Faux rock wall build

[bsr8129]

I am somewhat finished painting. My weakest point is painting just can't get it to look like rocks to my liking.

 

[sissy]

have you tried a natural sea sponge to get the paint maybe go on better.I don't think it looks bad though .looks like rock to me .Ahhhh need the wife to judge it or knife it

 

[j.w]

Looks darn good to me!

 

[pondlover]

Looks good to me too!

 

[bsr8129]

I might try the sea sponge method. It looks ok but I am my worst critic and always have grander things in my head that just don't make it.

 

[addy1]

Looks good to me too.

Use the sea sponge to add some highlights to the rocks, the darker ones some lighter color, the lighter ones some darker colors, very lightly applied, texture looking color

You have good variation in your colors already.

 

[koiguy1969]

simply getting your "mortar lines" to look like mortar will help ...get them, and it will likely make a big difference.

 

[sissy]

I wonder if he put grout in one of those mortar pastry bags and squirt it between the faux rocks that would make it look different .Not sure it would stay in there .Or maybe put more sand in that drylock would make a difference .I know I did that to give a rough texture to concrete block on a small garden wall

 

[addy1]

You can buy grout in tubes at lowes and home depot. It works pretty nice.

 

[maxXx430]

cant wait for the finished product!

 

[bsr8129]

Well phase 1 is finished. I found the more I messed with the painting the more I kept messing it up. The brackets holding it are just temporally.

 

[sissy]

it looks good from where the pic was taken from ,clamps do the job to see it .Helps when you can see it in a pic where it should be at .

 

[bsr8129]

Now phase 2 has begun. A 6x3 section. Here is the outline drawing

And the full length of it

I have been working the last couple of days cutting out the outlines and it is a long boring task

 

[sissy]

I guess your wife is still missing her knife and will be for awhile or did you break down and buy your on

 

[j.w]

Wow that's really quite a project and will be really nice looking when done! How many phases are you doing and is it going to cover that whole wall or?