How to make an ant nest - part 2

The second part of how to make your own gypsum plaster ant nest!

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Added descriptions now (2009/06/07)!

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• diy
• ant
• nest
• gypsum
• finishing
• plaster
• howto
• antfarm
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[wowrullezz]

how you made the strong part?

[NuptialFlight]

it is gypsum / plaster! buy a pack in the hardware store and try it yourself! it's fun!

[impoetk]

how do you make the solid part, which components and what proportions

thank you

[NuptialFlight]

I used modeling plaster /gypsum, you get it in the hardware store. pour it into lukewarm water, proportions around 1:2 (water:gypsum) but that varies, you have to find out yourself. mix it and and gypsum to the water until the scraper you use stands in the mixture. depending on the stuff you use and the water temperature and mixture you have now some minutes until it sets. have fun and show your creations in a video response!

[slytherin170892]

nice video

does pottery plaster work the same way?

i couldn't get my hands on any gypsum

how do you make the glass stick to the gypsum (the end product)?

one more thing, what was the sheets you put in after you poured the gypsum?

[NuptialFlight]

I don't know about pottery plaster, it might just work as well! the glass I attach for example with rubber bands. and the small sheets were plastic fly screen for reinforcement, it helps prevent breaking of the final product a little.

[GOLDROCK420]

whats the point of the first plaster piece in video 1???

[hellomoto4000]

if any one has a problem of getting any glass... just take a medium-sized pic frame and take the glass out OK... thats it!

[mwibob]

@GOLDROCK420 its to keep the nest wet ;)

[CHUCKTHEDOC]

Can I buy one!

[vxenon67]

easier way router it out with a electric hand tool after the plaster dries

[reallylongusername03]

@Gheiter i think he will later on drill a hole and attach it to an outworld check my video how i did mine

[reallylongusername03]

@NLmonsterNL yes. if you have a non naturalistic color of clay, mix it with other colors to make brown. purple clay can make the nest looks purple

[reallylongusername03]

@geobravo18 some plaster comes into brown. some after it dries up, it turns darker

[reallylongusername03]

@Salbeibonbon and @jsare516 the water is to humid the nest. the broods(eggs) needs to be humid or less it will dry up and die and also for drinking for the mature ants

[reallylongusername03]

@geobravo18 you pour water. if gets dark, it means its wet. dont drown it. too much water can make food mold faster and drown the ants

[reallylongusername03]

@GOLDROCK420 he cut the whole video. the first plaster in the video is like to mold the nest out. this one makes the tunnels

[reallylongusername03]

@impoetk proportion depends on the product. check the instructions on the back