Besides the liquid products are there any other products available? What about the ripple water sheets? Anyone use those?
Considering the liquid products how easy are they to use?
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There are many on the Scenic Express catalog. Additionally you can use Modge Podge which comes in a Gloss and Matte finish available at both Michaels and AC Moore
Here are some (not so great) images of the sheets from Scenic Express.
- walt
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Two words: Envirotex Lite.
Great stuff, and easy to use. Mix in equal parts; add tints if you care to; pour; "disturb" the surface a bit while it's curing to create ripples, etc., and allow to harden. Has virtually no odor.
There are so many different ways, all of which work and all of which have downsides and upsides. I used the Woodland Scenics stuff for my river: what is cool is that you can put it on it layers and stick stuff in it: look closely and you can see the "trout" I put in this fishing hole . . .
I have two large "lakes" - 96 by 38 inches and 44 by 22 at the extremes, that are just plywood sealed and painted with a oil-based gloss (Rustoleum in cans, mixture of 1/2 blue, 1/2 green, with a smidge of brown) - three coats. It looks like smooth moutain lakes, etc., - the plywood is removeable - these are access hatches int he middle of the layout, etc.
Another advantage is that I can run boats on the hard surface - the mechanism for the moving boat is about ten inches deep and right under the plywood.
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