Build a cheap cardboard formed Moon gate/Stone portal

This is a video on how to make a faux, or fake Moon gate/Stone portal using a cardboard form to cement the stonework.
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[@phaelax]

Makes me want to do a giant 10' stargate!

[@fauxrock]

It’s funny I have a customer that wants an 8 foot one…

[@georgefeener8682]

Go for it

[@wyndiefeatherstone948]

Yes I definitely would like it 8 to 10 ft@@fauxrock

[@ChibiChula]

Looks great! I love seeing how the whole process of making fake stone goes. It's fascinating how during most of the painting process it all goes from looking horribly fake to looking so real. 😁👍

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you very much for the kind feedback… I really appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.

[@wyndiefeatherstone948]

I love that as well!

[@skidaddle32]

Love this and I admire your passion for creating these sculptures! Thanks for sharing and igniting new and different ways of doing things. 🌺

[@fauxrock]

Sharon, Thank you very much for the positive feedback… I really appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.

[@RandyBass]

This is something I've never had any desire to do or own, but after watching a couple of your videos, I'm doing a 180°. I must have some of these in my yard, soon!!! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@fauxrock]

Well thank you for that very kind feedback Randy I do appreciate you watching my video.

[@deborahgoslin5858]

I'm learning alot from your video's ! Thank you so much for sharing your art.

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your kind feedback… I really do appreciate you watching my video.

[@BitsySkittlesPryss]

Wow! That looks so beautiful! It looks like it was left there by some Druids a couple of thousand years ago 😄.

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for the positive feedback I do so appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.

[@lord_ofmaps]

This is the best content on KZbin

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for the positive feedback I do so much appreciate you watch my video. Also, if you could write KZbin there at Google and see if you can’t tell him I’m the best contact provider because they don’t seem to be rate me a search ha ha ha ha

[@koi-pond]

Very cool project. You make it look so easy but my own concrete projects make me very aware of your skills and talents.

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for the kind feedback and I really do appreciate you watching my video.

[@LilDirt12]

MAN! YOU ARE FAST! lol. That came out super cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@fauxrock]

Thank you for the positive feedback. I really appreciate you watching my video.

[@wyndiefeatherstone948]

I would love to do this in my back yard on a LARGE scale, where you could walk through it. I saw a house, not far from me that had the beginnings of what I was wanting and it looked like they had possibly used the metal portion of a trampoline and it looks like they slipped on block like from a block wall and then began to fill in with cement. it was interesting and I could see where the person was going, but he stopped working on it. I would have liked there to be different size and shaped pieces like yours, which adds interest and makes it look really old but futuristic all at the same time! I wanted mine to be a division between two yards giving the impression of walking into another world. I truly love the work you do! You are an artist and very talented! Thank you so much for sharing with us!!!!

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your feedback… I really appreciate you watch my video.

[@ronaldgrantham136]

I’m thinking about the possibility of a similar project as what you described. I wonder what/how much extra reinforcement would be needed to support the weight and stresses of people (up to and including “large” adults) walking through and standing on the structure. I’m thinking this would make a fantastic photo background as well as a unique outdoor wedding prop. Of course, at such a larger size, there would have to be steps up to the opening. I actually envision a matching platform on the “front” side.

[@wyndiefeatherstone948]

You may have to settle for the bottom being flat to prevent the structure from breaking or anyone falling over it like a bride in a big dress and high heels!!!@@ronaldgrantham136

[@nowirehangers2815]

This would be a beautiful garden feature

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you for the kind feedback. I really appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.

[@brenthorton5512]

Great work and cardboard is a lot cheaper than foam for sure!

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you Brent, I do appreciate your positive feedback, and the fact that you took your time to watch my video.

[@augenmaugen]

You are a genius! (and a drummer too, I see, thus adding to the genius 😊). Great work.

[@fauxrock]

Again, thanks for the kind feedback. I really do appreciate watching my video.

[@cindycoleman5196]

Great job. Thanks for sharing.

[@fauxrock]

Thank you very much for your positive feedback. I really appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.

[@donnacasey9641]

The amount of thought and planning is amazing and to achieve that beautiful art, LOVE IT and appreciate your work! Great Job!!

