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Faux rocks?
I've got a pond/creek in the backyard, I intend to put a nice waterfall
back there, but those darned rocks are heavy, and I always have to move them 3 or 4 times before they are right. Anybody ever made a 'water feature' with styrofoam? I'm thinking I can get a huge chunk and carve it into a pleasing shape then coat it with something, but what is that something? Any ideas, I really don't want a store-bought/prefab look. Thanks |
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Faux rocks?
Sure, there are many ways to go, but I like this website:
http://www.nettally.com/skinnerd/hyp.../Hypertufa.htm On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 21:00:21 GMT, Whit wrote: I've got a pond/creek in the backyard, I intend to put a nice waterfall back there, but those darned rocks are heavy, and I always have to move them 3 or 4 times before they are right. Anybody ever made a 'water feature' with styrofoam? I'm thinking I can get a huge chunk and carve it into a pleasing shape then coat it with something, but what is that something? Any ideas, I really don't want a store-bought/prefab look. Thanks |
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Faux rocks?
In regard to homemade rock (hyper-tufa),
http://www.the-water-garden-and-gard.../Hypertufa.htm Whit wrote: = I've got a pond/creek in the backyard, I intend to put a nice waterfall= back there, but those darned rocks are heavy, and I always have to move= them 3 or 4 times before they are right. = Anybody ever made a 'water feature' with styrofoam? I'm thinking I can get a huge chunk and carve it into a pleasing shape then coat it with something, but what is that something? = Any ideas, I really don't want a store-bought/prefab look. = Thanks -- = J Kolenovsky, A+, Network +, MCP =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/reference.html |
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Faux rocks?
I love Hypertufa! In fact, I have fantasies of becoming the "Hypertufa Queen
of Austin" when I retire and have time to devote to something other than working and paying bills. One day... J Kolenovsky wrote: In regard to homemade rock (hyper-tufa), http://www.the-water-garden-and-gard.../Hypertufa.htm Whit wrote: I've got a pond/creek in the backyard, I intend to put a nice waterfall back there, but those darned rocks are heavy, and I always have to move them 3 or 4 times before they are right. Anybody ever made a 'water feature' with styrofoam? I'm thinking I can get a huge chunk and carve it into a pleasing shape then coat it with something, but what is that something? Any ideas, I really don't want a store-bought/prefab look. Thanks -- J Kolenovsky, A+, Network +, MCP τΏτ - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/reference.html |
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