Mountain Stone Diffuser

Hi All,

I came across a product listing on Aliexpress, a Mountain Stone diffuser for aroma therapy. On a closer look at the description, I found that these are artificially created limestones, hand curved in a mountain shape. These are porous for the slow diffusion of the oils.

Of course, I wanted one for myself and another 10 for gifting, but no shipping to India, and way too expensive for an artificial rock.

So I decided I will make it myself using Plaster of Paris, in the process created a mold using a hot glue gun

Material

• Play Dough
• Basic Sculpting tools
• Hot Glue Gun
• Plaster of Paris
• Plywood plank (Scrap)
• Sand papers

• Using Play Dough create the basic shape of the mountains
• We will curve the details later
• Let the hot glue gun heat up
• Slowly pour some hot glue in the valleys
• Cover a thin layer of hot glue one side at a time
• Let the glue dry for a few minutes
• And we have our mold ready

• Make a mixture of Plaster of Paris and Water (2:1 ratio)
• The mixture should be like a pancake dough consistently
• Pour the mixture into the mold and let it dry for 30 minutes
• Demold the mountain and use sandpaper even out the surface
• Using basic sculpting tools or a spoon curve lines from the base to the tip of the mountain
• Do this from all directions
• Smoothen the edges but not too much

• For the stand, I have used 19mm plywood scraps
• Cut it into a rectangle that is enough for the mountain
• Using sandpaper, prepare the surface of the wood and then Stain it
• Once the stain is dry, add a sheet of foam at the bottom, so that this does not scratch any surface/furniture

• Place the Mountian on the stand
• Pour few drops of essential oils
• Sit back and relax

Hope you like these steps and share if you make one Please share your feedback, comments, or an idea that I should try next