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Fake Lava Rock Progress Pictures
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Mon, Apr 19, 2004 9:44 AM
Here's some quick snapshots I just took of our backyard lava rock experiments - it's overcast this morning.
[ Edited by: pariartspaul on 2004-04-19 09:48 ] |
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PolynesianPop
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Mon, Apr 19, 2004 9:51 AM
Looking good! Keep those pics coming. The stone ruins sounds interesting. |
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OnaTiki
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Mon, Apr 19, 2004 11:01 AM
Wow! looks great, looks like you have a lot of room to play with in the yard...looking foward to more pics.. |
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8FT Tiki
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Mon, Apr 19, 2004 12:52 PM
WOW! that's looking really nice. I can tell you have put a lot of time into that lava so far. It all looks terrific. |
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Tikitronic
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Mon, Apr 19, 2004 1:24 PM
My word that's coming along beautifully. And that bird is one of those touches that takes a space from 'wow' to 'how exactly did you get the dimensional portal to Adventureland into your back yard?'. Very nice! |
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Raffertiki
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Mon, Apr 19, 2004 4:03 PM
That lava is really nice, especially with the plantings on it. |
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TikiBud
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Mon, Apr 19, 2004 5:09 PM
Thanks for the pics...Looks natural,nice job! now to make sure my wife doesn't see these, so I don't have to hear" why don't you try that"! p.s. i may be pm'ing you on help. |
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pablus
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Mon, Apr 19, 2004 11:37 PM
Oh yeah.. I'll be doing that. That second one looks like something you hoisted out of Hawai'i. Better make sure no Tiki-folk see it or they'll start warning you about the taboo. :wink: [ Edited by: pablus on 2004-04-19 23:38 ] |
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sparklegem
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Wed, May 5, 2004 7:39 PM
You are doing an amazing job! Do you have any tips on creating the lava? We would like to cover the painted bricks on our fireplace with faux lava. Thank You!! |
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GECKO
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Wed, May 5, 2004 10:18 PM
Pariartspaul, My friend up da street did a fake lava wall and took some black inexpensive coco joe tikis and imbeded(sp?) them into the lava walls while the cemement was still soft. It looks great! as if they are ancient lava walls that were carved out in certain spots. I only thought of that because i see da hapa wood style coco joe on one of your lava walls. He used about that size coco joes. just a idea i'm throwing at ya. good job. |
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pariartspaul
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Wed, May 5, 2004 11:15 PM
For covering the fireplace brick with lava, I think it would be pretty easy. Get some of that metal lathe that they sell at home depo and nail or screw it onto the brick. Use mason's mix cement and give it a once over. After it sets, give it a second coat and do your sculpting on this coat. Use a little whisk broom and pat on an overall texture to start with, then come in with little sticks to make more holes here and there. For the paint, we sprayed on exterior latex and it worked great. We also imbedded little sea shells here and there, it looks cool if that's the kind of look you want. Oh, and at the end, I sprinkled on a little very fine mica or rainbow translucent glitter for a finishing sparkle. But just a little! About imbedding the tikis in the lava, well, I'm going to try to sculpt an Easter Island type head next, maybe six feet high or so. I'll let you know how it goes. Mahalo all for all the encouragement and good advice! |
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BARNETT
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Wed, May 5, 2004 11:20 PM
:o WOW! Really nice work! Please ffeel free to give us the low down on how you're doing this...if it's not a secret. :wink: |
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sparklegem
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Thu, May 6, 2004 7:39 AM
Pariartspaul, |
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Sam Gambino
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Thu, May 6, 2004 3:35 PM
Great work, pariartspaul. You definitely nailed the appearance of lava rock. |
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FLOUNDERart
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Fri, May 7, 2004 8:25 AM
I agree, looks perfect. |
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BambooPrincess
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Mon, Jun 13, 2005 10:41 AM
I would really love to see those pictures of your lava rock along with some tutes ... :wink: |
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pariartspaul
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Mon, Jun 13, 2005 4:06 PM
I've got to post some new pictures on Shutterfly soon. I had these originally hosted through Vendio and they expired. I have the old pix on disk somewhere.... I'll probably just go out and take some new snapshots - maybe tomorrow! Long live LAVA!! |
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Slacks Ferret
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Tue, Jun 6, 2006 9:04 PM
I'd love to see the photos again too! |
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