jing-jing Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Finished my faux stone floor this weekend and I'm amazed and how great it looks! Thanks for all the great advice on it. Now on to my second mission...the walls. I want it to look like it's stucco with raw wood beams in it...kind of tudorlike I think. Any hints on what works best or how to apply? Caulk? Putty? Tissue paper? Thanks! ~Jenny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuppa-Tea Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I think some people Tracy and Holly use spackle over wood for that effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuttiwebgal Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Holly uses spackle for her stucco look and Tracy uses Paperclay. Teresa is using paperclay and a stiff paint bruch for a stucco look on her bash. I have used the tissue paper/mod-podge method with likeable results(Haunted house) and I also have used small grain sand in white paint for the stucco look.(glencroft) I imagine the spackle and paperclay methods are more expensive. and as I have never used these methods I can give no tips or hints but as for the other....when applying try to avoid getting any where the window trims go....easier to put them in their place. I applied my trim to the Glencroft over the textured paint but I had to be very generous with the glue due to the texture...but I LOVE the way that house turned out. as for the tisue effect....I like this also. and its quick and easy to do. so there ya go.... I hope it was helpful in some small way! nutti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfire Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Regardless of which method you use I would recommend that you tape (mask) off those things you don't want to get the stuff on (just like when you paint a regular house). It will help make the clean up and finishing much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I Like to use Paperclay or Spackle. For me, they work the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishMist Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Here's a vote for joint compund. Works wondefully and is cheap. I use poly clay tools to apply and it went on wonderfully. Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jing-jing Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 Thanks for the advice. (I totally would have forgotten to tape everything off first.) Carol...I love the transformed crayon house. How did you do the rock walls? Are they real? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishMist Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Thanks! The stone walls were printed from the textures website (thanks to Linda's help getting the size right). I darkened them around the fireplace to allow for soot. Then I dry embossed them for texture. It was really easy. Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 the spackle and paperclay methods are more expensive Not spackle, I used a tub of premixed that covered the Glencroft, inside & out, sor about US$5. I'm on a fixed income, y'all (and if our governor doesn't quit "fixing" it there'll be none at all ), so anything I use has to be CHEAP!!! I posted the gritty details in the Glencroft blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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