Same here....no dice.basslover34;2284823; said:I already started my search for a rental place here... so far with no luck
18' x 9' x 3.5' catfish tank build in progress.....
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You can use a chopping gun but you have to apply the resin http://www.fibreglast.com/showproducts-category-Fiberglass+Gun+Roving+and+Chopper+Gun-98.html
I think the chopper gun is a no go here in Montana. As far as I know in town there is one fiberglass shop, and they are not willing to part ways with their chopper gun, even if I wanted to rent it. But of course they offered their services to me. In their own words it would only costs me around $1500 for them to do the rest of the work to my tank besides fitting the actual acrylic panes. I told them I can do it myself for about 1/3 that price. One advantage is it would be professional, and I wouldn't have to do it. lol, but I would have to rent all the equipment to get it out of my garage and over to their shop about 6 miles away from here.
Probably going to be the weekend, before I can make any real progress. Too much stuff going on between job interviews and getting out of the Air Force. I'm sure you guys understand, but probably not Basslover. I patiently await his motivating words!! lol
Might be worth it in the long run bro...Hand laying that much fiberglass would be a long drawn out deal and it would be hard to get the ratios/cure times the same, because of temp changes, and winter is coming...not impossible, but it might be tough...If you have never laid fiberglass before, you really should consider having the shop do it...necrocanis;2288445; said:
I agree with Zen. For a tank that big, $1500 doesn't seem like all that bad of a price. I have heard of others paying more for smaller tanks. Fiberglass isn't hard, but it isn't easy either, especially witht the weather changes that are coming.
But then again, I am a stubborn DIY person, so on to laying you go eh? lol
But then again, I am a stubborn DIY person, so on to laying you go eh? lol
zennzzo;2288825; said:Might be worth it in the long run bro...Hand laying that much fiberglass would be a long drawn out deal and it would be hard to get the ratios/cure times the same, because of temp changes, and winter is coming...not impossible, but it might be tough...If you have never laid fiberglass before, you really should consider having the shop do it...
I know it's not bad, but I still don't have the money. That's the bottom line. I can't come up with $1500. It would take me probably 3-4 months to come up with that and I still need to save for the acrylic, and gelcoat. I've got enough fiberglass to probably do all the seams on the inside for now, but will probably have to do the rest later once I can get some money set up. I have fiber glassed before. It was on the 200 gal that I was starting right before this tank. Kind wish I hadn't started that one, and had went straight to this one istead. I might would have it finished by now. lol. I have everything to finish the 200 gal though. I think that might be my best option to hold me through winter. I have a spare room in the house that I can put it in.
Pharaoh;2288849; said:
He qouted me at almost twice that at first until I told him what it was for. He said I just had to advertise that he did it and not give out the actual price. lol. It's a good price for sure, but with the ammount of money that I have it might as well be $100,000. I've got a job interview this afternoon and if all goes well I'll be back in business, and if I start next week I'll have plenty of extra money that I have been holding on to that I can buy up most of the last of the materials to finish this project. I think the last part(acrylic) will take a longer amount of time to save for. I found a supplier for gel coat locally so I am going to get a killer deal on that. I still have to buy some more ply for the inside and then I can start fiberglassing it. I think one good day of work and I can have this thing completely ply'd inside and out. What I have done recently is just from running outside while the wife is gone for 30 mins to an hour and doing something til she comes home. Her rule is that if she's at home I have to be spending time with her. My rule is that since I have to spend all my time with her, I skip some chores to work on the tank while she is gone lol. Or just do the chores while she's at home.
Oh the wife has a guppy 10 gal now, and it's doing really well. Was thinking of taking her overstock and just making this a 4000 gal guppy build?!? hehe
