My version on how to make a stone wall with fine gravel and glue.
What you will need,
- Thin sheet of Styrofoam
- Fine gravel
- Some berry pins
- Fine gravel, I have used two sizes but I’m sure you can do it with one
- PVA (white glue)
- Plastic lunch wrap
- A piece of cardboard to base it all on and for pins to stick into it.
First I made the mould (just like a mini form box) out of the Styrofoam using the pins to hold it in place. I then covered it completely with cling wrap as it is easier to remove when it’s dry.
You could mix your gravel and glue together and put it in like that, but what I did was to spread a thin layer of dry gravel in first, then squeezed a lay of glue over that and continued with this until the mould was full, tamping it down as I went.
After a day or two you can disassemble the form box by removing the pins and the pieces of Styrofoam. Because of the plastic, you may find it has not dried sufficiently so gently peel back the cling wrap a little and leave it a bit longer, maybe another day, depending on the weather.
When dry remove the plastic, you may find that some will still stick to the gravel so when completely dry give it a light rub with fine sandpaper.
To demonstrate the finished product, I will be posting a mini that I made this section of wall for shortly.
Well good luck, you may want to play around a bit, as I have, after seeing some clever person who was kind enough to post it for everyone’s benefit. What he used as a mould was, as I recall, a children’s plastic playing brick.
When you have your finished your wall you can choose to paint it, or leave it to display the natural gravel colour you have used. Or what you can also do, as I have, is spray them with adhesive and puff some flock onto them to give the appearance of moss.
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theimperfectmodeller
That’s very neat Pat and thanks for sharimg. It has given me a few ideas of my own which I will do my best to try out in the coming days of continued isolation. I will let you know how I get on if successful. 😊
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patmcf
Great mate , I’m happy that I have returned the favour as it is usually you that get me thinking 🤔
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Skarloc73
Thank you for the tutorial Pat. It will certainly help me, because I will need walls like these, once I start to fresh up my late medieval Scots.
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patmcf
Thank you mate, they are easy and you can set the size to suit you own scale needs, and yes the Scots have a lot of stonewalls so I look forward to seeing you work in the future.
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maenoferren22
Looking good Pat.
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Jeff Groves
Thanks for that, Pat! Looks like a good technique, it’s always good to pick up on tips from the masters!
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patmcf
Thanks Jeff I like the masters bit 😂!
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Dave Stone
Great step by step guide Pat, and an interesting way of achieving the end result
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patmcf
Thanks Dave .
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Pete S/ SP
Very clever idea that- I shall give it a go.
Cheers,
Pete.
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patmcf
Great Pete , I’m sure one can get a lot of variety using all the different gravels around .
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John@justneedsvarnish
I’d never have thought of that method, Pat! Clever! 🙂
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patmcf
Thanks John , as soon as I saw it I knew it was going to come in handy 🤔
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Marvin
I wouldn’t have a clue how to make something like that, so it’s always an eye-opener to see your inspired creations take shape. 🙂
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