Sawdust Foliage

Here is how to make the colored sawdust that I use as Foliage for miniature trees

[@dhhigley]

I've been dyeing my sawdust, but I'm anxious to try your paint method. Here's something you might have already observed: different woods give very different kinds of sawdust. For pine needles, poplar is wonderful. Crosscutting it gives beautiful fine needles, unlike sawdust from any other wood I've tried. For flakes, on the other hand, oak works well.

[@Brandywine6969]

I love it! Finally, a cheaper and much prettier way to make some foilage.

[@cindywilson6520]

luv the birds in the background...what a beautiful sound. Oh and why Im here..AWESOME idea for the trees.

[@gerlandkent6377]

[thank, you for youre great helpful video]👍

[@jojodijamco3637]

been looking for something to use as grass for a small model diorama... will definitely try this. thanks!

[@speedfreak1983]

This is great! Super way to add scenery and gives the possebility to Experiment With meny different collors at a low cost, instead of buying a New bag for each variation in collor / size. This method will give my Three (only) bags of ready to buy foliage some serious competition! Thanks for sharing:)

[@Radio4ManLeics]

Complete with compulsory Vegemite jar!! :) Nice vid, thanks for producing it.

[@ShiaNaturesFearie]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

[@Stillsz75]

simple and to the point...great job... thank you

[@friedmule5403]

I just got an idear, maby you can use it (if it works). To dry the sawdust, take a tube from a kitchen roll and put some of the paper from a vacuum cleaner bag over both ends with the sawdust inside the tube, then hold the tube vertical over the hair dryers opening and blow with the hair dryer trough the bottom so that the warm air blows the dust around while drying the sawdust and separates it at the same time.

[@Dinglezz]

I tried the food colouring method and it works great! Took about 15 minutes. I mixed a small amount of water with red and green food colouring, mixed it all around then put it in a pan on low heat to "fry" all the water off and it dried back to it's original form, only green. I could have added more colouring to deepen the colour and I didn't grade it ether, but it turned out great and would make good grass too!

[@MissArtlover76]

Super useful tutorial! Thank you :)

[@WayneDuggan]

Hi Philip, great tip. Used it for cave and railway. Fairplay :)

[@MrTinyUK]

Hi, Phillip Many thanks for your reply. Am going to start some trees, then make 'foilage' Again, many, many thanks. Really enjoy your vids.

[@Gfuruguen]

thanks 4 the amazing tutorial.

[@thetraindude22]

Love this video. Helps with my model railway. Thank you

[@tin2pips]

very nice video.will save a lot of money.cheers from mauritius!

[@johnc2ful]

superb once again

[@nolaguy54]

Nothing new here, sawdust at one time was all we had along with lichen. Good to see it make it back...

[@aplinewalker]

great video ,, many thanks.

[@rollotomasi1964]

Brilliant just what im looking for.....in the process of INTO THE WOODS and wanting to add moss to my giant tree set. Cheers. This plus the tutorial on the puppet brake mouth which l will use for Milky the cow. Thanks

[@clankersyard6089]

Fabulous Again!

[@KiyokoB]

I love this video thankyou for good tutorials it looksgood and easy for a beginner like me :D

[@mstjark]

i learned a lot on from your videos thanks

[@latyak1967]

Thank you very much! This will be my first! I've never done this before! The wire frame is ready now! :o)))

[@kiwichanneloficial]

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[@sharpguy46]

I guess you could do this to make snow as well.

[@lordbrokendreams]

Thanks! :)

[@Dinglezz]

You could also soak the sawdust in different colour variations of food colouring and water mix, then leave it out to dry. That way it won't clump and the colour would be deeper/stronger... Not if you're in a rush however ;)

[@setaf100]

I ended up using fabric dye. Worked very well.

[@limonada315]

eso es acerrin de la madera y lo tinturas con el color que tú quieras es pintura al agua o tinta gracias

[@ethanlumauag7363]

can you use pencil shavingd?

[@MrTinyUK]

Brilliant, ruddy brilliant, mate. Liked your tree tutorial, too. Would it be possible to scale them in 'N gauge'; without the 'trunk' being out of scale; that is to say the thickness of the wire used? My reason for asking is if you used thinner wire, the strength may not be there. Thanks.

[@SleepySpud]

What are the color mediums that may be used for saw dust?

[@ecrcmodels]

Hi ! you used acrylic paint?

[@kaiminamoto]

How can I make the sawdust into bits? Our local shop only has the large shavings.

[@philipstephens007-espanol5]

It does not take long to make some yourself, if you have a saw or rasp and some wood. :)

[@Middlesbrough250]

Is it possible to make foliage using, used Tea leaves?

[@latyak1967]

Hi Philip! Help me please! Sawdust watercolor paint? I've never done small tree. I'd like a little bonsai tree. Thanks in advance for answers Best regards, Alf

[@lordbrokendreams]

Hi Philip! I'd like to know what kind of paint did you use to color the sawdust! Ps. Sorry for my english... It's not my mother tongue...

[@runacomsa]

i hope you can help in make over room like i like rocks help me how i can use artifical rocks in my room

[@Mail2elr]

Nice. Thanks. Ps. Was the second part for deaf people?

[@TheStephensFamily1]

ha. No, KZbin glitched on me way back in them thar days.

[@ihalloway]

Hey Phil what do you think of hairspray instead of pvc glue ?

[@PhilipStephens007]

I have tried it, but the hair spray was not very strong. The foliage tended to rub off, but the PVA glue does not to the same degree.

[@derek4dragons]

iHelloway

[@PhilipStephens007]

Some say it works. The stuff we have here was not strong and sticky enough and the foliage dropped off little by little.

[@airliners321]

are those keets

[@johnc2ful]

tried hair spray, it degrades. Tried PVA, tends to clump. Found spray mount glue the best but its expensive!

[@MrTinyUK]

Hi, Phillip. Below should answer your question. N Scale: Gauge 9mm, Scale 1:160, 1.91mm/foot (or 1:148 2.06mm/foot in Britain) A scale first properly pioneered by Arnold, N gauge was quickly exploited by modellers who lacked the room for larger scales. Since its inception in the 1960s many other manufacturers have started production in N scale and the quality of models has just got better and better. Fleischmann introduced digital equipment ten years ago and many locomotives are now DCC

[@SingJoeSing1818]

What happened to the audio?

[@runacomsa]

please must reply me i not leave your any single tutorial