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for the positive feedback. I appreciate you watching my video.

[@toddbeattie8384]

Good work!

[@fauxrock]

Thank you very much for the positive feedback… I really appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.

[@robertray6021]

You have sparked my imagination with many of your projects. Being a newbie, I'm still learning and experimenting. Question; could I use water based stains to color the cement? I'm a woodworker and I commonly used Lockwood powdered stains. I can get either water or alcohol based products from them. I'm trying to achieve some sand and rusty hues, so any advice from you would be awesome. Thanks for all you do! Incredible work!

[@fauxrock]

Well thanks for your positive and kind feedback. I do appreciate you watching my video I use 100% acrylic paint to make a stain which I dilute in water. Normally I just go to the paint store when I’m looking for a color I pick out my color and I have the mix the paint and then I start to dilute it to the right amount for the effect of them after.

[@karenmartinez8176]

Beautifully done.

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you for the kind feedback… I really appreciate the time you took in watching my video.

[@anitamitchell3452]

That's what I'd like my headstone to look like ... if I have a headstone that is.

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for the positive feedback. I really appreciate you watching my video.

[@samanthamuhandiram]

great .... love it more than more ... and wish you all the best...

[@fauxrock]

Thank you so much for the kind feedback… I do so appreciate you watching my video.

[@samanthamuhandiram]

Can you tell me how to show you some of my creations...? If there is a chance to get mentorship from you, this is a very valuable opportunity in my life... 👍👍

[@fauxrock]

@user-rq5zo3zm2h give me a call to discuss your needs and you can email me some of your work. [e-mail] phone number is 971-237-2957. Also have a WhatsApp with the same number.

[@fauxrock]

@@samanthamuhandiram you can call me at 971-237-2957. I also have a ‎WhatsApp phone number which is the same. You can always email me photos of your work at info@ fauxrocktraining.com

[@JstJeff19]

Awesome art piece!

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you for your positive feedback, Jeff… I do so appreciate you watching my video.

[@georgefeener8682]

Thank you

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your positive feedback. I appreciate you watching my video.

[@jackiemasek8302]

That looks so amazing. You could sell a PDF of the box patterns, ya know.

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for the positive. I do appreciate you taking your time to watch my video… I thought about taking the time to create a kit, but right now time is not on my side got too much to do as is..

[@jeaniechampagne8831]

Amazing art! You love it, I can tell.

[@fauxrock]

Oh thanks for your kind feedback I do so appreciate you watching my video. Yes I do love what I do.

[@mars9953]

Magical! Thanks! You didn’t show how you released the embedded mold, from the plastic(?) sheet covering the table, to put it up on blocks? That must be a job. How did you do this?

[@fauxrock]

Thank you for the positive feedback. I really appreciate you watching my video. As for taking the stone gate off the plastic it doesn’t stick to plastic that’s why I use it so I don’t use any release because it’s impossible for it to bond to the plastic.

[@aarondonaldson4164]

Very nicely done. I would live to see an update or more recent latex over rock pattern building for large panels. I enjoyed the other ones.

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you for the positive feedback and I So very much appreciate you watching my video. At this time, I’m trying to put up content that gets the most views … which at this time is cardboard type projects. I’m going to add back into my repertoire some of the projects like you’ve talked about.

[@CaptBill69]

Wow, ... and Inspiring. Wondering if this technique might be used for the edge of a garden bed? and could it be durable in hot sun and rain, against wet soil? ... Other Wondering: Could such structures be used as a back drop for an outdoor fire pit. One buddy had a rock structure held up by chain link fence material, curved behind his fire pit; and it radiated lots of heat to the couches and or seats on the other side. Could this technique maybe be used for that?

[@fauxrock]

Thank you for the positive feedback. I really appreciate you watching my video. Yes these formulations and techniques can be used for the application you described and many more. Thanks for watching.

[@MrJmhess77]

Your videos landed in my world at the "perfect" time sir! I have a general question in regards to all of your work. Can I place these formations next to and around a koi pond waterfall for landscaping purposes? I won't be putting any into the pond just looking to build a large rock/bench for sitting and feeding the fish.

