Good video. Myself I use a soldering iron with a square end along the ruler to melt rectangular grooves without the raised edges. Then use an acrylic spray paint which MELTS AND AGES IT an awesome brick look while it base coats the styrofoam and paints it at the same time! Using a soldering iron is as quick as a hot knife through butter and allows any rock face you can draw.
Out of all of the "tutorials" online this was by far the best! Painting looked 2d and flat and a lot of other methods are really complicated. Thank you for sharing this. You are super easy to understand and this actually looks achievable! ;)
This is a great DIY tutorial. I will be making myself a faux fireplace and these bricks will be the star attraction. Thank you for such a wonderful and insightful tutorial.
Talented guy and of many videos I wanted yours was the least labour intensive with great results. Thank you! You are also a very fortunate guy to have a wonderful helpful and cheerful Aunt. I bet it's a breeze being around her - especially at holidays! :))
how durable are the walls? I'm considering something for an escaperoom, but guests can be quick to destroy a nice artsy wall... We have a room with wallpaper we already have to redo every few months... Or would a nice coating of something stiffen op the texture of foam) or is the heat gun doing enough?) I don't mind redoing a wall every now and again, but you know... Preferably not every week 😅
It looks fantastic, but you also gave me a genius idea! I always hate to waste paint on the dry brushing , but a lot of times I have to paint poles, rebar, etc black to "hide" them while they are holding a prop or something else. I can use the excess paint on the brush and start painting the poles, rebar, wood poles now.....from the extra paint on the dry brushing ....
Thanks for sharing! Should have seen this before I started my fake fireplace with cardboard. This is much easier to make a brick look alike from styrofoam.
@mae - With Time + Labor + Paint + Etc + Coffee - You could just buy the " Half " Brick and it will be cheaper and it will look better and cost effective too!
@@JodBronson I'm done with my fireplace and it turned out good. Very sturdy with the boxes I used as base - I even placed a half bag full of cement on top. It's already on display for our office Christmas decoration competition. I learned from your tricks on treating the foam. Thanks again :)
Great job! Even though it's insulated, might not work well near a fireplace or an oven/stove! Brick could melt! Would have liked to see an inside corner done like this! Thank you!
Excellent!! Thank you for doing this. I want to make some props for our display window at work. This technique will help a ton. Have you ever looked at Rocso Sculpt or Coat, or Rosco Brand Theater Scenery Paints. Water based and very versatile. I sold house paint for years Scenery Paint is better for this use. Think about it. Thanks again!!
Creative but much better looking and way more durable if you search faux brick wall using joint compound and tape. You could by this from Home Depot in better durable plastic for 36. 4 by 8
It looks nice and has some R value to regular latex may not stay on for ever one trick to ruff up the surface could be to leave the foam in the sun for a while, or buy paint that is made for plastic, Thanks for the video
Nice job, looks real thanks! How do you fix this to a wall and can this be fixed to a exterior wall which will be exposed to hot sun (I live in a tropical country) and heavy rain?
You are an artist. I am not so I'm just going to go to Home Depot and buy a panel. I just don't have that kind of time or talent. Or patience. Very nice
Hi ! This look really awesome but let's say I want to use it for a long time , is it possible to harden the styrofoam such that it stays there and doesn't break or anything .
If you're looking for long lasting, then you might want to look into foamula. It's a lot thicker foam that is very hard to break. If your local hardware store doesn't carry it then you can special order it online. Hope this helps.
StillImThere yeah you could do that. Not actual cement because obviously that would make it extremely heavy, but there is a cement like coating that is used on houses that would be perfect for that. I just don't remember the name of the stuff so you'll have to look it up, but it should work great!
Idk I'f you thought of it yet but you could use it as a stamp. Smear drywall mud or plaster whole wall. Thin coat. Then just press foam brick and pull away. Let dry.
Whoa!!! That's freggin' amazing!! My husband is working to fix up a house for us (I'm disabled n can't help) and we were just talking about maybe doing a faux brick wall under the bar on the LR side to match the brick fireplace . This is an awesome idea!!! Waaaaay cheaper than actual bricks!! When you heat the styrofoam board do it give it a little more durability?? That's amazing work you've done!!! Fantastic artistry!
Thank you!! We mounted ours to wooden 4x8 plywood walls with screws and used washers to keep the screws from going all the way through. And I think it would absolutely look fantastic as a "look" for a room in a house! :)
Thank you! The foam we used is 1/2 inch and we found it to be the smallest we could go without putting holes through the whole foam piece. As long as you use 1/2 inch or thicker you should be fine.
Hi John, and thank you! The only way I could think of to make use of tracing the lines quicker is if you have another person to help you out. Place two sheets together, you stand on one side, one person stands on the other, and you go down the foam popping the chalkline on. Just make sure you purchase a different color of chalk other than white so you can actually see the lines. Hope this helps! Best of luck!
Great idea! I still have some styrofoam and I'd like to make some covering for the ceiling in my room. I just wonder which kind of glue you'd be using to fix is, so that it won't fall down. My other question is, what kind of paint are you using? You did not mention that. Hope to get any answer from you, thanx a lot! Manuela
Polystyrene foam is highly flammable. Not a great idea to use it for large areas like this. If that wall caught light, it would be a sheet of flame in seconds.
Espero entiendas español, Que buena idea! If you even worked with concret is possible paint the styrofoam with cement water overloaded, just using a simple brush. then paint and the result is even more real... Any way this is a really good idea.
TOTALLY AWSOME, FANTASTIC TECHNIQUE, THANK YOU!!! (Auntie thinks she is adding humor to the video with her negative little comments, NOT SO, she should just leave!)
Looks good, but I'd never put Styrofoam on a wall, interior or exterior; unless it's more fireproofed than most foams can get, it's a serious code violation, especially if the place is opened to the public.
I was wondering what kind of styrofoam you are using. Do you use the expensive kind or the CEO shipping kind. You did such a good job I hope mine can turn out as cool as yours.
can you leave this outside....say like using it as a brick wall for skirting on a house...and will be like insulation for the foundation crawl space but with the appearance of brick at the same time....
We had ours outside and it was fine, but we use ours for the purpose of our Haunted Attraction. As for using it for insulation, I would contact your local contractor and ask him/her regarding any building questions.
