first "real" build 320gal!!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Finished product looks great. I would sell the tank and save the money for your next build if you are not going to keep it.
 
I think it would look awesome in a garage. I know you said you did LR on the inside wood, then some sort of resin over that, and then the silicone over that between the inside wood and glass?

I've been reading lots of these plywood tank builds and I get it all except the glass being put in. What is the mesh looking material you have pictured laying in there?
 
The mesh material is just drywall tape. But it adds alot of strength to the fiberglass. And where the window is there is no LR it is just fiberglass over the wood then I siliconed the glass to the fiberglass. After the glass was secured in place I painted LR over the remaining fiberglass and right up to the silicone.. nothing that I know of will stick to LR that is why you have to put it on last in the area that your glass will go
 
So layed dry wall tape across the front area where the glass would be sitting and then fiber glassed over the drywall tape, then siliconed glass to the fiberglass that was over the drywall tape then finished it all off with liquid rubber as a final coat over everything up to the glass? Got it. Thanks for the response.
 
wow. i just read through this entire thread. ............. I was so looking forward to seeing a finished product, then Bam! "sold the house and moved" :(

I know that things change and we have to adapt. ......... I look forward to your new future build. Good Luck!!! :)
 
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