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making wood look like concrete

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  • From: Michigantown, In
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making wood look like concrete
Posted by foxtrackin on Thursday, September 2, 2004 5:58 PM
I have a coaling tower that I have made out of wood and I want it to look like it is made out of concrete how would I do this? (I am in HO scale) thanks
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  • From: Annpere MI
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Posted by eng22 on Thursday, September 2, 2004 7:07 PM
Use a piece of scrap from the build process, sand it smooth with a very fine grit paper. Use a weathered concreate paint (floquil) See how it looks.
Craig - Annpere MI, a cool place if you like trains and scrapyards
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 10:04 PM
The wood should be sealed with some "sanding sealer" or ?? then Polly S aged concrete would be a good undercoat, but dark charcol or powders are needed to weather everythong in the engine service area. Good luck!

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