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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Mac on January 23, 2018, 04:33:26 AM

Title: My fluffy grass mat
Post by: Mac on January 23, 2018, 04:33:26 AM

I have had a few request about how I made my latest mat. I always wanted a matt that I could unroll and ta.da: there was most of the work done. I wanted thing like roads to be integral to the matt, but I also wanted to the grass to be, well for want of a better word 'fluffy'.

Here is the mat as Australia:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJspbg9jmiA/WmHExrkl69I/AAAAAAAACn8/ptm3654rF0UsPON2glBSNGGt190Png_QgCPcBGAYYCw/s640/IMG_6437.JPG)

Here it is in India:
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9OWU_JfL6ys/WlvzOkJA3qI/AAAAAAAACmg/k5MEjI8lRu8f1mOdhhkw2NnmqCZe7Mn_ACPcBGAYYCw/s400/IMG_6399.JPG)

and here it is under construction:
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-42ajNTx9wc8/WmawusS-IhI/AAAAAAAACp8/FHOui4ohl9ArxIloil8s29DhN1eUk-sagCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_6203.JPG)

More more information see my blog: http://macslittlefriends.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/my-fluffy-grass-matt.html (http://macslittlefriends.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/my-fluffy-grass-matt.html)

Title: Re: My fluffy grass mat
Post by: Lost Egg on January 23, 2018, 06:46:07 AM

Cool idea and lovely execution. I might have to try having a bash at this.

Thanks for sharing :D

Title: Re: My fluffy grass mat
Post by: Bloggard on January 24, 2018, 11:07:22 AM

is there a reason why you can't do the caulking / landscaping on the pvc side - is it because it wouldn't adhere well?

Title: Re: My fluffy grass mat
Post by: Driscoles on January 24, 2018, 06:43:03 PM

Its a great mat

Title: Re: My fluffy grass mat
Post by: Hammers on January 25, 2018, 01:25:45 PM

Brill

Title: Re: My fluffy grass mat
Post by: Lost Egg on January 25, 2018, 02:50:53 PM

Out of interest how well does the mat roll up? Does it stay very flat when you unroll it or does it need weighing down?

Cheers

Title: Re: My fluffy grass mat
Post by: Bloggard on January 27, 2018, 05:36:26 PM

I had to end up getting this stuff:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Leather-PVC-Heavy-Duty-Leatherette-Viny-Fabric-Made-In-Germany-Width-140cm-H-Q-F/172492189441?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=471337290020&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

not the cheapest, but the vinyl side is v. good - quite useable in itself for a barren locale - and better than most gaming mats I've seen / have, in that it has some slight degree of 'depth' to the texture.

lined size seems the kind of thing shown in the OP's pics - hope so.