Solo_bones
Super Freak
Thanks, means a lot. I had worked so hard on the first one and then after the redo I just took a guess that the stucco would work out, never having used it before.
On the method, what I did the first time was give the wood a layer a flat coat of spackle, then I used "knock down" wall repair. It's a spray on product but it's basically the same stuff used on dry wall and spackle....so if it gets wet it gets flat and doesn't really hold it's sharp edges and shape. That happened when I tried to weather it several times with a wash.
The second go I used stucco. The first base coat you can see in the photos, on the previous page, where I just tried to do a thin layer flat coat, then I put some rubber gloves on, grabbed it in my fingers and stuck it to the walls in think clumps, let it dry for a few minutes then took a cheap, plastic knockdown tool to flatten out the clumps a few times. I had to wet the knockdown tool a few times and keep going back over it, pressing harder each time. I got it down towards the end. I can show you some other sides that are not visible in these photos.
The first attempt was super light (dry wall knockdown). But the second attempt using stucco is heavy, about 3x heavier than spackle and knockdown in a can (not orange peel).
Hope that's helpful. Let me know if you have any more questions.
I'm going to try and weather it a bit tomorrow.
Stucco knocked down...
Drywall knockdown:
On the method, what I did the first time was give the wood a layer a flat coat of spackle, then I used "knock down" wall repair. It's a spray on product but it's basically the same stuff used on dry wall and spackle....so if it gets wet it gets flat and doesn't really hold it's sharp edges and shape. That happened when I tried to weather it several times with a wash.
The second go I used stucco. The first base coat you can see in the photos, on the previous page, where I just tried to do a thin layer flat coat, then I put some rubber gloves on, grabbed it in my fingers and stuck it to the walls in think clumps, let it dry for a few minutes then took a cheap, plastic knockdown tool to flatten out the clumps a few times. I had to wet the knockdown tool a few times and keep going back over it, pressing harder each time. I got it down towards the end. I can show you some other sides that are not visible in these photos.
The first attempt was super light (dry wall knockdown). But the second attempt using stucco is heavy, about 3x heavier than spackle and knockdown in a can (not orange peel).
Hope that's helpful. Let me know if you have any more questions.
I'm going to try and weather it a bit tomorrow.
Stucco knocked down...
Drywall knockdown:
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I've got weathering to do, finalizing the entrance of the door...then put the floor down for the street scene. After that I can work on the inside of the building and the other side of the street....face. It's the inside of the building that's jamming me up. After I tackle that the rest should be pretty easy and flow through to completion.
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