Plywood tank.....wat to use to seal it?

[Redneck Lunatic]

been doin some shoppin here lately at my local HD, Lowes, and other hardware stores. cant find liquid rubber products and the Epoxies that i have found are not compatible with fish. So i was doin some research and my cousin is a Minister at a church where i live said he got his baptistery waterproofed with Line-x...i was wondering if line-x could be used instead of liquid rubber or expoxies. Just an Idea..cost doesnt bother me too much i just want a good seal on my tank.

Plus my exterior walls of the tank are gonna be mossy oak camo....tryin to stay as redneck as possible..hahaha

 

[Andyroo]

Guys on another forum used Polyester resin with burlap instead of fibreglass over plywood... apparently with good results.
No idea why the burlap as opposed to glass but that maybe the burlap will absorb the resin and not allow water to run along the fibres (?).
I know from boat-building that regular fibreglass is cheap & tough but not waterproof over time, thus gell-coat or epoxy top-coats.
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[BODYDUB]

Fiberglass resin in the seams and then seal the whole tank with pond sealer..........

 

[Capt. Dave]

The burlap is interesting. Should work good

 

[npaetsch]

POND ARMOUR is what i see used most of the time and it works really well. It is available om eBay fairly cheap.

 

[specialized002]

I used pond coat on mine 2 years ago and it's still going strong

 

[jeepn4x4]

I am using epoxy resin and fiberglass tape for all the seams on my tank. Then I am going to cover it with Sweetwater Epoxy paint. Here are the materials I am using.
http://www.uscomposites.com/epoxy.html

http://www.aquaticeco.com/subcategories/3048/Epoxy-Paint-1-Gallon