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« on: July 17, 2008, 09:27:51 PM »

Hi I would like to make some river rocks,I have carved some out of foam .But I am looking for a smooth look.do you use something to cover the foam.Thanks Scott.
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2008, 08:40:20 PM »

you can cover with a number of products,thinned bondo/resin, epoxie, plaster,sac-crete,   but I have found the best way to get real looking rocks is to make a latex mold of the rock and pour a thin shelled cast with aplastic casting compound and then fill this shell  with 2 part foam. paul
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2008, 03:43:56 PM »

Thanks paul.
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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2008, 11:37:13 PM »

Thinned bondo works well too...
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