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M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11247	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Sun, Oct 19, 2025 7:57 AM in reply to hang10tiki Thank you H10T! I had some putty left over from the hornbill project so I did another transformation. PVC pipe to bamboo This piece of PVC pipe hold my projection screen when we do movies on the patio. It was a bit ugly so I decided to bambooify it. They are lots of ways to make PVC into bamboo but here's what I did, I'm happy with it. (PS, just the one lower piece of bamboo it mine. The bigger pieces were made by God I used this air dry foam clay to make nodes along the pipe. I pressed a groove into the node all the way around But as the clay dried, the groove went away. Not shown here, but after the clay dried (a few days) I cut the groove back with a Dremel The next few nodes a made the groove by tightening a zip tie around the clay while still wet and cutting it off when dry Be sure to wipe the letters off with acetone and a rag, yellow paint won't cover them After a base coat of dull yellow I randomly dusted it with some bright yellow and brown spray paint to give it a mottled effect. A small brush and brown paint in the node grooves. And some random brown steaks lengthwise on the pipe.

Thank you H10T!

I had some putty left over from the hornbill project so I did another transformation. PVC pipe to bamboo

This piece of PVC pipe hold my projection screen when we do movies on the patio. It was a bit ugly so I decided to bambooify it. They are lots of ways to make PVC into bamboo but here's what I did, I'm happy with it. (PS, just the one lower piece of bamboo it mine. The bigger pieces were made by God

I used this air dry foam clay to make nodes along the pipe.

I pressed a groove into the node all the way around

But as the clay dried, the groove went away. Not shown here, but after the clay dried (a few days) I cut the groove back with a Dremel

The next few nodes a made the groove by tightening a zip tie around the clay while still wet and cutting it off when dry

Be sure to wipe the letters off with acetone and a rag, yellow paint won't cover them

After a base coat of dull yellow I randomly dusted it with some bright yellow and brown spray paint to give it a mottled effect. A small brush and brown paint in the node grooves. And some random brown steaks lengthwise on the pipe.

Post #817147 by MadDogMike on Sun, Oct 19, 2025 7:57 AM