I have a fairly large area that I want to put a red/brown dirt texture on before starting ground foam for vegetation. I've read the recent zip texture article and may try that. I've tried sanded tile grout and it seems tough to get it to look decent but also be completely bonded.

Since this is mostly a first layer under other ground foam and will only show in some areas I was thinking about using earth colored thinned latex with the paint texture sand mixed in. I think the paint texture sand is just silica sand in different gradations depending on how course you want the texture.

Has anyone tried this? Seems like it might be a quick and easy way to get a dirt texture on a large area.

Phil Keppers