I'm going to show you how to make this in
just a few simple steps. Stay tuned. Enjoy the video. Hey, guys. I am so excited
to bring the coolest project that I have seen
and been able to work with in a long time. And I want the creators of this really
cool finish to introduce themselves. I'm so excited that
I get to make a video with them again. My name is Ryan Wakefield.
I'm a stone craft design. Where are you from? Georgia. I'm in middle Georgia and Warner Robins at the moment. And he is blowing this business up, guys. He has started doing the countertops
full time. And like you said, he's
going to start a YouTube channel and we are going to do everything
that we can to help start his YouTube. And now I have his mom, Deb Wakefield,
who I love. Introduce yourself. Deb, Deb Wakefield. You're a Facebook page. You ever did his artistic design, Stone. And I am from Alaska. And this is my second time. I got to come down here
and be with Rhonda to share this. And guys, if you want to see
some magnificent stone replication on countertop tops on just about anything,
you must check out her Facebook. So I'm so excited to bring this to you
guys. Stay tuned. You are going to love this. All right. So we're going to start off
with insulation foam board. And you can get this at the big box
stores. This happens
to be a 181 inch piece of foam. All right. So take us through the first step. We're going get our markers. And basically what we're going to do
is we're going to draw rocks on here, just like
if you were on a looking at a fireplace, the head rocks and then we're going
to carve out in between each rock. Gotcha. Like if you were going to put. Mortar in the plane
so you leave spaces between. Our spaces. All right. Matter of fact, if you wanted to
if you were going to do a big panel, like for a shower,
which is what you could do with and you want to put two together,
you want to make sure that your rocks, you know, comes off the edge. So if you don't have a rock here,
you have this one coming off the edge. But you could add another one Absolutely. Yeah. So that flow would be there. And so we're going to just draw rocks.
All right. Let's draw. Doesn't really matter what they look like. We can change it if we want to. Different sizes. Not noise. Drives me. Crazy. Like a chalkboard. Yes. Now, about what spacing
do we want to leave? Does it really. Matter? Now? OK, whatever. That's a great answer. I love you. You want different sizes?
Yeah. You don't have all the same.
All right. So. And it's a good idea maybe to. Go look at a rock wall
to kind of get an idea of what we're. And also what kind of rock. Yes, exactly. If you were wanting to make
obviously you like river rock you'd want to make and smooth,
these would be more like a slate. OK, gotcha. So, guys, I'm. Always telling you about faux finishing,
and that's what we're doing. We're actually fooling the eye
and making this look like real rock. But can you imagine what this would weigh
if this were real rock? Oh, I know. Crazy All right. So and it's kind of like a stoplight. These are just suggestions. Yes. OK. So again, I do like to use a knife. We were given that one to use. I was told that one's really sharp to be. OK. And you'll have to follow. Exactly. Just give it a nice cut. Oh, wow. OK. That's pretty cool. And then we're going to dig it out. OK, does not have to look nice. We just have to get. It out,
ok? We're just kind of digging it. OK, gotcha. And I'm an Alaska girl, and I'm out here outside
working in the hundred degree weather. It is not a hundred degrees. It's about 85. Just letting you people know that,
you know what's. Oh, yeah. Wait
till I get you up there in the river. Yeah. So she's having me up in Alaska. In June, so we're going to see how that goes. All right. How deep do we need to go? Well. Oh, you're going pretty deep. OK. But, you know, it is only an inch,
so I don't want to get too deep. All right, so what we're going to do
when we're all done painting it, we're going that we're actually going
to put epoxy over this. So when you paint it, you know,
your pocket, you don't take up space. So you want it
deep enough that it doesn't level it out. Gotcha. All right. So we do want to. Get in there then. OK, This actually works really well. Just so you know. Oh, yeah.
