Ok, got
ahold of the smooth
Kel Seal
brushable caulking to smooth down some of the roughness that the textured caulking gave the board. So in photo order from start to where I am now:
12" x 12" Floor tile with stacks of
Styrofoam hot glued to it. Next step was smearing
brushable caulking to the
Styrofoam to smooth out the edges and hide the obvious
pebblely surface of the foam as well as the straight razor cuts. Some test smears of paint are the yellowish color. Most caverns when they lit with light are Not grey in color but a wide variety of earth tones, which is the approach my color choice takes.
After getting some
Kel Seal Smooth
brushable caulking and applying to the surface area over the textured caulking I dabbed on 3 shades of paint by simply squeezing the bottles of craft acrylic paint around the board. With a half inch soft brush that I would stick into a cup of water about every other brushing to make the colors blend and bleed, I proceeded to cover the board, going back and filling in white spots that showed after the paint started to dry.
Here is the final shot, not much loose rock in an underground cavern and I only hinted at Stalagmites (ground formations...
Stalagmites have to hold tight to the ceiling..) though I could and probably will go and add them at some time. And there you have it.
Man, those look great.
ReplyDeleteWhere do you get your secret ingredient (kel Seal brushable caulk)?
Kel Seal brushable caulking comes from a Paint store, not a Home Depot or similar box store. I get mine from Kelly Moore Paint store or a different name brand from the Benjamin Moore Paint store (not related to the Kelly Moore chain of stores) 1 Gallon tub is about 28$, its also availabe in Quarts, but I dont recall the cost of that. I get the Gallon for the reduced
ReplyDeleteThanks! There's a Sherwin Williams just down the street form me - I'll give it a look.
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