[@fauxrock]

Thank you for your positive feedback. I really appreciate you watching my videos. You can put these rocks around your Koi pond. In fact, we made many of Koi ponds where the rocks are pond and waterfalls.

[@MrJmhess77]

@@fauxrock Sweet! I did see a video today where you made the 3 tier waterfall out of cardboard. I definitely can't afford a 1000 lb. boulder/bench but I have lots of cardboard boxes, L's, and I can afford mud and mesh. I can't wait to finish it up so my wife and kids see this new faux rock focal point next to the ponds edge. Thanks again and great work. By the way, this stone portal turned out so cool.

[@Mike-hr6jz]

You did an amazing job making it look like rock, but how long would this last in the elements being made of cardboard? I’ve done something similar using a beef foam not Styrofoam, although if you take Styrofoam and spray it with the latex coding, heavy enough, you can lay some fiberglass over top of it, and it won’t melt, but I can’t imagine this thing. Holding up, but it looks great

[@fauxrock]

Thank you for your kind feedback… I sure do appreciate you watching my video. Keep in mind once the cardboard has been mud it over it’s no longer anything it’s the shell made with the fiber reinforced cement and mesh that makes it strong .

[@littlemissy8356]

Really beautiful.

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your kind feedback. I do appreciate you watching my video.

[@noonewn]

that much work, I'm gonna want real stonework. Am I crazy?

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your feedback… I really appreciate you watching my video. You’re not crazy. It really depends on a person’s objectives. In my case I want to be able to make some thing that I can move. I can sell to somebody they can take home and put it in their garden and if they wanna give it away or sell it, they could do so if it was real rock, it be a little harder to accomplish if it were real rock

[@kentc548]

Nice work Jim

[@fauxrock]

Kent, thank you very much for the positive feedback and I do appreciate you watch my video.

[@mark.nelson1]

Fantastic and thanks for sharing...I've got so many ideas in my head. Thank you!😊

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you Marc I do appreciate your positive feedback and the fact you watch my video

[@robertrohler3644]

Cool very cool

[@fauxrock]

Thank you very much for your positive feedback… I so do appreciate you watching my video.

[@rebeccaredletter]

Very INTERESTING!! I’m new to your channel & don’t know anything about your adhesive, sealers, etc.

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you Rebecca,I do appreciate your positive feedback, and the fact that you took your time to watch my video. As far as the adhesive and or sealers, I use always 100% acrylic that usually diluted/carried in water or xylene solvent.

[@stumpy5353]

Whats the mix 2-1 sharp sand cement fibreglass, any feb used? I presume

[@fauxrock]

The fiber reinforced cement mix that I used on this piece is a proprietary blend which I sell… if you’re interested, email or call me for more details. Thanks for watching.

[@stumpy5353]

@@fauxrock cheers

[@fauxrock]

👍

[@cathrynmartin4395]

I like this idea, but for me, I would create the pieces in styrofoam, cover the styrofoam with muslin pieces dipped in thin cement, then wrap the pieces in the wet materal until each piece. Once they dry, make up thicker cement and trowel over the pieces. Hold them in place with wooden skewers and a spacer so they are all the same width apart. My reason is that styrofoam holds up to concrete and it is also more "outdoor friendly" than concrete. I DO love working with cardboard, but without a LOT of futzing, it's not really an great outdoor material.

[@fauxrock]

Well, thanks for your feedback and elaboration on your techniques. Much appreciated. Although I will stay with the cardboard in my case once the cement encapsulate it, it doesn’t have to last it’s done there’s no structural element to it. It’s just simply a form to do the process. Thanks for watching.

[@GuitarAveragePlayer]

Are those just drywall screws that you use on the cardboard? Did you seal the cardboard before putting on the concrete? If so what do you use to seal the cardboard? Is this just a 3 to 1 sand/cement mixture? Is the "stain" you are using a cement color stain or is it acrylic paint?

[@fauxrock]

Yes, just 1-1/4” course threaded drywall screws. Yes, I always seal the cardboard with an acrylic bonding agent to stop the cardboard from receiving water and losing rigidity . This particular formulation mixture was a high strength, fiber reinforced cement not just a mortar mix . The stains I use or 100% acrylics that are diluted in water .

