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3 cups of moss (washed clean of soil)
2 cups buttermilk OR 2 cups of yogurt (should be plain yogurt)
2 cups of water or beer
1/2 tsp of sugar
corn syrup (optional)
A blender that you probably won’t want to use other than for this.
Collect about 3 cups of moss. You can sometimes buy this at a nursery but you may be able to find it right in your yard as well.
Once you collect the moss, rinse it as much as possible to get rid of the soil.
Break up the pieces as much as possible and put them in a blender.
Add yogurt OR buttermilk, water OR beer, and sugar. Blend until this is completely smooth and has a paint like consistency.
If the mixture is too runny, then add corn syrup. You don’t want this dripping all over, so add corn syrup a little bit at a time.
Pour mixture into a bucket.
Use a paintbrush to make the design that you’d like with your moss graffiti.
Once you are done with the painting, you’ll want to check on it regularly. If you live in a very dry climate, use a spray bottle to keep the paint moist and to help promote moss growth. You can also paint over the design you did to encourage the moss growth if you do not have a spray bottle available.
Be patient! Depending on your climate, it may take a little while for your moss to grow. Check out some of these great designs below:
Source: http://topinfopost.com/2014/10/12/what-this-guy-did-might-be-the-coolest-but-possibly-most-illegal-diy-project-ever-the-end-result-brilliant
MelibeWatermelon
I've tried this numerous times and never got it to work
DangerZoner
HerrGeist
Cool
JesterNY
that tag though
Snarknado
You know the rules! What is it?
brownInIt
I don't think I read far enough, because I just had one of the worst smoothies ever.
CheesyComestibles
Tried it. Doesn't work.
stigmawizard
Wait...were we not supposed to drink it? I don't think I read all the directions right...
MissBossyPants
Prepare your moss hole
dryersheets
My boyfriend made this stuff and poured the leftovers down the drain. He is not a smart man.
PoliticalLava
Doesn't work, this is faked. Sauce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMfwen84Wmo
jackjackjackjack
http://static.bips.channel4.com/bips/520x390/the-it-crowd/characters/f2e6d121-d965-4a09-ab66-dbaa41290467.jpg graffiti
JacobSighs
Peat gang rules
Thereasonyousuck
Attention all Imgurians. please go out and make art and post it back here
SeanVsInternet
I plan to....................
StraightToCatFolder
Right after I swipe a few more times.
ImmaStealYoReactionPics
Tip: Do not store mixture in communal refrigerator.
Icanseeyou
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMfwen84Wmo
IwishIcouldbethepersonmydogthinksIam
I can't wait to make a dickbutt moss graffiti
Porschedoppelkupplungsgetriebe
favorited to draw giant dicks on campus
thefightmaster
I may be drunk, but im kinda sure you're painting grass in some of those
AIComments
Only one of those shots is actually from the process described.
Snarknado
That's important to know! Which one?
strayhat
#10
JustARichard
Yes.
Aelinsaar
...Seriously? The one that SHOWS the entire process.
anubisfike
I reckon it's the one that says Green.
SocratesBrotherDave
Im 90% sure thats just a textured brush in photoshop...
anubisfike
Not gonna argue that. I just know the other ones are confirmed fakes.
diareetusmachine
I'm gonna paint my car.
Boar107
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/comicsalliance.com/files/2011/10/ayoade.jpg
AntTrapHouse
I've got a ruddy gun!
thefightmaster
I may be drunk.
ConceNewh582
Ch-ch-ch-chia!
LizardEnterprises
I think I saw this on Bill Nye when I was a kid. Neat.
wherethehorriblethingsare
BRB, painting a dickbutt on my dorm.
StraightToCatFolder
This post makes me think i have lost my unique individuality. Now I have imgurian hive mind.
SinisterSweetheart
We are holding you to this now
watercolorpantzarecoolerthanu
You cannot suggest a dickbutt and not prove the dickbutt
LordRazon
Please do this and post a picture
digitalje5u5
Already beat you to it !
NotSoMuch
Please, please deliver!
imakespellingerrorsonpurpose
it doesnt work, this is fake
TraitorousTrump3
Make it a big one!
nopicnoproof
my name is relevant!
RalphtheMagnif
Pica or it didn't happen!
thefeev
Pica Consult a doctor if you have a medical concern. Pica is a pattern of eating non-food materials, such as dirt or paper.
hetnkik
LeslieKnope2016
http://imgur.com/zSTiiy6
Goku2012
I lol'd
WankerSonofJerkin
Come on, OP. Let's see it.
wherethehorriblethingsare
Here you go:
etu001
This doesn't work--according to this YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMfwen84Wmo
Hackabilly
Fine Print: Do not paint on a rolling stone.
NoCanDosvilleBabydoll
so, no paint on papa?
