Well, we've decided I'm going to put my uromastyx and my sudan plated enclosures in the living room. They're quite nice on the outside, but I need to make them suitably attractive on the inside.
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So, I want to make fake rock backdrops for the cages. The cages are 4x2x2, so they need to be reasonably light too. I really like the look of the cage on the bottom right of this page: <a href="http://homepages.compuserve.de/AndiDickhoff/Holzter.html">
http://homepages.compuserve.de/AndiD...f/Holzter.html</a>... the directions are in German, but I ran it through the alta vista translator, and it's mostly understandable. I want to use styrofoam as the main shape, and then cover it with something.... the webpage I linked used "red volume detention finery gypsum" - and I have <i>no</i> clue what that is....
So, what I think I'm going to do is shape it out of stryrofoam, spray it with some kind of foam that builds up and is semi-shapable, then spray it with Fleck Stone paint in a couple desert-y shades for the rock color, and seal it all with epoxy.
So... does anyone have any reccomendations what I should use for foam... or anything else I can use overtop of the styrofoam? I've read about people using Great Stuff foam before, but I've also heard it can be a complete nightmare to work with.... (I want to stay away from cement if I can, just because of the weight). Any thoughts?
Dawn
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