My New Background build...concrete or not??

[we4wieners]

This is my second one as the first one I did concrete. I am contemplating just painting this with Drylok. Painting several coats with differnt pigments each time. Any ideas in regars to that? Here are the first days work. I will shave the GREAT STUFF when it dries.

 

[Salt Life]

nice bro

 

[we4wieners]

nice bro

Thanks...

 

[kallmond]

How hard do you think it will be to hold it underwater without concrete to help it sink? Are you going to silicone it to the back of the tank?

 

[we4wieners]

How hard do you think it will be to hold it underwater without concrete to help it sink? Are you going to silicone it to the back of the tank?

Like my previous background, I used nearly 4 tubes of silicone, maybe 5. That background has held for well over a year and has no signs of moving.

 

[D12DetroitD12]

I like the effect that you added that looks like roots. I just did mine a few weeks ago and i used cement and siliconed it but i probably didn't have too cause the way its wedged in there it doesn't move.

 

[goestonemoa]

looks like a good start .....!!!!

 

[we4wieners]

I may not concrete, I may just KRYLON FUSION it with details. Any input on KRYLON?
Thanks for the Thums up...

 

[the_deeb]

Nice start. How big is this thing?

I've posted on this forum before asking opinions about using drylok for backgrounds and have never gotten much of a response. I guess not many people here have tried it. I've seen it used successfully on other forums though (I don't think I'm allowed to post links to the competing forums though).

I don't believe that concrete does much to combat the buoyancy of foam (you would need a LOT of concrete for that). I think it's really the silicone/adhesive/wedging that holds the background in place, so I wouldn't worry about that aspect.

Krylon has been used successfully to paint internal aquarium plumbing so it wold probably work for a background, but I worry that it would be hard to work in sufficient details with a spray paint. I think I've seen a build where Krylon was used to add in some highlights.

 

[we4wieners]

Nice start. How big is this thing?

I've posted on this forum before asking opinions about using drylok for backgrounds and have never gotten much of a response. I guess not many people here have tried it. I've seen it used successfully on other forums though (I don't think I'm allowed to post links to the competing forums though).

I don't believe that concrete does much to combat the buoyancy of foam (you would need a LOT of concrete for that). I think it's really the silicone/adhesive/wedging that holds the background in place, so I wouldn't worry about that aspect.

Krylon has been used successfully to paint internal aquarium plumbing so it wold probably work for a background, but I worry that it would be hard to work in sufficient details with a spray paint. I think I've seen a build where Krylon was used to add in some highlights.

Drylok works great. It has been on a background I did over a year ago. No problems. I am going to concrete it then drylok with tints. As for bouyancy....silicone and alot of it.