So let me show them what that is. All right. So this is just a paint key guys. Very inexpensive, and it kind of grinds
and grabs that interior. Actually. Well, I'm going to try this. So there's another one in there. We're all about being innovative. So I'm going to come in here. We have horses. So I'm going to come in here with a stick,
and I'm going to see. If I can get into it. Oh, yeah. I like this, too. This is pretty good. Yeah. Remember how I always tell you guys that it's going to look ugly before it looks pretty? And this is definitely the case. Now, right here,
this is too much of a gap. OK, So you can paint the rock in there. Oh, aren't you smart? OK. Yeah. Yeah, I like that better. All right, guys. So what we've done, we're trying to show
you guys that we can use. You guys can use just about any tool
that you want to use to cause this to look very organic. Now we're going to be coming in
with sandpaper. And what we're doing now is we're giving
those rocks the characteristics and just roughing up, basically
rough enough the surface. All righty. Now, we. Don't even have to do that very much because the next process
is going to do it for us. OK, cool. How cool is that? All right. So basically. We just used the lines that we drew
just kind of as a guideline. As Deb said, they were suggestions
and we roughed it up. And and as we went through this process,
I honestly realized what Deb was saying,
that you can't really mess it up because we're going for the deep gouges
and we're going for the real organic look. So we have it all carved out and sanded,
and it looks very organic. So now I'm told
this is where the magic happens. So can't wait to see how this. Now, I've never seen this, guys. So this is a new one for me as well. OK. And it's paint and the hammer actually works
the best. Really? Anybody know what's going to happen
if we spray paint on this? Yeah, it eats it. It eats. Yeah. And so basically,
that's all we're doing. We're causing an artistic flair, flair. All right. The problem is, if you use too much, obviously, it's just going to it's
going to root because it keeps eating it. Yes. We got a little bit of time. Right. Ryan will show you more when he does
his his. It's going to be more in detail.
All right. Cool. Matter of fact, you don't even have to you
now we scuffed it up like this. You wouldn't even have to do that. OK, because a spray paint
going to do that for you. You still want
to put your holes in your divots and make your different levels
so that the artistic part is there. But you really wouldn't
have to put in the scooped up part. That would just so if you're doing
a huge area, that would save time. Yeah, save time. OK, cool. But some people don't
know how to stop, so. Yeah. I think you're straight up talking to me. Not sure about that. I think. So. Little bit of time
because you can always put more on. You can't take it off. And I started personally
just spraying the top and you'll be able to watch it. Just start eating it away. So eating away, that's all I'm doing. OK. And the little drips. I like the little dips
because that's going to be heavier. So that's going to make your little holes
and stuff. OK. When you do get to the edge,
I hold it a little closer and really look at how that that's eating
that way. I'll be going on this side once again. Yeah. Like that. Mm hmm. So that's why I said you don't want that
smooth anyway, right? If you do end up using a Dremel or the wheel or whatever,
you want to have all this, it's rough. Even though if you didn't, this is going to give it to you, but
that's just going to add that much more. OK, so I'm going to come in with a. Dark bronze
and you're having you're using black. Black. All right. So we're going to create some depth
by using two different colors. And I'm told that I don't have to be real
careful so here we go. All right.
So I'm going to flog it lightly. And also the fact that the hammered paint works
a little better. And I think it's because there's. So many propellants in this. And maybe that maybe that's why it works a little bit. So where you really want it to
you want to put a little bit more, but you still have to be careful
because this keeps it well. Well, yes. Let's say I just wanted to add more. You just peel off or you want some more. There you go. It's all about just being kind of using your imagination
and thinking about what a. Real rock. Would look like. Oh, yeah. Where I used to go and just. Yeah, I'm natural. So, guys, if you are doing this,
make sure you're. In a very well. Ventilated area. We are in a really big studio shop area. We've got fans going. So you don't want to do this
in a closed area and wear the proper PPE. If you are in a closed area
and you don't have good ventilation. Now, when it comes to the edge,
I did tear some of these edges because I love that look. See, that's still eating it. Look how far in that goes. Yeah. But but you have to remember,
if you are not going to do this in a full panel,
you are going to do these. You could do that, right? I did that on my on my island. I'm doing panels and when you put them together,
they look like it's just one piece. But have to remember your next piece. You're going to have to make sure
that all follow through. So that's where the art. Right. Kind of goes
through to do a lot of panels. Just like when you pour epoxy,
you'll want to put those panels together. So that. Exactly, exactly. One year. OK, so now we've got the paint
all on the surface where we want it. Deb, how long do we need to. Let this set before we go to the next. State? Oh, I would,
I would probably 30 minutes. OK. If soaks it up pretty fast. All right. And once it's soaked in, it's dry
and you can go do the next level and that would be the epoxy. All right. Awesome. OK, so we'll be back in about 30 minutes. All right. So not only can
we use the foam to make the rocks. Ryan's going to show us a really cool
application, which it's just it's blowing my mind how cool this is and how many ways you can do this. So he's going to show us an application
where we can do back splashes. So that's the same thing. We still have the one inch foam. Same miles from the course. The part about this is just makes
this process so much easier and faster. So when we're doing the edges, these
this is your backsplash. Makes it lighter. And all that type of stuff. You can do. Moves. So if you have a wall that maybe it's not. Those little,
little bends are really easy. Yeah. All right. Cool. And you can come up with your own style
with this. It's super cool because that first process
where you guys were digging it out, you can do anything here
like you can sit here and scratch it. I mean, come up with something. I've picked it away. Yeah. And you're. Just trying. To create something that looks
very organic that you would see in nature. And the spray paint is doing
90% of the work for. All right, so. The hard part a little bit. Yeah. I like to do kind of an angle here
for my first one to get most of that. And something else I will throw out there, this little flat part, this little lip
here, you kind of want to get rid of a little bit of that because it does
start to look funny after this break. And I can show you a little spot. So you're saying the little. 90 degree
that's right here. Just a little start part.
