Thread: The main walls or the whole mausoleum?

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To all of you who have built a mausoleum, Do you monster mud the entire inside or just the walls that have the tombs. The reason I am asking is because I am building a mausoleum inside my haunt. The room is 12 feet by 12 feet. It is a walk through room. The tombs are on the back wall and side walls. I plan on just painting the ceiling to match and the hall that leads up to the mausoleum except the wall that has the family monument, but I'm not sure about the entrance and exit wall. They will barely if at all be lit and I honestly have no idea how far monster mud goes on a large area.

There is no concern with plywood seams because I very tightly stretch thick sheet plastic over the walls and then paint my wall treatment on that. It makes it easy to change.

So question 1:
Should I apply monster mud on the main walls only or the entire thing?

Question 2:
How far does monster mud go if you're applying it to an entire wall?

Hi Creepy. nice to talk to you again. I would try to mud the main walls only. If they are only slightly lit or not lit at all then why waste the time on the extra detail. If you want some detail that sticks out try some 3' by 3' or so "plaques" of a brick covered plaster erosion set at strategic locations to give the walls character. I hope that you know what I mean! Second, the drywall compound ( premixed 5 gal. bucket) you are essentially using will easily cover a 8'x12' wall if spread very thin. If you try to texture it heavily it will use much much more. I assume that you will be texturing it heavily, otherwise why use monster mud at all. In this case I believe you will probably be using a couple of buckets per wall. It becomes just guesswork until you actually do a wall and establish the texture you want.
Now I have a question for you. You stated that you use plastic sheathing to cover your walls and then paint over them for a quick wall. I have tried this many many times and always end up with a good piece of artwork that starts to chip and crack almost before it has finished drying. What do you do to keep the paint on your walls if someone happens to brush against them or they get some other unintended type of harsh use? Thanks ...

Thanks for answering my question halloweenguy. The question you asked about the plastic sheeting, I use a kind that you can't buy in stores. My husband bought something like 8- 150 pound rolls from the place where he works. It's mat as opposed to glossy. I don't really know what they use it for but it works great for this purpose. Though I have actually painted on the cheap black plastic before without too much paint loss. But this kind the paint sticks very well.

Concerning the monster mud. I do want alot of detail on the 3 walls with the "tombs" (are these the plaques you're talking about?) I have made 8 tombs, 4 for the focal back wall 2 for each side wall. An "At Rest" monument to go above the 4 tombs on the main wall and a family monument to hang at the end of the hall that leads to the mausoleum. I have been thinking about making 2 giant "wrought iron" doors that open into the mausoleum. If they were both kept in the open position, they would pretty much cover that wall making super detailing unneccesary. So you think it would take something like 10 gallons for the one wall and then probably another 10-15 for the other 2 considering how thick in areas? Whew! That's alot!

So now that you said that. Tomorrow I'm applying all the "tombs" to the walls. I think I may paint the whole inside first then apply the "tombs" to the walls and then monster mud over the top of them and where they touch the wall and see how that works before I invest in that much mud. I'm pretty good at faux finishes so I might be able to get away with it. If not I can then go back and cover the whole room.

Thank you for your help. You may have just saved me some money, if not you have at least given me an idea of what it could take.

I'm not totally sure I understand but how about foam board walls then you take a dremel to carve the stones or brick feature. Dark paint in the grout lines and different gray's for the stone colors. Stores flat, fast install , very easy to make and lasts for years.

-PB

Originally Posted by propboy

I'm not totally sure I understand but how about foam board walls then you take a dremel to carve the stones or brick feature. Dark paint in the grout lines and different gray's for the stone colors. Stores flat, fast install , very easy to make and lasts for years.

-PB

I've used this in other places before but I don't want a stone or brick pattern on this wall. I already know how I want it I was just wondering how much monster mud it would take to cover a room 12x12 8 ft. tall plus a hall that is 8 ft. by 4 ft. wide. But if I did want a pattern your way would be cheaper than monster mud. I am making a replica of a mausoleum I saw while on vacation. It had smooth walls inside. Storage isn't an issue because my haunt is up year round so I just leave everything in there until I change it the next year. I did carve the tombs out of foam but not with a dremel. I use a woodburner with a lamp dimmer switch. It's alot neater.