Post #197580 by Tipsy McStagger on Fri, Nov 11, 2005 10:06 AM

..I did a job for a couple in their tiki room involving a faux volcano look.....build a framework by attaching various lengths of 2x4 to the wall to build up various formations for the rock "look". next, staple screen over the entire area....then I used plaster instead of cement....get it real thick and then slap it over the screen, smoothing it out and over your wood and screen formations till you get it to where it looks good...let it dry then go back in with a rasp or power sander to knock down areas that look weird or too high-you can build up areas that need it with more plaster...also get rid of any loose or hanging blobs of plaster as these will break off anyway. ..to paint, i used regular flat black housepaint from home depot...use a brush to get into the nooks and crannys....I used black spraypaint to get into hard to reach areas too...finally, while the paint was still wet, i threw very fine silver glitter over it, but just a dusting, so that the wall slightly glimmers, like the basement walls of the old kahiki....don't over do the glitter....

if you use cement, they have dyes(black) now that you can mix into the cement and save yourself having to paint it...