You don't want OK. So we don't really want a lot of 90 degree
angles. OK. Gotcha. Now, if you leave these sticking up
like that, those look really funny. OK. Another spot is if you cut
and you were to leave that the paint in, it'll start
peeling up and reveal that pink again. OK. All right. So we just really want to chisel
that edge pretty good. So that's that's the main reason
I start with that big. OK, cool. And I also do that on the bottom. If it gets kind of thin, you might as well
just take that out because. It's going to come it's going to come out
when that paint hits it anyway. All right. OK, can I leave a little bit over there so you can kind of see what it does? OK, All right. All right. So, guys, this can be a backslash. All right. So all I'm going to do
is I'm going to start out with a darkness when I go dark, too light. I'm gonna start with my black
and I just start with one color. And then I walk away for that. 20, 30 minutes. OK, so each time you put a color,
you walk away. No. If it's touching pink, foam,
then I leave it for 20 minutes or what? Just let it do its thing. After that, paint is dried on it. You can paint the top of that
as much as you want. I won't it. Gotcha. All right. Gotcha. All right. And I
put kind of a pretty heavy layer on it. But you do not want any puddles, right? No puddling, but a thick coat. All right. No puddling. No paddling. No paddling. You Let's let's get a close up of this All right, so now you're kind of
just touching up areas where the maybe the foam moved
a little bit and exercising. It moves it exposed more. So you're just kind of touching it. At any point
that pops back out at you, right? You're just kind of. Yeah. And then I will do a light coat
over there. That's because I actually use
a lot of this for my base. So I've already done the prep
work up here, and then I'll go and. OK, so when you mean prep work. That would be undercut. All right. So on the paint you've actually painted
already with the top. To a degree, yeah. OK. Up to
I leave a little bit of room for my edge. All right. So what he's saying is that he actually
has already come in and painted with maybe the stone countertop
undercoating that he's already painted, what,
a couple of inches up? Yeah, I just live about two. It just saves time. Saves time, right. OK. And I can just kind of go right from here
and just continue making my base. All right. Coloring. I gotcha. All right. At this point for 20 or 30 minutes. Yeah. How cool is that? All right, so everything is dry. And now we're going to go to the next
step, which is to put a bass coat on. All right. So we are using the stone
countertop undercoating. Now, then, can they use a latex paint,
or does it need to be something like this? It can be any paint that you can put off
oxygen. Gotcha. All right. Any paint that you can put epoxy on. So you're not going to want to use
an oil based paint. You're going to want to use the latex
paint. The Undercoating, and then go from there. All right. So here we go. And you just basically want to cover
absolutely everything. Everything. 100% coverage Here we go. So this also helps seal it as well as just being
the, you know, our background color. For those of you who have done furniture or any kind of painting at all
and use the dry brush technique, that's what we're going to do that
here on this piece after it's been epoxy. So this black will show
as our undercoating. All right. Good. That dry technique is just the best. I use it on everything. I even did a video on how to do cement. And I used it in that video. OK, so we are back. It's actually the next day. So we're going to do a really quick recap
of what we've done. We cut out our design and after discussion last night
after we did the video, there are so many different ways that you can get these grooves in your finish. You can use a router. You can use a Dremel. There's so many different ways. But you want to make sure
whatever that you do, it's very organic and that the way we did it
with picking it out, it really does give a very organic non uniform look. And that's really what we're going for. We don't want. We want a very authentic look. Then after that,
we painted it with two coach of the stone countertop Undercoating,
and then we've let that dry. So that's where we are right now. So now what we're going to do
Deb and I are going to show you two different ways to add your color. We are going to split this in half. On this side, Deb is going to do
some acrylic dry painting. On this side, I'm going to do some faux
finishing with some spray paint. So, Deb, why don't you get started? OK, so the acrylic that I'm going to do,
I mean the paint on rigid acrylic, but the technique that I'm going to use
is the dry brush technique. So basically,
we're going to put layers on. And I don't know if you do that
with a spray paint. I'm going to do the same. OK. So it's just layers. I always work from dark to light. OK. And so I'm going
to start with a dark color and with a dry brush technique. It's exactly that. You dip it in the paint,
but you don't want it really, really wet. You want it pretty dry, actually.
