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Jesse, I used a measuring cup and a yogurt container (small) to measure the plaster mix. I used the bottoms (cut the tops off) of gallon milk jugs and put two yogurt containers of plaster to one pre-measuerd cup of water. You will have to experiment with the mix to get one you like. Don't add water or plaster later in the mixing process-it screws up the cure. After you figure out the mix, use the same one over and over and assembly line it. I would use 10 or 12 cutoff gallon containers in an evening. The plastic makes it easy to clean by flexing and cracking cured plaster out off the containers. Expect to make a mess....I have plaster shoes, pants and jacket which I keep outside in the trainroom....Nothing sets the better half off like bits off plaster on the couch etc... I colored the plaster after it had set in the fashion of water color painting: Adding washes to get thre darkness I desired. I didn't like pre-coloring of the plaster because it made the color too even which I found unrealistic. If you add color to the plaster experiment....Nothing like a dark brown mud mountain when you wanted granite. Remenber you can always add more plaster or take a hammer and break it out if you don't like it. Guy
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