I poured some Woodland Scenics Realistic Water into a small drainage area on my layout. The area is 2"x4" and fairly deep in the middle. Well, I opened it up and let it pour. Got it all nice and filled, the entire inch of it in the center, and waited for it to dry. And waited. And waited. And some more waiting. It finally cleared up this week. I should have read that little part in the directions about “Pour 1/8” at a time." Oops. The stuff also shrunk a little bit making the middle go down and if you look at it from a few different angles you realize that the top isn’t level. Oh well.
Anyway, that’s my experience with pouring water. Hopefully I will do it right next time!
I produced a nice waterfall by not reading the directions. Too bad I didn’t wany one there and I certainly did not like the pool it made on the carpet.
Perhaps this will help you out in the future (and some others as well):
Galaxy’s Order of the State ofThings
One must always remember these rules:
If at first you don’t succeed, blame it on the manufacturer.
If the manufacturer is also blameless, blame it on the designer, architect, or inventor, whom ever is least available is the one most to blame.
The instructions will always be written in another language, even if it appears to be English.
If you can’t figure it out, remember ‘they have a tool to do that’. (And you don’t have one).
They say “form follows function”. Well, form may follow function, but does the function of the form really work?
Does the form always have to look like Marilyn Monroe?
Is the “better mousetrap” they made that caused you to beat a path to their door really the right machine for the job?
And, what, pray tell, does one do with a “widget”? Did Gidget have a widget with which to fidget?
Remember that when you call the Help Hot Line that everyone will automatically be on lunch or on break, regardless of what time zone or country they are in.
When in doubt, paint it one of three colors: black, black, or black.
If your first three color choices just aren’t right, then it must be battleship gray.
And don’t forget to weather that with ‘grimey black’.
Never admit failure. Simply say “I don’t have the right tool”.
Number 13 provides an instant excuse to go to the nearest tool department of your favorite store.
Always remember to read the instructions first. Regardless of what language they are in.
soumodeler, you can top it up if you want to try to get it to look more level. If you have any left and it has not also hardened or thickened, just pour a teaspoon, maybe less (I’m afraid you’ll have to eyeball it and guess the volume) dead centre of the depression and it should flow outward and level the surface. If you end up with a wider wavy ring, pour enough on a third pour to cover the whole thing with a new layer 1/8". It should work.
I did three pours for my river, but I used epoxy. This stuff should work the same way, even though I believe it to be gloss medium.
Oboy, that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!! And the directions are right on the BOTTLE, man! Wazzamatta, can’t you read SLOVENIAN?
Believe me, just kidding!
Okay, now that I’ve gotten that off of my chest–PLEASE join the club of which I am current President, okay? When I poured Bullard’s Bar Lake on the Yuba River Sub, about three years ago, I wanted the whole thing done RIGHT THEN! 1/8"–YAH, SURE! I’d be pouring for the next ten years, I told myself. Masked off the edge of the layout (the lake goes right to it), just went nuts with the WS Realistic Water, and decided, hey, this will look GOOD.
Thank God the tape leaked, or I would STILL be waiting for it to set, LOL! I’ve done Major Duh’s on the Yuba River Sub since I started it about eight years ago, but that was the WORST! I was scraping goop off of the garage floor for days, I had this little shiny spot on what was supposed to be a lake, and boy, did I feel stupid.
Redid the whole thing, poured the aforementioned 1/8" for about a week until I had the desired depth (about 3/4") and it
Been there, done, that… same deal… too darn inpatient with Woodland Scenic water stuff. 3/8 of an inch took like 4-6 wks to cure… LOL! I learned from that one… my next water will be done over a week.
What a great thread! I tried to follow the WS instructions… I poured an 1/8" at a time, um, just a day or two apart, and after a bottle and a half, it took 3 months to clear up. I didn’t think it would take that much to fill just a 1/2" deep lake, but also didn’t realize the shrinking ratio. Well, it’s been 4 months now, and there is still one or two layers to pour just to make the lake level again! Why don’t they just explicitly tell you what you need to do, and the outcome if not, in BOLD print, and in a 6-fold instruction manual? Geez. I might as well have just refreshed a pool of ACTUAL WATER! [(-D] Heck, it would minimize the appearance of dust!
I poured my little river just as the directions said 1/8 in at a time. After about four pours I thought it looked good enough to apply some of the “water effects” stuff. So I dabbled here and there and got the rapids looking decent. Then i stood back and said “hmmm” I think the river needs to be a little deeper over here. So I poured more RW covering the WE…bad…real bad… The whole river turned a milky white. It took a good two months for it all to finally clear up. I think I will try the enviro tex (sp) next time. Most folks seem to do some great water with it.
Terry
Try some Pour-On, or any other brand name of polyurethane resin, as they can be poured much thicker. Pour-On might still be sold at Michael’s Arts and Crafts.