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Anonymous
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April 2003
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carving sedimentary rocks
Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:45 PM
can anyone tell me how to carve sedimentary rocks from hardend from spacel compound[?]
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selector
Member since
February 2005
From: Vancouver Island, BC
23,325 posts
Posted by
selector
on Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:47 PM
I would hesitate to even try it with that material, but you could try scribing it with an old file or any thing old and reasonably sharp to get the strata. But, have you looked at stacks of ceiling tile. I don't have much luck with the search function above, but several people have done that.
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ukguy
Member since
October 2004
From: Mississippi
819 posts
Posted by
ukguy
on Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:06 PM
Bass,
here are a couple of threads that involve ceiling tile rock faces, scan through the threads as there is some good info and links buried in there. Specifically check out Harolds (hminky) site, I seem to remember he has step by step instructions in there, but there are also some other good tips within the threads. Its very easy to do and the results can vary immensly depending on the methods and time you invest in the project.
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=41557
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=42875
Other uses
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=44605
Have fun & be safe,
Karl.
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hminky
Member since
January 2003
From: Dover, DE
1,313 posts
Posted by
hminky
on Friday, September 16, 2005 12:53 AM
The web article Karl mentioned about ceiling tile rock is at:
http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/more_rocks/
Thank you if you visit
Harold
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, September 18, 2005 8:25 PM
can any one tell me where i can buy some of that ceiling tile
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ARTHILL
Member since
March 2005
From: New Brighton, MN
4,393 posts
Posted by
ARTHILL
on Sunday, September 18, 2005 9:09 PM
Any hardware or building supply house. Get the cheapest. It will take some practice, but Harold's site is a great tutorial. I tried just a little and it was good. I then got side tracked. With a soft plaster an xacto knife and lots of scraping does OK.
If you think you have it right, your standards are too low. my photos
http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a235/ARTHILL/
Art
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bogp40
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July 2004
From: Weymouth, Ma.
5,199 posts
Posted by
bogp40
on Monday, September 19, 2005 11:24 PM
A hint to carving, scribing plaster is to wet with a spray bottle. For the heavily ragged, chipped look just scrape/ gouge when dry, harder to do but with experimenting you will find the right tool and technique that suits you. Joint compound and spackle is not the best choice of material for this. Plaster of paris, veneering plaster or hydrocal produces the best results.
Bob K.
Modeling B&O- Chessie
Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
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