How to make fake rock with Styrofoam

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This is a video on how to make a faux, or fake rock using styrofoam
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@SimpleMeFPV 2 ай бұрын

If I could leave a 👍 every time iv watched this video there would be at least another 50 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@fauxrock 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate your kind feedback and the time you’ve taken in watching my video.

@tstuff Жыл бұрын

Where do you source the Styrofoam? I was thinking of making freakishly large pumpkins for Halloween but couldn't find enough without having to buy an industrial quantity. Have you tried cutting the Styrofoam with a heated wire tool? It plugs in and stays warm and you don't need the open flame inside your garage. i have seen them at some hardware stores and there are videos here that show you to build your own.

@fauxrock Жыл бұрын

Styrofoam takes a lot of calling or emailing inquiry to different companies that manufacture items with Foam and have waste then they grind it up and sell it. Unfortunately, in today’s market, they are choosing not to grind it up and sell it but the densify it and sell it to manufactures who are creating new items out of the poly styrene. You may get lucky and find some though I don’t have any viable sources currently. Keep in mind you can always use perlite or vermiculite and accomplish the same thing, but never have any issue where the styrene melts with high heat vermiculite and perlite won’t do that. Yes, we have cut with hot nice hot wires, and all the kinds of things you can imagine. I make a hot wire by taking battery cables attached to a battery and then bailing wire between the two leads and it cuts like butter.

@chk3058 5 ай бұрын

Hi, is it an expanding foam filler that you used to attach styrofoams together at the beginning?

@fauxrock 5 ай бұрын

Yes, the product I use is an expandable foam it’s called great stuff and it sold it local hardware and box stores alike

@geodezix 6 ай бұрын

if styrofoam is so hard to find, it hardly seems this would be a workable way to make fake rocks

@fauxrock 6 ай бұрын

Ground styrofoam (re-grind) is very hard to locate these days due to the fact that the companies with scrape foam are now densifying/ melting it into blocks that are sold to companies who manufacture new Styrofoam products. There’s a lot more money in it for the companies that generate scrap to densify it, then to sell it as in years previous as “re-grind”. A lot of the people that I know that are using Styrofoam mixes are locating recycled, foam from communities, and then they’ve created crude machines that grind it into Re-grind. That takes a lot of dedication and effort which doesn’t seem financially viable to me. If I’m in the need for lightweight aggregate, I generally locate pearlite or vermiculite, which are naturally mined lightweight aggregates, with the very same characteristics as Styrofoam, but they don’t burn. And are much more economically viable in today’s market. All that said yes, if you could build with a Styrofoam mix, making rock is totally possible.

@fallshillsidehome Жыл бұрын

Could you use this styrofoam method to make steps? I’m just curious if it would hold up. It would look great in front of my cabin. Thanks.

@fauxrock Жыл бұрын

Yes if the cement covered foam had a cement foundation…

@fallshillsidehome Жыл бұрын

@@fauxrock ok, great! Thank you, sir. I really enjoy your videos.

@fauxrock Жыл бұрын

👌😀👌

@Danboi. 5 ай бұрын

Im having trouble finding the "glue" to add to morter/concrete ? here in Australia.. whats the ingredient so i can try gind a substitute.. and the waterproofing

@fauxrock 5 ай бұрын

You need to find 100% acrylic ad mixture/bonding agent there are a ton of companies that manufacture it worldwide

@Danboi. 5 ай бұрын

@@fauxrock so is it basically the same stuff you can use in my base concrete mix , and bonding as well as making your "hydrosealing" mix? I'm I'm making a tall rock wall water feature/pond, using styro as my form. 👊🇦🇺

@bast1964 4 ай бұрын

I've purchased Sika Pro Select Concrete Bonding Adhesive/Acrylic Fortifier as my additive. Will that work? In Okla and hoping to avoid cracking with our swing in temps.

@fauxrock 4 ай бұрын

@bast1964 yes that would work I would rather use a product that is 100% acrylic

@luisdelacruzrenovato4923 5 ай бұрын

La malla que utiliza es plástica o metálica?

@StarGazer0270 Ай бұрын

Es de fibra de vidrio usada para stucco y se consigue en Home Depot y Lowes, etc... pero tambien ha usado metal en otros videos de sus technicas.

@JoyceFeilke-fb3lk Ай бұрын

How do you make the mud mix?

@fauxrock Ай бұрын

In this video, I just used a premixed mortar from Lowe’s or Home Depot. No special mix is really required unless you’re trying to make it lightweight and stronger.

@JonHickcox 2 күн бұрын

what type of mesh are you using

@fauxrock 2 күн бұрын

The link below for the mesh is available at Lowe’s and Home Depot both. Thanks for watching my video. www.homedepot.com/p/BOEN-38-in-x-150-ft-Non-Adhesive-EIFS-Stucco-Mesh-EM-38150/203071686

@KM-xm5yy 5 ай бұрын

What type of mesh are u using?

@fauxrock 5 ай бұрын

I purchase $7000 roll of the mesh that I use… It is 4-ft by 7200 long and isn’t something that I sold to the general public. I’ve placed a link below for what I recommend you to use. The link below is for Home Depot, but Lowe’s also sells the same product. It’s 38“ x 150 ft cost about $64. www.homedepot.com/p/BOEN-38-in-x-150-ft-Non-Adhesive-EIFS-Stucco-Mesh-EM-38150/203071686 I appreciate you watching my video.

@bast1964 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I've been watching all your videos and looking for the answer to what kind of mesh!

@fauxrock 4 ай бұрын

@bast1964 thanks for watching my videos. I really appreciate you taking your time to do so. The mash is in a link below. You can also get this at Lowe’s as well. www.homedepot.com/p/BOEN-38-in-x-150-ft-Non-Adhesive-EIFS-Stucco-Mesh-EM-38150/203071686

@user-hl9ts9wu1r 3 ай бұрын

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@fauxrock 3 ай бұрын

Yes indeed… ventilation is key… Thanks for watching

@user-hl9ts9wu1r 3 ай бұрын

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