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By Mark Landrum 
Step by step to building sandcastles the Port 'A' way. |
This is a picture of the tools I use when playing on the beach.
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During a lesson I show you how to use just a shovel and a plastic ware knife to carve a tower, a wall and, an arch.
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Shovels come in many sizes. I prefer a waist high shovel when hanging out at the beach. I also use a plastic rake for cleaning the area around my castle when finished. The 5 gallon paint buckets can be used for carrying water, mixing sand and water or, for carrying out trash you may find on the beach.
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Sprayer bottles for wetting sand before carving details when the sand drys. Now lets take a closer look in the next pictures. |
feather dusters are for cleaning loose sand and smoothing areas. Rubber tubing for blowing loose sand away from carved areas. Paint brushes for smoothing carving marks on walls.
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Plasticware for carving and digging. Pastry knives for carving. Specialty tools from Sandcastle Central. Various picks for detail work. |
closer look at the basic tools. |
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A 5 gallon paint bucket with the bottom cut out for use as a form. Use "Pam" or "WD-40" to lubricate inside walls.
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