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Does any one know how to make fake rocks and rockwalls?

I'm going to start a set of these in a couple days. The plans I saw before called for something like this-

Either build up Great Stuff (that expanding caulking foam) into the shape you want, or carve styrofoam into that shape. Then, get some acetone (nailpolish remover), and paint it onto the styrofoam/great stuff. It will melt/eat away the stuff, and make it look a bit more naturally shaped.

Then, paint or pour on the glue that you'd use to glue linoleum or tile down to your floor. Make it even more rock-like. I've heard it's OK to leave it right like that, but I've also heard that it's a good idea to spray paint the "rock" to make a ittle variability, and even more natural looking, then seal it with polyurethane, or epoxy.

Thanks alot I will have to try that! When you finish them can you post some pics?

You can also use black silicone and coco-fiber on the great stuff. Pain the silicone on in patches and pour the coco-fiber on before it dries. It won't look like a rock, but it will still make for good scenery. Also look at Blackjungle.com for the ultimate cage background set up.

Here's a link to a "How to.." on fake rock walls.
[url http://www.reptilerooms.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=34&page=1]Fake Rock Walls[/url]

There are also several good threads in different forums. You can find these by clicking on the "Search Forums" link just under the title of this post, or here > forums.kingsnake.com/search/index.php

When searching, I entered: the plus sign and "fake" (space) plus sign and "rock" (without quotation marks). The plus sign won't show up in this post due to coding issues, so that's why I spelled it out instead of using the actual symbol.

Have a good one!
Mike
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Fake Rock Walls
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It is said that 1 out of every 4 people are mentally unbalanced. Think of your 3 closest friends, if they're normal, then it's you.