All right. So these acrylic paints happen to be
just paints that we bought at Hobby Lobby. You can actually use any kind of paint
that you want to. It's not detrimental to what you
what you want. Anything that is going to dry.
Dry, quickly. Dry quickly, and also compatible to. Foxy. Exactly. Yep. So so basically the reason I dry
it off is all I want to do is I want to hit my highlights.
I want everything. I want this black to show
and all the cracks, all the crevices. And that's what gives it that depth. I did this on furniture. Furniture? Yep. Ceramics, anything. So. So this is how you do it. All you're doing is just hitting it. And look at that. See how that comes through. And what do you have? This is my have. Don't cross the line. OK. Now,
the only way that you can actually kind of go wrong on
this is if you don't off load your brush
and you come in with a super wet brush because then basically all you're doing
is painting your surface. Right. So what she's saying is,
if I didn't take that paint off I just filled in that hole. That's right. And so that would not be good. So so so if if I did that a really
big spot, you can try to wipe it out. It doesn't really wipe out very well. So you would get your black paint
and repaint that. Yep. Or you can even get water
if it's an acrylic paint. Exactly. Yeah. Depends on what
your surface is. Exactly. And you know what? That's going to look really cool because I know that you're going to dry
brush other colors over that and it's going to look really neat the more that look how fast and easy
that you're getting on my side. Girl, I know you are. You're right there, right? Yeah. Those are my glory. Glory. Yeah. Just. Just that one color. Yeah. Look what it's done. Be a finish. All it. About. We are going to the next step. All right, so this looks absolutely fabulous. So we may get questions What if we don't want black grout lines? So what I would do is when we came in here and we painted this whole thing black
I would then come in and paint my grout lines
or the whole thing. Exactly a gray or whatever color you want that grout line to be. And then when we do our dry brushing, our grout lines are going to already
be the color that we want it. And then you don't even have to worry
about going in there and dry painting that. Right. OK. So then if you went over the rock. Yeah,
there's going to be gray in here. Exactly. So you get wanted to just do
the black on here. You could do it however you want to do it. Whatever color
you want your background to be. So many ways to do it. All right. So I am going to try to emulate this with the colors that I have
with the spray paint. Now, the reason we're doing this
spray paint is because a lot of you guys out there that are doing epoxy
already have a lot of the spray paint So that's why I want to see if I can try to get the same or a similar
look with the spray paint. So I've got double gloves
and these are the blue gloves. These are actually not the best gloves
to use for this application. I didn't have any of the black
chemical resistant gloves. So I may have to change gloves
several times. All right. So here we go. I'm going to come in with a cinnamon rust, Liam,
and I'm going to spray paint my hands. And here we go. And even if you can't match it
completely, obviously, because that is so much different
than this color, you wouldn't be doing two different colors. Exactly. On a panel. So she's just really showing I'm just
kind of flying techniques how to do it. I can also kind of fog a little bit
and get some under color in there. And basically what I'm doing is I'm just kind of
doing the same thing that she did. I'm just hitting my highs with my hands. That's
why we work so hard at the texture Yes. That texture is just giving those highs. That texture is what is doing it for us. And now some of the rock
I do want to be a little more colored. I'm coming in
with a little bit of a copper color. Oh, this happens to be a hammered copper that's kind of taken that orange look down a little bit. And the biggest thing you do want to make sure you get that edge. Yes. Because that edge we work hard at. Right. Aspray. That's right. Well, and I know I made the very last highlight
that I do. You see that here?
Kind of get that. That's where I really. Your last highlight is length at the most emphasis on that edge. And of course, I can a little bit
and get something. Like that color. So this is actually sand is what I'm coming in here with now. Now, this rock right here doesn't have a lot of texture. And you're going to see I'm
having a little bit of a harder time to getting it to look realistic because I don't have the texture
to grab the color. So I'm really having to kind of manipulate that paint to make it look a little more realistic. So that's why it's really important. Like Deb said,
at this stage where we're pouring this spray or putting the spray paint
and letting it part in this to create that texture. That's why it's important. This the neat thing is to watch this
come to life. I think it is because a lot of you probably thought when
you first put this color on, it's like. Look at that. But look at the transformation
when she did that. I just now I would not be Rhonda Poulos with our three designs unless I came in. Here you go. What? That lady, she said.
