I have been exchanging emails/phone calls with the technical rep for PermaDri Products on the West Coast USA. He is sending me 5 gallons of product and fabric to use in my own tank build. I own a large farm so I am going to try the product in some other applications (coating some large water storage tanks and rustproofing some piping) as well.Griller;3716071; said:I presume so - but I haven't tried it. The guy said you can reinforce the liquid rubber in areas of stress by placing a layer of cloth (like in fibreglassing) on your first coat and then putt a second coat over the top.
Hey Bear. What drafting program are you using for your tank design sketches? They rock! I am stuck using the drawing tool in MS Word....john73738;3673183; said:
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oblrman;3726855; said:Hey Bear. What drafting program are you using for your tank design sketches? They rock! I am stuck using the drawing tool in MS Word....
Great - let us know how you go. I've recieved my samples. I'll test the product on scrap when I get a chance.oblrman;3726851; said:I own a large farm so I am going to try the product in some other applications (coating some large water storage tanks and rustproofing some piping) as well.
Good to hear it confirmed. Thats what I'm going to do.The rep said that you definitely should reinforce corners in a plywood build with fabric or metal flashing
Hmmm something to think about. Thought it would eliminate the slight bowing I hear of, as well as a sight break for the fish.nolapete;3746600; said:You're going to regret putting that divider permanently in the tank. Make a slot for it to slide into, so that you can remove it if you choose to. That won't provide adequate bracing anyway.
If I use resin I will just use glass to reinforce the seams, wont do the whole tankNo need to fiberglass the tank and huge waste of time and money if you're using liquid rubber (Pond Coat from Permadri in the US).
Already lost interest in the elaborate overflow system, seeing the thread in the setup and filter forum, I am thinking of a inhood DIY inline, the garage is on the otherside of the wall where the tank will be, so may put an inline filtration system in the garage. See which freaks the wife out the lessWhy the elaborate overflow? All you need is bulkheads at your water line. Flexpvc.com has all kinds of bulkheads and cool looking screens to go on them. You can save yourself a lot of work and have a sleek looking tank.