Corner Plywood Tank

[Crwhite]

I'm glad you adhered your glass to the wood and then appied the polyuera. I work as a NACE II coating inspector for a a polyurea company, and on a recent project they had bubbles coming through the product and opted to attempt a repair with off the shelf silicon. Lets just say that there was no adhesion between cured polyurea and the silicon.

As for adhesion to glass I'm pretty sure you will have an adequate seal, since you did rough up the surface prior to application. We have never sprayed glass so I really have no data on it, but I don't see why you wouldn't get a decent bond. Its not like when they sprayed polyethylene and wondered why it just peeled right off in one big piece.

I am watching your thread as I have considered doing a plywood setup with the polyuerea as application is so easy with a plural system, though do to the silicon window issue I opted a 100 % solids epoxy for my first test tank.

Keep us updated

Sadly, my tank is still leaking, presumably from around the edges of the coating, on the glass. I tried sealing around the edges of the polyurea with the sealants mentioned earlier with no success, and also just had it resprayed and it's still leaking.

Any suggestions?

I'm ready to start over and use pond liner or something with a higher success rate, frustrated....

 

[kelz]

Sadly, my tank is still leaking, presumably from around the edges of the coating, on the glass. I tried sealing around the edges of the polyurea with the sealants mentioned earlier with no success, and also just had it resprayed and it's still leaking.

Any suggestions?

I'm ready to start over and use pond liner or something with a higher success rate, frustrated....

You should have went with pond shield.. I can say great things about that product. Check out my post on mfk. Ive made and 600 gallon that's been up and running for 2+ plus months now. And working on a new build for a friend..

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/diy-500-gallon-plywood-bottom.675816/


http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/diy-600-gallon-plywood-bottom-aquarium.671494/


If I were you. I would start a new build and use pond shield. Good luck with the build. Any questions feel free to let me know

 

[Sixx101]

Fine looking tank though. I hope you won't give up on the build. It really compliments the room nicely. I've always wondered about a plywood corner tank. Good luck on a solution.

 

[Crwhite]

Fine looking tank though. I hope you won't give up on the build. It really compliments the room nicely. I've always wondered about a plywood corner tank. Good luck on a solution.

I haven't given up yet. I believe I was able to narrow down where it was leaking from and should know in the next few days. Thanks for the encouragement.