390 Gallon Plywood reef Aquarium
- Thread starter Jack5746
- Start date
muttley000
MTS Sufferer!
I would be interested at test fill to see how much the bowing is before bracing. How thick is the glass going to be? How was the rubberized it to work with? Great livestock collection you've got ready for the tank once it's up!
Thanks for the reply Muttley, I will decide when I have the glass installed. The glass is .5" star fire and the owner of the glass company said it could be used as a backboard for basketball, just not to chip the corner. The livestock I have has been it there about a year for some and the Acro's on the Pvc have been in there about a month, I can see growth on them and the one on top is getting blue tips.
Muttley sorry I forgot your question about the rubberizeit, I used cheap paint brushes for the seams and rollers for the rest I also used cloth layment on all the seams. It went on easy did'nt have to use a mask but you do need gloves. I ordered 5 gallons and after six heavy coats I still have not used half of the bucket and I ordered 300 feet of the cloth and have used maybe 35 feet so far. If I remember right it was around 300.00 for everything plus shipping. It goes on wet and will run as you can attest to my pictures but once dry it is on there. Now when it dries it will still be sticky to the touch. It will go on brown when wet but turns black when dry. Then I am going to paint with sweet water black epoxy when completely done with the overflow.
Beginning to put a coat of Rubber and Cloth on the overflow.
Beginning to put a coat of Rubber and Cloth on the overflow.
[/URL][/IMG]cutting the cloth to length.
[/URL][/IMG]Laying a coat of rubber down before adding the strip of cloth
[/URL][/IMG] This is how the rubber looks going on wet.
[/URL][/IMG]This is what the Liquid Rubber looks like in the bucket
[/URL][/IMG]Adding the cloth over the just applied Liquid Rubber.
[/URL][/IMG]Another pic of the cloth being laid across the liquid rubber.
[/URL][/IMG]liquid rubber being applied over the top of the cloth.
[/URL][/IMG]
Beginning to put a coat of Rubber and Cloth on the overflow.
muttley000
MTS Sufferer!
Nice detailed pics in the liquid rubber, thanks. That skimmer is a beast!
Your Welcome I will be posting some more pics tomorrow. Yes this skimmer is a beast, much larger then the pics I first saw when I decided to buy this one. Can't wait to fire it up but that wont be until I get the new build finished.
Reefsi
New member
I'm curious, not to questions your work but you think 3/4" birch will hold all that weight? How did you go about attaching it? Predrill then 1 1/4 screws? Use any dowell rods? I seen it looks like you used kregg jig for some of it. Nice work, I just dont think its enough to hold that weight without bowing.
Hi Reefski thanks for looking. I used 3" wood screws with domonioes
back to applying liquid rubber and cloth to the overflow
back to applying liquid rubber and cloth to the overflow
applying more cloth in the corners. I set the cloth in the corner then used the brush to push it in tight then worked my way out to the edges to remove any gaps.
[/URL][/IMG]
[/URL][/IMG]well got the pics backwards but you get my point.
back to applying liquid rubber and cloth to the overflow
applying more cloth in the corners. I set the cloth in the corner then used the brush to push it in tight then worked my way out to the edges to remove any gaps.
Similar threads
