Fake Lava Rock....Advice Please! - Tiki Carving

P pariartspaul Member Martiniland, California Joined: Dec 20, 2003 Posts: 159	P pariartspaul Posted posted on Sun, Mar 28, 2004 8:58 AM Just an update - we finished off one of the planters and we've done some more experimenting. We found that just hand carving the lava texture really works out the best. First we laid on the mud, then took a whisk broom and patted it all over for a nice overall rough texture. Then we hand sculped the little holes using sticks of various sizes. It worked out great. For paint, we used black exterior latex and it covers good - I have one of those big sprayers from the Home Depo so we sprayed most of it on, then went in by hand with a brush to get some of the edges and detailed areas. Looks like real lava rock. We're on hold this weekend because Richard had to go to L.A. and I'm working on sign orders. We still want to put some flagstone edging at the base to give a border between the rock and the lawn so it will be easy to mow the grass around it. And we're going to play with some more colors - maybe some drybrushed hilights here and there. And then we're going to hot glue some seashells for the finishing touch. So we'll post some pictures when we finish - probably next week. [ Edited by: pariartspaul on 2004-03-28 08:59 ]

Just an update - we finished off one of the planters and we've done some more experimenting. We found that just hand carving the lava texture really works out the best. First we laid on the mud, then took a whisk broom and patted it all over for a nice overall rough texture. Then we hand sculped the little holes using sticks of various sizes. It worked out great.

For paint, we used black exterior latex and it covers good - I have one of those big sprayers from the Home Depo so we sprayed most of it on, then went in by hand with a brush to get some of the edges and detailed areas. Looks like real lava rock.

We're on hold this weekend because Richard had to go to L.A. and I'm working on sign orders. We
still want to put some flagstone edging at the base to give a border between the rock and the lawn so it will be easy to mow the grass around it. And we're going to play with some more colors - maybe some drybrushed hilights here and there. And then we're going to hot glue some seashells for the finishing touch.

So we'll post some pictures when we finish - probably next week.

[ Edited by: pariartspaul on 2004-03-28 08:59 ]

Post #83320 by pariartspaul on Sun, Mar 28, 2004 8:58 AM