Sani-Tred coatings for DIY tanks...

Sani-Tred said:

Plywood - Acrylic Aquarium:

1) The first thing you would do is prepare the substrate.
Make sure the substrate is clean, dry,
free of any previous applied product, and foreign matter.

2) Prime the Plywood with 1 coat of PermaFlex (240 sq ft per gal).
Prime the acrylic with 1 coat of 2-part epoxy primer.
The prime coat of PermaFlex will penetrate into the
plywood then cure tough as a truck tire inside
the plywood to achieve permanent adhesion.
The 2-part epoxy primer is used to better adhere to the acrylic.

3) Patch and profile any plywood joints, seams,
cracks, holes, etc... using LRB/TAV mixture at a ¾” bead.
This mixture is 2 parts LRB to 1 part TAV.
LRB/TAV mixture will molecularly weld to the
prime coat of PermaFlex and permanently adhere to the epoxy primer.

4) Apply a coat of LRB (Liquid Rubber Base)
to the interior of the tank to create a thick
impervious membrane (80 sq ft per gal) 20 mils thickness.
LRB will cure at any thickness.
The LRB membrane will overwhelm any imperfections
within the plywood, guarantee an absolute seal,
allow ultimate flexibility, and durability.
This membrane will molecularly weld to the previous applications.
LRB can also be thickened to any viscosity by mixing it with TAV.
This will give you thicker vertical cling if the tank can not be
flipped onto its side.

5) Topcoat using 1 coat of PermaFlex (240 sq ft per gal)
which will molecularly weld to the LRB membrane.

If VHO lighting or any other intense UV lighting
will be used or would like a special color,
apply 1 coat of a good 2 part epoxy paint.
This paint will give you the color desired and extreme UV resistance.
This coat will not aid or inhibit the
waterproofing/sealing of the aquarium.
Wash the Sani-Tred surfaces before filling the tank with water.


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LRB/TAV “Round Bead Consumption Chart”
http://www.sanitred.com/roundchart.htm

Product Price List:
http://www.sanitred.com/pricelist.htm

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Our website www.sanitred.com is the location of
all product literature, life time warranty, product prices, tech data, references, rate of use charts, etc... All products come with complete application instructions.

PermaFlex:

LRB:

LRB/TAV Mixture:

Our website www.sanitred.com is the
location of all product literature, life time warranty, product prices, tech data, references, rate of use charts,
etc...

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eh1421;657628; said:

good info what i could read
any way to make it bigger

mike

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Jovial;658354; said:

Thanks for posting this. Are you lining the plywood tank with acrylic then applying the Sanitred over the acrylic?

I wonder how well it would work over fiberglass. Might use fiberglass as a redundancy in case I get a tear in the Sanitred. I really need to see how tough this stuff is when dry. If its like a polyurethane bushing then I see nothing to worry about. But if its a soft like an inner tube the potential for a small puncture could turn catastrophic. The only thing I can see about painting a flexible coating like this with epoxy is that the epoxy paint dries hard and would crack on top of a flexible surface. Kind of like painting over a tire.
So far this stuff looks like a better method of sealing then plain fiberglass/epoxy paint.

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wizzin;658675; said:

BTW. Ask them for the 10% discount if you supply pictures of the application.

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