cheapest reef epoxy?
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dkeller_nc
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Check out System Three and West system epoxies. I'm a woodworker as well as a reefkeeper, and epoxy putty is a common item in the shop for rot resoration/structural gap filling. I haven't done an analysis, but I'm betting epoxy paste sold for contracting and woodworking purposes is probably a lot cheaper than the same stuff sold for fish-tank use.
The System 3 sculpwood product may be what you want, and it's sold by the bucketful at various woodworking outlets for about $40 per quart.
You might also want to check out Klingspor Woodworking's cyanoacrylate gel. It's sold as a tube of 20 grams for $6, and works well underwater - it's what I've used to fix coral in place in my tank.
The System 3 sculpwood product may be what you want, and it's sold by the bucketful at various woodworking outlets for about $40 per quart.
You might also want to check out Klingspor Woodworking's cyanoacrylate gel. It's sold as a tube of 20 grams for $6, and works well underwater - it's what I've used to fix coral in place in my tank.
mikecc67548
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You looking for cheap or inexpensive? There is a difference.
FuzzyZipperbaum
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aqua stick underwater epoxy..comes in grey and red....$9 for 4oz.....and go NOLES!
Where would I find such an animal?
Online only?
Where would I find such a thing?
mikecc67548
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Cheap is fine.
You in for troubles.
dixiedog
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FuzzyZipperbaum
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bulk reef supply made by two little fishies
noles198355
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:thumbsup:
mikecc67548
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I just sayin' that there is a difference between cheap and inexpensive. That's all.
What brand name is it?
ohioreef
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I don't have the tube in front of me, but I'm thinking it is called Aquamend. The epoxy is green with a white center, exactly like the stuff my LFS carries, but at a fraction of the cost.
It's been a couple years since I bought any so i can't vouch for whether they still carry it or if it's even still called the same.
It's been a couple years since I bought any so i can't vouch for whether they still carry it or if it's even still called the same.
dixiedog
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Aquamend is one brand that Home Depot used to carry but at least around here they no longer do. Word on the internet says it is/was reef safe, but I've never bought any.
Another common one is Oatey Fix-it Stick. I have used that one, but I never will again, nor would I recommend it.
Yesterday I went ahead and picked up several sticks of JB WaterWeld from Lowe's. It wasn't what I'd call "cheap" (if I may use that word) at $5.77 for a 2 oz tube, but it does state "NSF/ANSI Certified Drinking Water Safe". I don't see that on some other epoxy sticks - such as Oatey Fix-it Stick, or A+B Epoxy Putty (both of which I used in my tank, but perhaps should not have, and never will again).