She was going to do a. Tiny bit of turquoise. You know what? Maybe you maybe it's not nature. I don't know. There is a point in my. Which is a rock. Just in case you're wondering. Oh, yeah. In my world, there are turquoise rocks. Hmm. Ooh, that is beautiful, though, right? Yeah, it's moss. It's. That's exactly what it is. We've got some mossy rocks. Be rocks. Well, actually, guys, this is when you. Yeah, there's a lot of it. Yeah, Now, if I get too much, come in with my other hand. This is my eraser. I've just kind of taken it off. It's important. That's why you did it. OK. So, guys, if you like this color
combination, leave me some comments. Let me know maybe what kind of rock you
would be doing, what colors you would use. Would you use acrylic,
or would you use spray paint? Let me know. All right, guys. I absolutely am falling in love with this. This is amazing. All right. So our next step is to let this dry well,
let it dry for maybe 30 minutes or so, and then we're going to go to the next
step, which is to apply our epoxy. OK, so you saw how we did the wall. Now Ryan's going to show us
how he does the backsplash. So just like the panel
that we just showed you, we have painted this
with two coat of the black undercoating. So whatever we put on top of
this is not going to react with our foam. All right, Brian, work your magic. OK? This is basically just kind of what I do
for a lot of my base based coloring. And it works. So you do start with the black. Yeah. Perfect. Almost. All right. Good. And I'll start with a
I guess I can't start with a black. But he did that. All right. Start with it. And then we're going to use a. Darkness
to light. Yeah. OK, I'm going with the glass
this is the dark gray. OK. A dark gray was the lamp. Yep. And I'll just. Let's go like this. All right. Kind of try to hit all my low points. OK. All right. Now All right. We're still leaving some of the black. Sure. OK. So, again, we're just layering
and layering and layering. And I'll hold really lightly on this. That's kind of. Oh, wow. OK, that's cool. I like that. All right. You can put your paint in your cup
and you can splatter. Kind of like the old fashioned
splatter paint. So that's a fun fact. Oh, how fun. Yeah. I'm going with aluminum. All right.
This is a metallic. Yeah, OK. Aluminum. I like a little bit The Shining. All right. And the white is pretty powerful side. There you go. There you go. You're just getting a little bit. I'm going to play with that.
Let me play with this. I love this stuff. Yes. Why did we came like like that? So what I found with this
is that you almost have to throw it. How a lot of wind in here. Yeah, we do have some air. Yeah. Oh, very good. Oh. Okay. I I do kind of heavy for a reason
because I come next with the alcohol. OK. And you know that softening? Absolutely. Oh, love it. Cool. Have fun. And then I come in with the last two. I do a little bit of these. All right, so what we have in. These bottles is 91. Percent isopropyl alcohol. And we've mixed it with. Our mica powders at a ratio of about. A quarter ounce or a half a bag. If you buy from our website, too,
eight ounces of the 91 or above alcohol. All right. So that's what that is. Make sure you shake it up. This is silver. Bright silver. And this is what. Bottle. Black. OK. And I kind of like what
these two do together for some reason. The silver and black. Yep. Oh, man. And your finish is. So pretty. I'll do a little heavier
on some of them, huh? And then once that alcohol dissipates. Yeah. What's left is the mica powders. So that's how you get that shimmer. Wow. How fun. Oh, I love it. I'm not a fan of your spray bottle. My military spray. Bottles. And I kind of. I pretty much saturate it
and then leave it, and it'll soften those lines
to make them look a little more elastic. Awesome. All right, so we're going to let this dry. Meantime, we're going to start putting the epoxy on the rock wall All right. Fantastic. Thank you. OK, so we've let everything dry. I mixed up some quick coat. Now, you don't have to do this with quick
coat. You can use the regular epoxy. We just want to use a quick coat
so that it'll just go a lot quicker. We've mixed it up at about one ounce. Per square foot, and all we're going to do is start painting it on. I don't want to pour
it on because I don't want it to pull in all of these edges. So basically, we're doing a skim coat. All right. So basically what we're going to do
is go in very thin. Now, if you're worried about time and being able to do this very quickly
or you're doing a really large area, I would suggest
that you not use the quick coat and you just use the regular epoxy, but you do the same application. Or have more than one person. And or have more than one person. We're not trying. To get 100% coverage because as far as being really thick,
we're just trying to seal up all of the texture so that we don't get bubbles on our next layer. And also, by putting epoxy on this,
you'll see how the color does change a little bit. But that's OK. The reason we're painting it on is so that we're not getting rid
of all that texture. And so we'll just add our highlights back. Yeah, we can definitely come back. After our epoxy is dry and we can do that,
the whole painting layer. We could actually do that all over again on top of the epoxy and create an even cooler look because we're building depth. Doesn't have to be thick. I'm just I'm. Just trying to get a nice, even thin coat over everything. Matter of fact,
if I do use just a regular, I'll come back every hour or whatever
because, you know, you're just right. Then it'll start cooling. So I just come back and play with it.
