Advice needed:
I started applying grass (woodlands scenics green and burnt) to my layout yesterday. I painted a tan coloured base of interior latex and sprinkled the grass material. Then I sprayed the dry grass with wet-water (water with a few drops of liquid soap) and finally using my dropper bottle applied 50/50 diluted white glue.
Are there other…less work involved…methods for fixing grass in place? What are they? Have I used the most common method? Should I keep going with this method?
Trevor[:)]
You can try sprinkling the ground foam into the wet paint - that will help to partly fix it in place. Then you can add more and wet it/glue it at the same time by using a “wet” 50/50 water-glue mix (add some isopropyl alcohol or detergent). That can save you the wet-it-then-glue-it step… I would suggest you try it to see if you like the results.
Andrew
I don’t think you can make it any easier than you already have. It’s just one of those endeavors that takes time … not exciting stuff, is it?
I used a 50/50 distribution of Elmer’s white glue and water - spread it over the area to be “grassed” and sprinkled it using a measuring spoon! Whatever works …
Oh yes - I also prepared the surface with a brown latex paint … before putting down the glue …
See ya![tup]
There are grass mats available, if you have large areas to cover that are not near the front of the layout - but they’re very uniform (hence why you don’t want them upfront) and you may well want to add some ground foam or other additional detailing to them to break up the uniformity - though if you’re modelling suburbia or a golf course or cemetary or ‘corporate lawn’, they’re great.
Jim
Try using a spray bottle using matte medium/water mixed 1/5, also I have a sifter cup, I think its used for flour or baking get the kind with trigger handle you can can cover a large area with minimal effort/time.