150 wood and glass tank build thread
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no actually its coming from the back. i know where it is leaking just not sure how to fix it just yet
yes it is from the seem in the back. its been sitting for weeks and slowly leaking through. this freaking sux. i am not sure what to do. i think i may have to scrap the whole thing and start over. the structural integrity of the wood is in question to me. it has obvious water damage and some bowing. still debating
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Sorry to hear that man..i feel for ya.
having spent a month building mine and quite a bit of money for a wooden box, i dont know what id do in your situation..
i told myself "if it leaks, ill order an acrylic one" but after $120.00 for 3 quarts of epoxy, and $60.00 worth of wood plus $150.00 for the glass, id sure hate to lose all that progress and money..
if its a seam, can i ask you some details on your construction?
i noticed you used fiberglass cloth in the corners... can i ask why you felt the need?
i used liquid nail to join mine,(the waterproof kind) and screwed it every 3".
the liquid nail oozed out nicely, and i wiped off the excess, leaving a pretty tight joint.
after the first epoxy coat, i really didnt see any line where the panels met, so i was confident it would hold. seeing yours leak has made me second guess myself. its pretty unnerving making an aquarium out of wood to begin with, so id really like to know the cause of the leak (as im sure you would as well) so i can reassure myself..lol
im waiting for my glass to arrive, and at this point, i guess its sink or swim since the epoxy is already on and dried.. (only 3 coats)
im guessing the fiberglass cloth with no resin, coated only with the epoxy is the culprit. maybe the cloth absorbed the epoxy and left voids?????
my biggest worry, is i made a mistake on the window opening and cut it 1/2" too big, leaving only 1 1/2" of gluing surface for the top of the glass... oh well *crosses fingers and hopes for the best" if not, keep me posted of any fix you found...lol i might need it...
the website i got my plans from only called for 3/4" plywood...i wish id have gone thicker
if you do decide to rebuild, and want to try a different type of epoxy .. heres what i used: nsp 120 blue 3 quart kit
http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/ca...ser-id=&password=&exchange=&exact_match=exact
my tank is 72"x30"x24" and it covered it 3x.
it is super thick!
having spent a month building mine and quite a bit of money for a wooden box, i dont know what id do in your situation..
i told myself "if it leaks, ill order an acrylic one" but after $120.00 for 3 quarts of epoxy, and $60.00 worth of wood plus $150.00 for the glass, id sure hate to lose all that progress and money..
if its a seam, can i ask you some details on your construction?
i noticed you used fiberglass cloth in the corners... can i ask why you felt the need?
i used liquid nail to join mine,(the waterproof kind) and screwed it every 3".
the liquid nail oozed out nicely, and i wiped off the excess, leaving a pretty tight joint.
after the first epoxy coat, i really didnt see any line where the panels met, so i was confident it would hold. seeing yours leak has made me second guess myself. its pretty unnerving making an aquarium out of wood to begin with, so id really like to know the cause of the leak (as im sure you would as well) so i can reassure myself..lol
im waiting for my glass to arrive, and at this point, i guess its sink or swim since the epoxy is already on and dried.. (only 3 coats)
im guessing the fiberglass cloth with no resin, coated only with the epoxy is the culprit. maybe the cloth absorbed the epoxy and left voids?????
my biggest worry, is i made a mistake on the window opening and cut it 1/2" too big, leaving only 1 1/2" of gluing surface for the top of the glass... oh well *crosses fingers and hopes for the best" if not, keep me posted of any fix you found...lol i might need it...
the website i got my plans from only called for 3/4" plywood...i wish id have gone thicker
if you do decide to rebuild, and want to try a different type of epoxy .. heres what i used: nsp 120 blue 3 quart kit
http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/ca...ser-id=&password=&exchange=&exact_match=exact
my tank is 72"x30"x24" and it covered it 3x.
it is super thick!
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i pulled the bottom off today. as you can see from the pic the drylok didn't really adhere to the wood AT ALL. i am not bad mouthing drylok as i am sure its a great product for other applications. just wouldn't recommend it for this. you can see the matting from the fiberglass is just kinda sitting there . it didn't take much effort at all to pull the bottom loose
You know in all honesty, Im kinda not suprised as drylock is a masonry paint, and the warranty is void where the paint is always under water. I bet if you lined the edges with concrete board then painted it, it would work. I looked at their pdf's and didnt find anything where it said it was ok to use it with wood. It was all brick, foundation, concrete blocks. Sucks but you got to be a guinea pig!
well it really doesn't matter as i broke the freaking glass trying to get it out. and on top of that my camera stopped working and "somehow" got smashed with a hammer ....................................................................................................... ALLOT! well i don't see it as a complete loss however. simply because others wont make the same mistakes. my next build will be acrylic. i have much more experience with acrylic but it is going to cost ALLOT more. i am only out around 200.00 (including the camera) so not to bad for a failed experiment
