Texture Plus TP-SSL SAMP Indoor/Outdoor Siding Panel, Stacked Stone, Light Tan

The cost of Texture Plus seems out of proportion with the product quality. It's basically a thin sheet of styrofoam that's formed and painted to look somewhat like stone. I thought the panels would be a bit more rugged, but they damage fairly easily. I used the panels to accent my breezeway. From the street, they look fairly convincing. Up close, however, they look artificial.On the plus side, the panels install very easily. They don't butt together well and seem to bow up in the center. So it requires a bit of work to make them blend well. The panels are really easy to cut. For accents that are out of harm's way, the panels might make sense. They're certainly cheaper than hiring a stone mason, but obviously not as durable.I guess the test of the Texture Plus panels will be time. I'm interested to see what they'll look like after ten years on my home.

The quality of the panels is nice, and they are easy to cut. The big problem is that all of the stone panels are from identical molds that only have slight paint differences. So, what happens is you end up with a very visible and unnatural stone pattern when they are assembled together on a wall. Unfortunately, this only highlights the fake look of the product.

Looks just like the pictures they show. My husband and I are very satisfied with this product. I installed it myself, and it cut easily with a fine tooth saw. It's very light weight. I still need to buy the matching caulk they sell to make it flawless, but even so I am very impressed at the ease of installation and overall look. *NOTE: the only issue I had was where the panels interlock at the top and/or bottom (as the case may be) the stones, being realistic, weren't perfectly straight, so this is where the touch up work comes in to play.

Returned! This was a sample I accidentally purchased but when I got it and took a look at it before shipping it back, it was not something I'd want on my walls.Would work great for stage plays lol or backdrops for movie sets or something as long as the camera doesn't get too close.

I ordered my stacked stone from Texture Plus.com and not off Amazon (didn't know they were on here). I ordered Natural Gray, which, from what I can see by the options, is not available on Amazon. If you're going to order a large quantity from Amazon, sign up for Amazon Prime which will give you free shipping. Shipping from the Texture Plus site was about 20% of the cost of my order.I'm really happy with the product. I mistakenly ordered the non-interlocking panels as I had a large wall that I was covering. I was able to mimic the interlock by cutting out random blocks and using that as a pattern on the panel I was connecting it to. I think it looks good. Some advice, order the color-matching grout from thier site. They recommend one tube for every 5 panels (same for adhesive). It's a sanded grout that really improves the look of the panels when put together. It effectively hides the urethane when the ends are cut. It is also good for touching up a damaged panel. Any dig will disappear when the caulk is put on it. Some of the stones in the pattern have a slight red tint to them. If I used natural gray caulk on those to hide a flaw, I smeared a light coat of it over the whole stone to make it blend better.Some other issues, as others have said, the panels are not perfectly straight so if you just stack one on top of the other, there will be large gaps between them (some corners are high). This may not be a problem with the interlocking panels, as they're supposed to be designed with the whole wall in mind. You'll have to order more panels if you're getting the interlock panel. I was able to get the non-interlocking panels straighter by cutting them on my table saw with a long fence attached. Their site has a calculator that tells how many panels you'll need to cover a particular area (interlock and non-interlock).Also, with the ends, there are videos on their site that show how to cut at a 45 degree angle to hide the edges. I noticed it wasn't always a perfect match because of the irregularity of the rock and the width of the saw blade. So I took some cut corner pieces and broke them apart and placed each stone individually (it's not as bad as it sounds). It looks much better than just trying to fit one long piece at once. The 45 degree angle method would work better on something that has a consistent depth like their faux brick.I would also recommend ordering one of their sample kit before you buy. Some panel types look better than others and trying to judge it based on a picture on the internet isn't as good as seeing it in person. Their bamboo looks pretty good. There are two sample packs on their site. I ordered the smaller one but probably should have gotten the larger one as it didn't have a stacked stone sample in it. We used the internet picture to decide on the stacked stone and a color from one of our samples.I cut the panels using a 80 tooth plywood blade (10") on my table saw and trimmed the blocks for the interlock with a jigsaw (general purpose blade). You can also use a razor blade knife for fine trimming and shaping.Edit: I added pictures of my stacked stone Natural Grey dining room and a small propane firepit I made.

After reading the negative reviews here, I felt I had to comment. I just ordered two different color samples and there is a drastic difference in their appearance - the 'cream frost' stacked stone looks very nice, whereas the other (I forget the color) is very obviously not stone. So, may wish to try a few different samples if you like their product otherwise.

Be careful what you are ordering through Amazon. In most cases, these are just samples, so don't think you are getting a whole panel. Order directly from TexturePlus for the best shipping and service. Their website is slow and not the greatest, either, but that has nothing to do with the product. We used the Ledgestone in Natural Gray. I got several samples of different rock and looked at a lot of pictures and yes, these are fake panels, but this is the one stone panel that I thought looked realistic. The product is really easy to work with, but I suggest cutting outdoors (my husband did not and we had a fine layer of dust of the the plastic polymer on everything and it's impossible to vacuum up). ALSO order the textured caulk as that stuff hides every mistake you make, every screw indentation, and any cut edges are easily turned to a stone looking surface.

In my opinion this stuff is crap. Looks like foam, seams don't match and customer service is rude.