Very nice. I've used chicken wire, roughly formed and then covered with newspaper/papier-mâché for the rough first layer base for large rock formation. I never considered cardboard and a rubber mallet. UA-cam recommended this video today. I’m glad they did. I just subscribed and am looking forward to checking out more of your videos.
Thanks for the positive feedback. I really appreciate you watching my video. To be honest I made the four rocks of this series four years ago and didn’t record my time. I know that I made four rocks over a 3-D. Which we’re not full workday I would guesstimate that it was about 5 hours total time to make the one Rock that you’ve asked about
THANK YOU for this video! i’m attempting to make giant stone slabs with hieroglyphics carved into them, let me know if you’d have any advice for the carving process that’s the part i’m scared for😅🙏🏽
Thank you for your positive feedback. I really appreciate you watching my video. I’ve done a lot of hand carving over the years and the key is to have a Mud that’s strong but not too strong so as it doesn’t crack as it dries, but you wanna let it dry enough that you can carve it but it’s still firm .
Thanks for your vid! I'm in a theatee group and we need some relatively portable rocks you could also sit on. Would you say you can safely sit on these without damaging them?
Well, thank you for the positive feedback. I do appreciate you taking your time to watch my video as far as a rock planter bed… I don’t have any project like that currently but if I do, I’ll definitely be shooting video of it. Thanks again.
Hi, i come from germany and your video was very cool. I try to build a japan garden and so i need rocks. I had build yet some rocks and with your technics, they get better than before. Really thanks!:)
Thank you for the positive feedback. I really appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.. In this particular video has a lot of my videos I just use what’s locally available at Lowe’s and Home Depot for my Cement mixes. In this case. It was just a premix mortar that I used and didn’t modify it for any performance enhancements or characteristics. . Stronger and lighter weight mixes in my training courses, both hands-on and DVD
Very cool! How heavy is the final product? Could someone sit on it and it remain structurally intact? Is it easy to lift? I am thinking of making a rock as a hiding place for a geocache. Thanks!
Well, thank you very much for the positive feedback and I do so appreciate you watch my video. The rock in this video I think weighed about 40 to 50 pounds and yes someone can sit and stand and jump up and down on it and it’s not going anywhere .
Great video! Would love to see a weathered effect with maybe some faux moss and algae growth on it. And, how you would seal and protect those extra elements too. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the positive feedback I really appreciate you taking the time to watch my video. I can promise you in time of those rocks will be covered with moss, just like the ones on the wall behind those rocks.
Well, to be honest, it is easy to do. Like in anything, your first attempt will not be as good as your 10th and so on. The key to being successful at anything is to keep at it.
I’m assuming you’re referring to the tables that I’m building the rock on??? if so, they are generally 2’ x 3’ or four depending on the table and 29 inches tall
Thank you very much for your positive feedback… I really appreciate you taking your time to watch my video. For this video, I used just a regular premixed mortar that I got from Lowe’s, but keep in mind there a whole bunch of formulas that I utilize to obtain increase performance characteristics for many diverse applications .
I’ve seen so many people using cardboard and I am just curious due to my horrible experience after a flood, won’t that just become a mold and fungi habitat? Seems potentially dangerous for people and animals
I’ve been using cardboard since the early 80s to make rock in the last 22 years I’ve lived in Oregon, which is a very wet climate and I’ve never had a problem.
I’ve seen a lot of people use plastic mesh, I’ve only used metal lathe for rocks. Is the mesh available at Home Depot? Is it a fiber glass mesh? I want to try this stuff
www.homedepot.com/p/BOEN-38-in-x-150-ft-Non-Adhesive-EIFS-Stucco-Mesh-EM-38150/203071686? This is a poly propylene mesh product, but there are mesh manufacturers who make it out of glass .
Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate you watching my video. As to whether fake rock is less expensive than real rocket really depends on the application and access . To each his own, I always say.