[@ricktorres545]

I'm not an expert on this kind of work. I did see your work wayyy back about 10 years ago. You are truly a master. So on the cardboard issue. I don't think it matters if it gets wet or if it crumbles. The ridigity of the mortar or concrete mix plus the fiber makes it stronger, if it was a sitting bench or some sort of seating piece thats another whole procedure to do. Honestly I think the card board was to help shape the structure.

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your feedback I appreciate watch my video. Sealing the cardboard does help stop the water from the Cement wedding, the cardboard which can lose rigidity if it’s wet

[@marciamartins1992]

I like it.

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for the positive feedback. I appreciate you watching my video.

[@donloughrey1615]

Good. 👍

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate you watching my video.

[@joecouncil]

Great Looking stone work. Have you ever done anything with cardboard wrapped around a 4x4 post like for the bottom half of a post for a carport or a mailbox?

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for the positive feedback Joe I do appreciate you taking your time to watch my video. Yes, I have done quite a bit of Post type of work and also a couple of mailboxes in my day, but I don’t really have any video of that per se .

[@LilDirt12]

I was just thinking the reason why your cardboard creations are so popular is because everybody is homeless!! 😂😂😂😂 Just a little cardboard humor. I'm sure Karens will have a hard time with that one. Keep up the killer work dude thanks for sharing

[@fauxrock]

Well, thanks for the kind and positive feedback… I do so appreciate you watching my video.

[@Tiny_Farm]

Nice work ❤❤, really beautiful

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for that positive feedback I really appreciate it and the fact that you watch my video

[@wendyfarnsworth3125]

I like the project but I wasn’t crazy for the color scheme

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for the feedback… I appreciate you watching my video

[@horsebytes]

How much did the finished product weigh?

[@fauxrock]

60 lbs

[@lilybethlangomez6390]

wow! beautiful

[@fauxrock]

Well thank you Lily Beth. I really appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.

[@tiffanymarie912]

Wonder if the pyramids are cardboard inside 😂

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your feedback. I really appreciate you watching my video.

[@angieholt736]

Note to self: Start saving Amazon boxes. 🤣

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your feedback… I really appreciate watching my video.

[@jjjones8609]

Curious. How long does the material hold up to the weather???

[@fauxrock]

I’ve been doing this for 45 years and the rocks hold up great in all kinds of extreme weather. Thanks for watching.

[@billrichardson2256]

fan-feckin-tastic 🎥

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you Bill I do appreciate your positive feedback in your time and watching my video.

[@GrumpyAndCricket]

Great project Jim, most folks would not have the focus for such a project! Check out my concrete fish if you want? Have fun.

[@fauxrock]

Thanks again grumpy always love hearing your feedback, and I appreciate you watching my videos. What about this fish? Where is it?

[@GrumpyAndCricket]

@@fauxrock Good morning Jim, the fish is on my KZbin page, kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4PMq6ZjqrNoqpY not that big of a deal. Thanks and have a great weekend! Peace

[@fauxrock]

Cool I’ll check it out…

[@GrumpyAndCricket]

@@fauxrock Thanks and happy creating!

[@fauxrock]

Same back at you brother…

[@hotdishwarlock5687]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[@fauxrock]

Well, what I found out it’s not all that is cracked up to be. Thanks for watching my video.

[@chrisgriffith1573]

Dude. Get a hot glue gun. I hate to see that many wasted drywall screws, that don't even hold nearly as well as hot glue would.

[@fauxrock]

Thank you very much for your feedback… I really do appreciate you watch my video

[@mefirst4266]

SO DOES THE PORTAL WORK. IF NOT I WOULD RETURN IT TO AMAZON !!!

[@fauxrock]

Works fine… I took a trip yesterday. Thanks for watching.