Just. Okay.
Not covering up any of the good tech. All right, good. Cause texture is everything in this look. All right. Looks good, right? All right, so I grab me a torch. All right. So very, very, very lightly, because it's. Foam. I'm going to ever so lightly
hit it with just a little bit. We're going to let this setup. Being that it's a quick coat. This should set up
within a couple of hours so that we can go to the next step. Now. If you used regular epoxy, I'm probably going to wait a good 24 hours
before doing your second layer. All right, guys. So what we did is we used the quick coat because we really wanted to kind of speed
this process up. You don't have to use the quick coat. It'll just take longer to clear. If you do use the quick coat,
one thing that you will notice is in all of the little grout lines or anywhere, there's real detail. You may get pooling of the epoxy, and it's kind of a cloudy color. In our case,
we really don't care about that. We were more interested
in the speed of the curing. That's why we did the kit, the quick coat. But I do want you to be aware of that. Like I said, we're not worried
because the step that we're fixing to do right now
is going to cover all of that up anyway. So what we're going to do now.
Did you have something? I was just going to say
and actually I kind of personally like to see the pooling
because then we know that it was sealed. Exactly. Exactly. You didn't have any pooling. Then you would want to definitely
put another coat, just paint another coat of epoxy on it. But we now know that it is sealed. 100%. Absolutely. And like I said, what
we're going to do right now, it's going to cover up all of that area
that we're worried about. All right. So now what I'm going to do, you know,
if you watch my videos, I love to glaze. And so what we're going to come in
is with two different glazes. I'm coming in with the general finishes. And this happens to be their pitch black. And I'm just using a rest lamb product
And this is just their antiquing glaze. You can make your own glaze. You can buy any brand of glaze. This just happens to be what I have,
and that's what we're going to use. So I'm going to come in
first with a chip brush, and I'm going to start with my black. And what I'm going to do
is. I'm just going to. Kind of come in to the grout lines. And I'm going to tap that glaze in to that area. And what that's going to do
is it's going to. Take away all of the. Pooling that you saw with the quick coat. It's going to just hide it. You won't even be able to see it. And then what I'm. Going to do is I'm going to come in
on the sides of the rocks and I'm going to kind of darken them to kind of give them a 3D effect. And you don't have to be real careful
with this because this is. A glaze and it does wipe off. With water. And you'll see. Deb in just a minute. Go and start pulling all the product off
or a lot of the product off. And these different colors, it come. To a different. Yep. And you can make your glaze and any. Color that you want. All right. So now I did the black. I'm going to come over with the. Brown glaze
And what this is going to do is just get in all those little tiny areas and it's just going to highlight the lows And then Deb's going to come back
and work. Her magic as well. For just basically wiping it off
and highlighting it. All right. So I want you to guys to look. Like look at it before we wipe it off
so you can see these have the glaze. This doesn't have a glaze. All right. So I'm going to wipe it off
just with a dry rag first. And then if I need to, we can just dab it
a little bit of water on here to highlight it. We kind of step off first
and then just wipe it up. And like she said, we really want to try
to keep that in the cracks on the edges. This is the same. Technique that I use
when I do my rock edges on my countertops. Right. So simple. Right. You don't realize
how just such a simple technique. Will take a project like this
and just over the top. Oh, my gosh. Over the top. It gives it that realistic look. And I'm not being careful, I promise you. I'm just I am just jabbing it in there. I'm even going to go in
some of these deeper. Holes that are in these rocks
with. The black. And then I'll go. Over it with that brown, and it'll give. Those rocks just a really cool 3D. Look. All right, DAB. This is looking amazing. Hey, I love it. I love and. Ronda just had to add her turquoise in here,
and everybody was kind of laughing at her. I think it looks pretty nice. I like all of it. I'm not going
say it seriously. Nice. Yeah. Rocks have different. Colors.
