I am going to mount these to the back of my aquarium using aquarium silicone or will that not hold over time?
Should I use silicone to mount artificial 3D rocks?
- Thread starter Eric99
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I put two 36"x22" 3D backgrounds in place with 4 beads of silicone, one in each corner of each piece, and it held fine. I would think just a little more for those and it'd work!
Hello; I have bonded things with silicone that have remained bonded for decades.
---Glass plates to glass plates stay together very well and are usually a pain to seperate. rarely a failure
---Smoothe stone like slate to slate sticks fairly well and has done well for me over time. Some failures over time and not a big problem to seperate
---slate to glass sticks fairly well most of the time.
I have not used the stone you show, so cannot say from experience. It should bond well. I have found it best to have the materials dry before trying to bond them. I also allow them a couple of days to set up before adding water. For a dusty surface, I get as much dust offas I can.
Good luck.
---Glass plates to glass plates stay together very well and are usually a pain to seperate. rarely a failure
---Smoothe stone like slate to slate sticks fairly well and has done well for me over time. Some failures over time and not a big problem to seperate
---slate to glass sticks fairly well most of the time.
I have not used the stone you show, so cannot say from experience. It should bond well. I have found it best to have the materials dry before trying to bond them. I also allow them a couple of days to set up before adding water. For a dusty surface, I get as much dust offas I can.
Good luck.
Thanks! I thought it would be fine but I was a little concerned because the biggest rock has to be two pounds or more.