The link below is for Home Depot, but Lowe’s also carries this product www.homedepot.com/p/BOEN-38-in-x-150-ft-Non-Adhesive-EIFS-Stucco-Mesh-EM-38150/203071686
I design outcroppings...I consider it an art. The boulders I design are sculptured far more intricately than the card board box method seen here. My husband and I have created cliff faces and when one is using cements one must think as the rock as part of a larger possibility...t..and one that fits as something that could've been made by Mother Nature over millions of years.. These rock designers are using gimmicks...which can help...but if you are serious about a much larger project i suggest you get out into nature and OBSERVE how the earth really works... Harland Hand designed a fabulous garden near San Francisco and I suggest you GOOGLE his master piece of a garden... Again...get out into nature and REALLY OBSERVE!!! have fun...we are..
Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate you watching my video. Keep in mind that I have gone out and extracted over 1000 feet of molded rock and I cast very realistic features. Unfortunately UA-cam viewers want to see things made out of cardboard I know this because of the analytics of my channel I would much rather put out, more of my better work, but unfortunately it doesn’t get views. I have made over 1000 projects that are high-end home oriented. I like yourself study nature and try to replicate it as such. Unfortunately the UA-cam errors that I’m dealing with are rudimentary and One something cheap and easy not necessarily as high-quality as I’m able to make.
Very nice. I've used chicken wire, roughly formed and then covered with newspaper/papier-mâché for the rough first layer base for large rock formation. I never considered cardboard and a rubber mallet. UA-cam recommended this video today. I’m glad they did. I just subscribed and am looking forward to checking out more of your videos.
Thank you for the positive feedback. I really appreciate you watching my video. Thank you very much for subscribing to my channel.
really cool 1 how how many hours total did it take for that ? I will be making one using your video to go by
Thanks for the positive feedback. I really appreciate you watching my video.
To be honest I made the four rocks of this series four years ago and didn’t record my time. I know that I made four rocks over a 3-D. Which we’re not full workday I would guesstimate that it was about 5 hours total time to make the one Rock that you’ve asked about
Wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Bless you
Thank you very much for your kind feedback. I really appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.
THANK YOU for this video! i’m attempting to make giant stone slabs with hieroglyphics carved into them, let me know if you’d have any advice for the carving process that’s the part i’m scared for😅🙏🏽
Thank you for your positive feedback. I really appreciate you watching my video.
I’ve done a lot of hand carving over the years and the key is to have a Mud that’s strong but not too strong so as it doesn’t crack as it dries, but you wanna let it dry enough that you can carve it but it’s still firm .
Thanks for your vid! I'm in a theatee group and we need some relatively portable rocks you could also sit on. Would you say you can safely sit on these without damaging them?
Yes and then some… thanks for your positive feedback, and the time you took, and watching my video.
This is great!!! Can you PLEASE do one showing techniques to do stones for a raised garden bed?
Well, thank you for the positive feedback. I do appreciate you taking your time to watch my video as far as a rock planter bed… I don’t have any project like that currently but if I do, I’ll definitely be shooting video of it. Thanks again.
Hi, i come from germany and your video was very cool. I try to build a japan garden and so i need rocks. I had build yet some rocks and with your technics, they get better than before. Really thanks!:)
Thank you for the kind feedback. I appreciate you watching my videos and great that you built some cool rocks already.
What ratio mix do you use and what products. Love this video respect from England.
Thank you for the positive feedback. I really appreciate you taking your time to watch my video..
In this particular video has a lot of my videos I just use what’s locally available at Lowe’s and Home Depot for my Cement mixes. In this case. It was just a premix mortar that I used and didn’t modify it for any performance enhancements or characteristics. . Stronger and lighter weight mixes in my training courses, both hands-on and DVD
Very cool! How heavy is the final product? Could someone sit on it and it remain structurally intact? Is it easy to lift? I am thinking of making a rock as a hiding place for a geocache. Thanks!
Well, thank you very much for the positive feedback and I do so appreciate you watch my video.
The rock in this video I think weighed about 40 to 50 pounds and yes someone can sit and stand and jump up and down on it and it’s not going anywhere .
I wish I could do that. Those are nicer than any I've seen for sale
I appreciate your positive feedback. It’s always great to see people watching my video.
Great video! Would love to see a weathered effect with maybe some faux moss and algae growth on it. And, how you would seal and protect those extra elements too. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the positive feedback I really appreciate you taking the time to watch my video. I can promise you in time of those rocks will be covered with moss, just like the ones on the wall behind those rocks.