[@LilDirt12]

I was just thinking you could even press something like slate stone on to the cement to take that texture for an organic look. Not that yours doesn't look organic, it really does. Rock on 🤘😆 (get it?) (rock/cement) 😊

[@fauxrock]

Thank you for the positive feedback. I appreciate you watching my video. I actually have used stone as a stamp before if you look at how I really make rocks, I cast molds making panels that I already have all that detail that’s my preferred method of building rock.

[@LilDirt12]

I just found your videos and subscribed so I'll be checking them all out You got some awesome ideas and you make things so much easier than my brain makes them. Lol. You're really fun to watch.

[@fauxrock]

@@LilDirt12 well, thanks again and I really appreciate your subscription. Get out there and rock the world.

[@thomassalvini5380]

As usual Jim, very interesting project and shared details on the process. My 15 yr old daughter really likes this and wants to make one together.

[@fauxrock]

Well thanks Thomas I appreciate your feedback as usual and I hope that you and your daughter get to make that project reality

[@elainawest1572]

I like what you’re doing but I’m sorry to say that I find that you talk too fast, you don’t explain what products you’re using and you fast forward too much with no sound or music. It makes it hard for me to watch. I really would like to watch more so I hope you are not offended by my comments as they are meant only as a means of improving your subscriber and viewing numbers.

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your positive feedback… I have a hard time trying to edit video because I make it way too long, but my watch time is so very low. I have some professional help coaching and the content needs to be shortened. That’s one of the reasons I speed up my voice because I kind of talk slow and I speed up a lot of the process. I have spoken a lot on this video but I have edited it out in favor of trying to make it more streamlined in time, I’m thinking there are two types of people those who want to hear the detail and those who just want to get through the video I’m thinking about doing a Patreon part to my channel where in all this excess footage or I do explain everything and I slow things down. Regular speeds will be available to those who want that detail. Thanks again I do appreciate your time and making the comments and your time and watching my video.

[@jamee_maree]

Heck, I’m watching on 2x lol. I assume you are aware of where you can change the speed of playback? You may want to play with that. I normally have to change it per video based on speed of person.

[@lindakleckner215]

Neat!

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you for the positive feedback and I do appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.

[@command7772]

How long does it last in all kinds of weather? Few years or decades?

[@fauxrock]

If the project is made right in the last 50+ years, it is Cement

[@rebeccamyott7041]

Beautiful.!!

[@fauxrock]

Thank you for your very kind feedback. I do so appreciate you watching my video.

[@pabitramohangayan1482]

You are uncommon my dear respected brother ❤. I like every of your works. I too have made some fauxrock looking fountains. But yours are incredible ones ❤

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you brother for the kind feedback. I really appreciate the time you’ve taken to watch my video.

[@lyndioli]

WOW, this is a great idea and accomplishment!!! Looks so real! Great instructions, great video, I'm subscribing!

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you Lyndi, I really appreciate your kind feedback, your subscription, and the very time that you took in watching my video.

[@lfroio1]

Another great job. 👍🏽 Thanks for your hard work and helpful instructions

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your kind feedback… I really do appreciate you watching my video.

[@jlathem56]

Cool project. Thanks for sharing it.

[@fauxrock]

Well, thanks for the positive feedback I do appreciate you watching my video.

[@kathyklarfeld2971]

what an amazing artist you are!!!!!

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your feedback… I appreciate you watching my video.

[@jeweloftheisle498]

I like it. Your a great artist.

[@fauxrock]

Thank you for your kind feedback… I sure do appreciate you taking the time to watching my video.

[@graphguy]

fantastic!

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for the positive feedback… I appreciate you watching my video.

[@briansomes6023]

Awesome thanks

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for the positive feedback… I appreciate you watching my video.

[@IAMMEDUSA]

That’s so cool 😍

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you for the kind feedback… I do appreciate you taking your time to watch my video.

[@IAMMEDUSA]

I loved it, very creative. Recycled boxes into something that accents nature instead of taking away from it is awesome. Thank you for your contribution to the world around us. 👏🥰

[@fauxrock]

Well, thank you Lisa I do appreciate your positive feedback the fact that you took your time to watch my video.

[@glenwardgross366]

no!

[@fauxrock]

Thanks for your feedback… I appreciate you watch my video.

[@glenwardgross366]

Just better ways to it is all.