Building reptile cage

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Jack Dempsey
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I am thinking about building a custom reptile enclosure for my bearded dragon. She is quickly outgrowing her 40B and for the cost of online cages not to mention the wait time to get one I could easily purchase materials and do this myself.

I am planning to build one similar to what Boamaster puts out with a screen top and front opening door using .22" acrylic. However instead of melamine I will be using 1/2" Birch furniture grade plywood. I know I will need to paint the interior with something to make it moisture resistant and am wondering if Flex seal would be a good choice? My understanding is it is basically liquid rubber.

Anyone have any plans or past experiences with cage building? I am thinking about something in the dimensions of 45"Lx24"Wx22"H
 
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I am thinking about building a custom reptile enclosure for my bearded dragon. She is quickly outgrowing her 40B and for the cost of online cages not to mention the wait time to get one I could easily purchase materials and do this myself.

I am planning to build one similar to what Boamaster puts out with a screen top and front opening door using .22" acrylic. However instead of melamine I will be using 1/2" Birch furniture grade plywood. I know I will need to paint the interior with something to make it moisture resistant and am wondering if Flex seal would be a good choice? My understanding is it is basically liquid rubber.

Anyone have any plans or past experiences with cage building? I am thinking about something in the dimensions of 45"Lx24"Wx22"H

You could stain the wood with a waterproof wood stain.
 
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you glue vinyl to the wood thats what i did with previous enclosures i built.
it makes it easy to clean also.
 
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You need to be careful with what you use to seal the enclosure, as a lot of it will leach harmful gasses under higher humidity and temperature. I'm a big fan of Dry Lok, but there are a few viable options depending on budget. Pond Armor is great, but expensive. Dry Lok is relatively inexpensive but not the easiest to work with.
 
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