I know, I know. So what I need
you guys to do is in the comments. Let me know. Would you have put turquoise in there? Yeah, seriously. All right. I'm going to help you out here. Yep. All right. I'm loving this. Are we good? Yeah. Guys, look at this. Oh, awesome. All right, cool. OK, so like I said, we'll let this dry,
and we'll come later on, and we will apply the matte finish
ultimate top coat. All right, so you saw us do the rock wall. Now we're going. To do basically the. Same thing to our backsplash. All righty. So, Ryan, I'm going to go in
with the delays, and then you. Are going to pull it off,
and I'm going to hit it with some black glaze. And then I'm going to come back
with the brown glaze. And again, you can make any. Glaze that you wanted to And I'm going to kind of highlight
this edge right here. We'll have to get some glaze now. Yeah. You're going to have to go
get you some glaze. All right. So why don't you pull that off. And something like this, which was really cool, is
if we. Wanted to even highlight it more we could do this
and then we can come in with some paint. This is a dark finish and it is gorgeous. But let's say that we wanted to come in
and just grab the top. We could then come in with our hand
and maybe a little bit of white paint. And we can bring in some highlights. You could do this with any color. You could do this with. A light gray. Or. Yeah, a light gray. You can even. Come in with an. Acrylic and do this. With an acrylic as well. Oh. But it's all about creating levels. Now, you can go back over this. With your glaze if you want to. Dark it, darken it and just keep layering and layering. And layering. See, I love this. So watch this. If we if we go over it now with the glaze. Watch what'll happen. It's all right. Now, we can go back over it with this
because that's spray. Paint is not water based. Our glaze is a water base. So I can go directly back over that and then you can pull it off
to however you like it. So you're just building depth
and you're building layers. And that's what makes it look so real. Isn't that cool and that cool? Yeah. And because you're using an oil
based paint, which is your spray paint, and then you're going over it with a water
based paint, you're you you can work it. You don't have to wait for that
white to dry. Now, if you were. Doing an acrylic white,
then you would need to let that dry before you went back over it with a water
based glaze. It's cool. So look at this. Is this not beautiful? I love it. So easy. So quick. Amazing. So we'll do the same thing on this. We'll let this dry. And then we'll come over the top
with the ultimate top coat. And this is actually ready
for your epoxy, too. If you had a finish, you could. That's right. Absolutely. You know what? Actually,
that's what we need to do. We don't have any epoxy on this yet. And you know what? You really wouldn't have to. Honestly,
if it's a backsplash. Yeah. Yeah. So, honestly,
you wouldn't have to put a poxy on this If you're just going to use it as a backsplash and you just want it
more as a decorative accent. We can come over it right now
with the ultimate top coat and save ourself a step. You know what? I think that's what we're going to
do. I think we're going to do the ultimate top coat over that,
which actually has the UTC. And then we're going to go over this
without. And we're going to see what it looks like. So guys, you are going to be able
to see how it turns out first hand. We don't know. We're going to try it. OK, so all of our glazes are dried and now we have several options
that we can do from this point on. One thing I was thinking of
as I was videoing this is to get even more realistic looks
and another layer. I'm going to come over the top of this
with our Montana marble spray. This is available on our website,
comes in white, black and silver. In this case,
I'm going to be using the black. So what I'd like to do first before I
before I actually put it on my piece is do a test to kind of see
what my pattern is going to be And I only want this to be very, very subtle accents. So I'm going to come up really high. And I'm very lightly. Going to put it over the top. I don't want to go crazy with this
because I only want it to accent what's already there. All right. So that's really cool. And remember, guys,
any of these steps that I'm doing as far. As adding layers. You could stop at any point. It just depends on how realistic
you want this to look. All right. So that looks really cool. Subtle, subtle, subtle. But looks really neat. All right. So let me address one issue as well. This is just a sample board. Your foam is going to come with pre scored lines in it. So what you'll want to do, obviously,
when you're doing your design is to kind of embrace that line across the foam
and maybe put lines, your grout lines there so that you're able to mask any of these pre scored lines. Obviously,
in this piece, we didn't do that because it's a sample. But if we were doing this
for an actual project, we would make sure to incorporate that line into our design
and put grout lines there. All right. So at this. Point, what we can do is. There are several ways to seal this. Now, if I were going to use this
as maybe a art piece or it's going to go against a wall
where there's going to be no traffic, no one touching it,
it doesn't have to have durability. It's not used as a backsplash
or a shower wall. You can come over with just clear matte. Finish. Spray paint. And I say. Matte because you want those rocks
to look very realistic in a really shiny, shiny rock is just to me and my opinion,
just not as realistic looking. So if I were putting this on a wall,
like I said, I would just seal it with clear
matte or a poly acrylic. You could do that as well. Now, if you're going to go
and actually use this as functional art, meaning it's going to be in a shower or a surround of a island, the top of a then a hood. There's so many different things
that you could do with this. Then you're going to want to put something
that's a little more durable. And in this case,
I'm going to go ahead and show you guys how we're putting on the ultimate topcoat
in a matte finish. So we're going to use a roller
and then a little brush to get into all the nooks and crannies. All right. Someone makes that up. And we'll be right back. All right. So I'm going to show you guys
the difference between using the spray paint
and using the UTC. I'm just going to come over the top with a very light layer of the matte spray paint. And I would probably do. A good three layers, very thin layers of the spray paint,
and it dries really quickly. Between layers. All right. So then on this side, I have mixed up the Matte UTC according to the PDF that we came up
with, and I will make that link available either both on my website
and also on the description of this video. All right.
