After spending a good part of the day doing some final prep work in the inside of the tank I mixed up half of my black Pond Shield. I read the instructions, watched the video on their website. They make it look so easy. Ha. This stuff is with out a doubt the stickiest messiest stuff I've ever had to deal with. Before I was done my hands were black to the wrists, it was on my clothes, in my hair. The worst part is I know I have to go out there and do it again today.
Even at room temperature this stuff is so thick I ended up using a metal spatula to spread it out then went over it again with the plastic one to smooth it out. Of course I'm doing all this at break neck speed because at $70.00 a quart my worst fear is it kicking too soon. All this talk on their website about brushes and rollers must be after it's thinned out because there was no way either would have worked. One thing that is really nice about the Pond Shield is there is almost no odor at all.
Don't get me wrong I'm having a blast and I love getting dirty even if only to see the look on the wife's face. She's a city girl and just doesn't understand that to a redneck dirty hands mean your working hard and earning your beer. Acetone does clean it up pretty well.
I have to admit though that there is no doubt in my mind that this stuff is going to be waterproof. The areas I covered last night are dried to a hard plastic like finish this morning and it looks really good.
Before I applied the sealer I spent alot of time making sure the insides of the tank were perfectly smooth. This stuff fills so well that really it was a lot of wasted effort and I could have saved myself some money on fibreglass and a lot of elbow grease had I known.
If I do this again in the future I will seriously consider forgoing the fibreglass altogether and just putting a couple of coats of this stuff down because for what what I spent on the fibreglass and resin in the end would more than have paid for a second can of Pond Shield. I think that if the tank itself is rigid enough and there are no large gaps at the seams then the fibreglass cloth is kind of redundant.
Even at room temperature this stuff is so thick I ended up using a metal spatula to spread it out then went over it again with the plastic one to smooth it out. Of course I'm doing all this at break neck speed because at $70.00 a quart my worst fear is it kicking too soon. All this talk on their website about brushes and rollers must be after it's thinned out because there was no way either would have worked. One thing that is really nice about the Pond Shield is there is almost no odor at all.
Don't get me wrong I'm having a blast and I love getting dirty even if only to see the look on the wife's face. She's a city girl and just doesn't understand that to a redneck dirty hands mean your working hard and earning your beer. Acetone does clean it up pretty well.
I have to admit though that there is no doubt in my mind that this stuff is going to be waterproof. The areas I covered last night are dried to a hard plastic like finish this morning and it looks really good.
Before I applied the sealer I spent alot of time making sure the insides of the tank were perfectly smooth. This stuff fills so well that really it was a lot of wasted effort and I could have saved myself some money on fibreglass and a lot of elbow grease had I known.
If I do this again in the future I will seriously consider forgoing the fibreglass altogether and just putting a couple of coats of this stuff down because for what what I spent on the fibreglass and resin in the end would more than have paid for a second can of Pond Shield. I think that if the tank itself is rigid enough and there are no large gaps at the seams then the fibreglass cloth is kind of redundant.
:j/k:
