Supplies | Art and Poster Paint - Acrylic I think im going to go with this brand of paint, because its non-toxic, and waterproof, the two most important parts of the paint i need, also permanent, but i will have to see if that can handle my application for now. I might use a sealing layer, but idk yet...

Poker1 · #26 11-13-2009, 10:04 AM

Great rock! Did you have any trouble with the UF2 coming off during its vin. bath? Cloudy water? I'm trying the UF2 and am doing the baths for each layer. After setting 48 hrs. I did the first bath and it is rubbing off.

DartFrogGangsta · #27 12-23-2009, 08:44 PM

hey i jsut finished grouting my waterfall, a cuple questions to anyone who knows. . .

1. iv read about ppl who DO and DONT sumberge their faux rock in water and vinager???
what are the PROS and CONS to doing so... DOES it even HAVE to happen?

jrtfan124 · #28 12-29-2009, 10:12 AM

I'm interested in knowing if it needs to be soaked in vinegar/ water. We're working on a BG using Great Stuff and tile grout. Does tile grout have to be soaked too, or does that just apply to concrete products?

Also, this is for a CWD, so there will be humidity, but no real water contact with the BG, so what is the best sealer for it? Will a water based polyurethane be OK, or should we be looking for something else? I've read about epoxy resin, but that's a bit expensive, and I don't want a shiny finish...

Thanks in advance for any product recommendations!

icytea_thunder · #29 05-24-2010, 10:03 PM

Do you happen to have a link to that dendroboard thread. I am looking for a thread that was posted a long time ago with a guy who used a very similar method to making rocks, and used a reptile canister filter for the waterfall. I used to have it bookmarked, but it has long been lost in cyberspace.

ChrisXXXMendez · #30 07-27-2010, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrtfan124

I'm interested in knowing if it needs to be soaked in vinegar/ water. We're working on a BG using Great Stuff and tile grout. Does tile grout have to be soaked too, or does that just apply to concrete products?

Also, this is for a CWD, so there will be humidity, but no real water contact with the BG, so what is the best sealer for it? Will a water based polyurethane be OK, or should we be looking for something else? I've read about epoxy resin, but that's a bit expensive, and I don't want a shiny finish...

Thanks in advance for any product recommendations!

I plan to go the grout way also and would like to know if it has to be soaked in vinegar/water like concrete does.