TheBOULDER
The BOULDER confirms. Wait for said stone to stop moving, then apply directly to forehead.
TheGirlWhoCouldntEven
HEADON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEADON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD.
TheMonsterFromSkiFree
So I can't douse my papa in this?
ImJustHereSoIDontGetFined
Not if wherever he lays his hat is his home.
AtomicPengWIN
But I want to paint it black.
haveguitarwilltravel
Especially not Keef.
kibateo
Why not? It's Only Rock and Roll
ScaleScentedAnalDildo
I now want someone to paint a Rolling Stones graffiti with moss paint.
birdspy
so painting on papa is out of the question
trhawkins21
Ch ch ch chia
nogoat23
Just to be clear, are you referring to the rock, or to the singer?
stormlv
Mythbusters was the first thing that I thought of when I saw this :)
totallynotabandonedaccount
Have they tried this?
esgelrothion
What if that rolling stone was your papa?
BeetlejuiceBreaksIn
But I thought moss grows fat on a rolling stone.
Xiutehcuhtli
All contributors to this were up voted by me
HendrikHaan
But that's not how it used to be
Bishopcorva
But that's not how it used to be.
francisflute
Well that's not how it used to be
jackthezipper
That was just The Jester playing tricks after he sang for the King and Queen
HeyOP
If water works fine, why the hell would I waste good beer?
AntTrapHouse
Light beer is basically water...
HeyOP
It doesn't mention light beer, but if I paid for it I'd probably rather it be consumed.
AntTrapHouse
the picture shows light beer. and I have no idea why beer might be better. maybe for the yeast? no clue
previoustopcomment
Light beer won't have yeast in it.
MustacheMonthly
im starting to see things on here that i run into from other websites, this place has lost all its oc
BitchButcher
-1 for old, repost fake
Dredoll
...but many of our fellow imgurians may not have seen it yet. Me included.
Aelinsaar
So minus one for an old repost fake that you haven't seen yet.
Dredoll
I can get that.
Aelinsaar
=D
BitchButcher
But it's still a fake. Weeks ago someone posted here how he tried this reciept.
Dredoll
I never doubted that part :P
Locharoundtheclock
I'm pretty sure almost all of those photos were proven to be fake and were some kind of art thing, not grown
ILoveBabyBats
http://youtu.be/yMfwen84Wmo - Man Vs Pin!!!
mechanimated
Actually, the guy who "proved" it wrong used craft store moss, which has no spores and can't grow. It does in fact work.
girlfiend
Whether the photos are fake or not, the moss recipe really works! Sauce: I dun it.
TheGodofWar
People need to stop upvoting nonsense to the front page.
tehtick
Yup. This process described above doesn't work. At all.
Himser
aww i woulda painted my wall with it.
girlfiend
I've done this and it worked... I only used buttermilk and moss though...
Supernerdtastic
Considering the handwriting (font?) of the before and after don't match.. luuulz.
WitchoftheWilds
The word "Green" does match the before and after.
Supernerdtastic
a) Rounded b) the middle line is extended on one of the e's, not so on finished product
WitchoftheWilds
Rounding can be attributed to the moss growing. You spray it with water so some areas would expand while others get washed away/don't grow.
Supernerdtastic
While I see what you mean, I feel like water causing that would also drip so there'd be evidence below the line yanno?
WitchoftheWilds
I'm not saying the rest of this post isn't fake, just that the one issue you called out needs more information to be discredited.
ladwholived
The pics are from an artist who developed a technique to grow sheets of moss, which she then cuts and glues onto walls.
Shamorza
So basically, all the milk and sugar and beer and shit amalgam is pointless. You just find some goddamn moss and stick it to the wall?
Studoku
It's the new macaroni and glitter.
Gopvifootball
I bet this is just viral marketing for the buttermilk industry.
minkus
Buttermilk-ish = 1 cup milk, 1 tablespoon vinegar. Take that, buttermilk industry!
ladwholived
Yup. Also, it's not used as vandalism. It's art.
ladwholived
Yes I know vandalism is a form of art. I mean that people pay for the artist to do it.
jaribo2
This method works. Slowly. And not on sunny walls. But it works.
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CaptainScarfish
It's the spores you want, not the plant.
ParsleySage
Well if Sponges can survive being blended...
ladwholived
Link to a video trying this out, and (near the end) showing all the bullshit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMfwen84Wmo
Angelist
firstly, he didn't wash the excess soil off and after skipping to near the end, he says his neighbour washed it off.
ladwholived
but he also shows how there's tons of lies and stuff!
bearhill2
Did it look like it was going anywhere the day before his neighbour washed it off? No. And why would excess soil be bad thing?
Zodi
Dirt isn't moss, and dilutes the additives.