I posted a couple weeks ago about a tile mosaic I made for my 75 gallon goldfish tank.
You gotta love the power of water. Current from the canister returns have pulled up quite a few tiles on the bottom panels. Over the next week I want to pull them out of the tank, stick the missing tiles on with silicone and then give each panel a coat of epoxy, in hopes that will keep the tiles in place.
Is there a special type of epoxy I should get? Any ingredients to avoid? How long a cure before I put it back in the tank?
For those who have used epoxy-how thick a coat would you think? Just enough to get between the tiles? Or should I make some sort of form and make a coat (multiple coats?) that would completely cover the tiles by a fraction of an inch?
I have access to a greenhouse with good ventilation to do this and the temperature shouldn't drop below 50 unless there's a major power outage.
The back panels have lost just a couple tiles that probably weren't stuck well in the first place. I've seen a mention of underwater glue from Drs. Foster and Smith--think that would work? I'd be sticking glass tiles onto a skin of silicone over glass. I don't think those panels will require epoxy, at least at this time.
You gotta love the power of water. Current from the canister returns have pulled up quite a few tiles on the bottom panels. Over the next week I want to pull them out of the tank, stick the missing tiles on with silicone and then give each panel a coat of epoxy, in hopes that will keep the tiles in place.
Is there a special type of epoxy I should get? Any ingredients to avoid? How long a cure before I put it back in the tank?
For those who have used epoxy-how thick a coat would you think? Just enough to get between the tiles? Or should I make some sort of form and make a coat (multiple coats?) that would completely cover the tiles by a fraction of an inch?
I have access to a greenhouse with good ventilation to do this and the temperature shouldn't drop below 50 unless there's a major power outage.
The back panels have lost just a couple tiles that probably weren't stuck well in the first place. I've seen a mention of underwater glue from Drs. Foster and Smith--think that would work? I'd be sticking glass tiles onto a skin of silicone over glass. I don't think those panels will require epoxy, at least at this time.
