Liquid Rubber vs West Systems

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MFK2009;4033948; said:
Put it in the " SUN "

Roll it to a window or sit in door of garage

Stand tank on its end so it sticks up 8 ft or whatever in the air, with
some dolly wheels under it so its easier to move around.

The LR will heat right up, you will smell it, when you take it out of the sun
and cool down it will be a hard surface coating.

Phoned LR and was told the radiation in sun cures the surface, I was really surprised as to the difference a few hours in sun made.

BadOleRoss;4034248; said:
I might be able to get my tank over to my sliding glass doors for so afternoon sun but it will be a job! I will try that if the dehumid doesnt work.
If it is a PITA to move the tank to the SUN...then move the SUN to the tank...Get some full length mirrors from the rooms of your house and direct the SUNlight to the tank...

When we did inside fiberglass work on fishing vessels in the galley, where there was no available direct SUN, we'd use full length mirriors and the UV from the SUN helped kick off the catalyst...it works!!;) :D
 
bigcol;4017146; said:
Try to find some of this stuff http://www.antel-uk.co.uk/tds/as01.html that will work to seal any gap 1st then appply the liquid rubbber, it should hold. If you can find it in your area then these guys might ship ;) hope it helps and good luck dude :D


personally i would avoid the epoxy putty in the above link, i ordred a litre of it and five litres of epoxy a1 pond coat from that company. the epoxy resin is great but the putty, hasn't dried/cured well at all and so far i have had a leak right where its been used.
 
I know I am just a new guy but.....

I just finished building a 6'Lx4'Dx18"H tank using liquid rubber (ZAVLAR). I just wanted to mention this stuff is awesome and pretty easy to work with. The only thing though we didn't put a viewing glass cause it is for turtles.

So the reason for my post is to confirm that when you let this stuff dry out it in the sun it dries much better, maybe cause of the uv's....I dunno. I LR a couple pieces in my garage and they were tacky for a week but the tank in the backyard basking in the sun was not at all after about 36hrs.

I did silicone a couple of drains though and they are holding up perfectly, so i'm guessing once fully cured silicone WILL stick to LR just fine.
 
BadOleRoss;4027976; said:
Liquid Rubber will not stick to silicone. It will not even cure on silicone much less give you a seal. Silicone also does not stick well to liquid rubber! Silicone sticks a little to LR but it can be easily pulled off.


try using a different silicone, let it fully cure then paint over it, I used paintable silicone and haven't had an issue with leaks or fish loss .. if you cant get liquid rubber to stick to glass make sure you clean the glass first, either acetone or vinegar works well to get the oils off the glass
 
So if I'm reading correctly, LR has a problem sticking to glass and silicone (questionable even when cured) but adheres to acrylic without problem? I ask because I'm making a small (<75g) ply tank and I can get both LR and acrylic in small quantities, so if the two work together it will allow me to work to my specs, but stay cost effective, which I understand is usually not the case with ply tanks under 300g or so.

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