So we're going to take our brush or our roller, I should say. And I've just got a quarter
inch nap roller. Now, I'm not worried about brush, brush or lap lines on this piece
because there are so much going on. So I'm just going to come in here
and I'm actually going to work this UTC over the top Now, you can see that
I'm not getting down into the grout lines and that's OK because I'm going to go back
and work on that but I'm actually causing some texture by rolling the UTC back and forth
and that's kind of what I'm going for. All right. Again, one more layer of texture
that we're adding. Now, usually when we work on a countertop. We'll come back and we'll. Dry roll the excess material off. But in this case, I'm going to leave it
because I really do want. To create. Some texture. On these rocks. Now I'm going to come in with my brush. And I'm going to just start dabbing it in the middle. Now, you don't want to get too much of that product because if you leave it up to pull up
in your low areas, what will happen is it will become very cloudy
and you don't want that So I'm just tapping it out. You could even do this first. Does it really matter? Actually, probably would be a little bit
better if you did it first and then come back. With your piece. And you can just come over the top and anything that's on top of those rocks you could. Level out. Oh, my gosh,
this is going to look so cool. All right. Super cool. And like I said,
I'm not worried about the UTC really. Setting up a lot on me because as I go back over it with the roller, I'm just creating
that really cool texture. The only thing you really want to be
careful is to not get too much product so that it pulls up in those low areas
and causes it to be a little bit cloudy. Now, at this point, as soon as it dries, I would give it a good 24,
probably 48 hours. If you're going to be installing it
into a shower. To let the UTC dry
and then you will be good to go. Yes, I really like
how we're coming back over that UTC with the roller is creating some visual texture as if it were a real rock. How fun. Now you could definitely
do this and the gloss But like I said, I think using the mat is just so much more authentic. All right. So we'll let this dry. We'll come back. We'll let you guys see
the difference between the UTC and the spray paint. Now, what we also have is this piece of backsplash where we don't have any epoxy on it
at this point. If you remember earlier in the video,
we just did a glaze on this Now, two ways to do this as well. I can come over the top of this with epoxy
and be ready to go. Be ready to install again You could also come over it with the UTC
after you do the epoxy. Now what you can also do is come in here with UTC. Now at this point,
before there's any epoxy on there. And if you're not going to be in a high traffic area. Where you don't need that added durability
and structural integrity of the foam, which is what
the epoxy is going to give it's. Going to be a little more stout. You can come over here
straight with the UTC. Again, I'm wanting texture, so I'm not worried about going over. It several. Times back and forth. Which I would not do
if it were a countertop. I would want to wipe it. On a roll it on
and then come back over it. With a dry roller and pull that off. But here I want that added texture You can even kind of let your roller and pounce it a little bit All right. There we go. All right. We'll let all of this dry and then I'll come back
and let you guys see what it looks like. All right, guys. The UTC is dry.
It is absolutely beautiful. I love it. Gives a really authentic
matte looking finish. Our backsplash turned out amazing. Remember,
this doesn't have the epoxy on it, but with the UTC it is very durable. Love it. All right.
Let me know in the comments below. Where would you do this
sort of a application? I would think it would be amazing. A shower walls
or even as a fireplace around. How cool would that be? Check out our web
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