Carving Halloween Tombstones with Spray Paint?

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[munkustrap]

What a great idea! Wish you'd do more things like this that don't require a 3-D printer.

[DAS-Machina]

I made amy entire cemetery like this with cut vinyl years ago. Krylon spray paint worked the best, at the time, and etched in about 3/8". Another method is 2 spray bottles 1 with lacquer thinner in 1 and water in the other. The thinner does the etching and the water stops the process, takes practice, and you have to be quick. In the end the Krylon worked best for me foloed up by a light mist with the lacquer thinner after the masks were removed to distress/texture the stones.

[gravemarker]

I used a similar technique back in the early ‘90s using carburetor cleaner and metal stencils. I had a lot of tombstones with the same lettering to do. The carburetor cleaner worked on the bead foam rapidly.

[PropGuru]

If you're looking to get slight deeper or more defined edges and overall depth, you can use either an exacto knife or a small sharp pointed tool to perforate the edges and infill of the letters or design which allows the solvents to soak in a little bit more and you'll get more foam dissolving. Also good for making it appear a bit more hand chiseled into the "stone" I have seen this same technique done by using a laser cut template made from thin 2-4mm plywood acetone sprayed from an old airbrush as well. Turn down the PSI and spray away in several passes with time in between to prevent drips or seeping between template and foam. This method doesn't deposit a paint layer on the foam so any depth of relief is possible (within reason of course)

[AnthonySherritt]

look at those pretty freehand arcs! Someone has done this before. 🥰

[TheRookiecop]

I love this idea and I've done this idea before but took it to its extreme. I find the closer you do it in some spots the more it eats away giving you a even more weathered look. Great for corners too if you're going for a broken tombstone look.

[JudiChristopher]

Spray Acetone will work the same way...
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[laurahubbard]

Game changer!!! This and the tips from the comments are spectacular!! 👻

[J_sn]

I have used SP for texture on foam but never thought of using it with an stencil for carving. Neat idea.

[montibass]

When we moved into our house, I was thrilled to live in a neighborhood that celebrates halloween for the first time in my adult life. I decided to take big blocks of packing foam and make tombstones. I didn't know any better and used grey spray paint to paint them. Of course, they started to melt. I went with it and really hit the edges hard. They look amazing (except for the lettering which I used regular black paint?) I still use them as filler stones.

[bethschuler]

I've never seen anyone else do this method. I stumbled on it by accident some years back. Cool to see a video done on it.🎃

[colemyst]

I tried finger nail polish remover and that worked similarly to this. I coated the whole thing to make it look like old stone. I liked the filler idea. Not everyone needs to be perfect. Thanks for the demo.

[carolinedunlap]

Ahhhh new video! I just found your channel recently and I love it! Been binging literally all the videos ❤️ keep up the amazing work friend!

[viccez]

Awesome video!! I'm always looking for ways to change up tombstones. Diversity with tombstone construction techniques defiantly gives a more realistic feel to rhe cemetery IMO.

[thebasics]

Very cool...I'm going to try this method. I want to add more tombstones this year 😊 Thanks

[pumpkinheadghoul]

I've been using the spray paint etching technique for the past 15 years and love how it works.

[wehavefun]

Sweet tip! We’re lighting our party tonight with 3D printed gobos, thanks to you. ❤️

[marksands]

This may be a quick way to create a quick "two-tone" stone surface. Similar to H.P. Lovecraft's stone.

[davesmeets]

I found out about this technique a couple years back. It is indeed quicker and easier two things you might like to think about one using black paint so the letters are predefined and the other is pressurized air instead of heat, this will pop the bubbles better allowing more depth the the chemical reaction to the foam

[cathline]

This is awesome! And so easy! Thank you!