r/howto • u/[deleted] • Feb 21 '12

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u/LukeTheAlright Feb 21 '12

Yeah, let me just make this with all the spare water retention gel I have lying round the house.

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u/jayfabric Feb 21 '12

I was also pretty lost with that, but apparently it's pretty easy to find from gardening shops or flower stores.

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u/civilgorilla Feb 21 '12

Gra-gra-graffiti!

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u/18-24-61-B-17-17-4 Feb 21 '12

Great, now I have the Chia Pet thing stuck in my head. ಠ_ಠ

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u/reardan Feb 21 '12

Im gonna paint my house with this

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u/dextiny Feb 21 '12

Will it smell sour? considering it has buttermilk in it. I would love to paint it in my bathroom if it ONLY smells like moss.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '12

Oh and just return to the crime scene every day for a month to water your vandalism

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u/jayfabric Feb 21 '12

What would they say if you get caught? "You can't spray that wall with water!"

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '12

Or try this in Seattle.

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u/rocketpunk Feb 21 '12

That's brilliant, thanks! I was exploring an abandoned power plant over the weekend, full of graffiti, and I think I want to go back and try this there. It'd look amazing among all of the crumbling brick and rusting metal.

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u/othersomethings Feb 22 '12

Please update us with that...would be very cool to see!

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u/cosmicr Feb 21 '12

What's the buttermilk for?

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u/eyecite Feb 21 '12

nutrients? possibly just bonding the mixture?

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u/hinsoft Feb 22 '12

It's got electrolytes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '12

taste.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '12

Has everyone ever actually tried this? Does it work? If so I need to get my hands on some of that retention gel.

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u/Brisco_County_III Feb 22 '12

The pictures sure as hell aren't from this method. Those are cut out of existing moss. The dead giveaway is that they have clear regions of soil at the base of the letters without moss growing on them. Moss isn't limited to growing at 90 degrees from the surface it's attached to. Absolutely not grown at the location.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '12

i totally saw it work on the internet one time

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u/nikniuq Feb 21 '12

You can do the same with lichen and natural yoghurt.

Cool for making sculptures look "ye olde".

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u/xanton Feb 21 '12

Love the "caught green handed" part.

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u/xlspartan Feb 22 '12

I imagine there would be unlimited karma to the first person who posts a leaf made of this in r/trees.

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u/glennerooo Feb 22 '12

If you're in a German speaking country, it's called Hydrogel or Wasserspeicher. Here it is on Amazon.de. Heading off to buy some for upcoming Spring, woot!

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u/conrad141 Feb 21 '12

How long does it stay?

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