You make it look so easy! My last fake boulder looked like a mound of elephant poo 💩. I’m looking forward at trying again this summer 👍 as always
Well, to be honest, it is easy to do.
Like in anything, your first attempt will not be as good as your 10th and so on. The key to being successful at anything is to keep at it.
Can you provide some info on the stands you are using to build them on? sizes?
I’m assuming you’re referring to the tables that I’m building the rock on??? if so, they are generally 2’ x 3’ or four depending on the table and 29 inches tall
It’s wonderful work. What type of cement did you use ??
Thank you very much for your positive feedback… I really appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.
For this video, I used just a regular premixed mortar that I got from Lowe’s, but keep in mind there a whole bunch of formulas that I utilize to obtain increase performance characteristics for many diverse applications .
I’ve seen so many people using cardboard and I am just curious due to my horrible experience after a flood, won’t that just become a mold and fungi habitat? Seems potentially dangerous for people and animals
I’ve been using cardboard since the early 80s to make rock in the last 22 years I’ve lived in Oregon, which is a very wet climate and I’ve never had a problem.
I’ve seen a lot of people use plastic mesh, I’ve only used metal lathe for rocks. Is the mesh available at Home Depot? Is it a fiber glass mesh? I want to try this stuff
www.homedepot.com/p/BOEN-38-in-x-150-ft-Non-Adhesive-EIFS-Stucco-Mesh-EM-38150/203071686?
This is a poly propylene mesh product, but there are mesh manufacturers who make it out of glass .
@@fauxrock thanks for sharing I will check it out
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How much did the finished rocks in this video weigh?
I don’t really remember as it’s been so many years since I made these rocks I believe they’re around 60 pounds… thanks for watching my video
This is awesome but wouldn't it be cheaper to get real rocks
Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate you watching my video.
As to whether fake rock is less expensive than real rocket really depends on the application and access . To each his own, I always say.
Where do you get the mesh?
The link below is for Home Depot, but Lowe’s also carries this product
www.homedepot.com/p/BOEN-38-in-x-150-ft-Non-Adhesive-EIFS-Stucco-Mesh-EM-38150/203071686
Do you take consignment projects?
I’m not really sure what you’re meaning?
Thanks for the video!!!
You’re very welcome. I appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.
Are you sealing the cardboard with something before you cover it with Mortar?
Yes… I use the 100% acrylic ad mixture/ bonding agent to seal the cardboard.
Well, you first used wood.
No, I use cardboard elves to make the frame that you’ve been mistaken for being Wood. Thanks for watching my video.
Dude! How much coffee did U drink B4 making thus video?😅
I speed up my videos to get more footage, in a smaller allotment of time. I just started doing this maneuver maybe it’s not so good
I design outcroppings...I consider it an art. The boulders I design are sculptured far more intricately than the card board box method seen here. My husband and I have created cliff faces and when one is using cements one must think as the rock as part of a larger possibility...t..and one that fits as something that could've been made by Mother Nature over millions of years.. These rock designers are using gimmicks...which can help...but if you are serious about a much larger project i suggest you get out into nature and OBSERVE how the earth really works... Harland Hand designed a fabulous garden near San Francisco and I suggest you GOOGLE his master piece of a garden... Again...get out into nature and REALLY OBSERVE!!! have fun...we are..
Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate you watching my video. Keep in mind that I have gone out and extracted over 1000 feet of molded rock and I cast very realistic features. Unfortunately UA-cam viewers want to see things made out of cardboard I know this because of the analytics of my channel I would much rather put out, more of my better work, but unfortunately it doesn’t get views. I have made over 1000 projects that are high-end home oriented. I like yourself study nature and try to replicate it as such. Unfortunately the UA-cam errors that I’m dealing with are rudimentary and One something cheap and easy not necessarily as high-quality as I’m able to make.
Some people need to start small with a simple project, not all of us can start with designing and making cliff faces.
@aaroncraig9940 thank you for your feedback. I really appreciate you watching my video.
I appreciate the instructions but the music is so not needed and very annoying. Typical guy thing.
Point taken… thanks for your feedback. I appreciate you watching my video.