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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I'm interested in your faux rock creation procedure. Was it difficult/time instensive? So it's basically just cheap rocks with a diamond wire mesh/lattice over top of it? How did you paint them with rock texture? How did you shape them?
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Yeah as mention in the last post check out the top of this page for the "procedure"
It takes a while as the concrete is a slow cure and you need to "carve" it in a few different stages. Everything Ive found online says you dont need the diamond lath but I wanted to add it for extra strength. The rocks in the 151 post were done last summer and rode the winter with minimal impact to them. This winter was very mild though so I am still not sure of a rough freeze thaw season will impact them.
I used a variety of iron oxide colors and free hand carved in the veins.