Specialty Gardening: Making my 2" Thick Foam Planters, 1 by GordonHawk

GordonHawk wrote:
OK.. this is the basic box... I sand the top and other edges smooth.. and give a slight rounding over or radius to all corners.. to prevent chipping...
thiscan be painted now.. but I usually use a synthetic stucco..to cover mine.. giving the foam great durability.. and a cast concrete look... now the synthetic stucco recomends useing a fibergalss mesh cloth to wrap around all surfaces... this comes in different weights of cloth.. up to a real heavy one that you could walk on.. or slam with a baseball bat... it ties the tox together..on the edges... and nothing would ever harm or stress it.. I use it on all foam building projects ..or structural applications.. I don't usually use it on my planters though ..as I'll not stress them.. and will easily repair any chip or problem if one falls full of soil and a bit of an edge chips off.. but here it is as it might wrap a comercial job..