blyxa

I want to weigh down a piece of driftwood without drilling a hole and connecting to slate. Any ideas on how best to glue a rock to a piece of driftwood?

John N.

You can try to zip tie or rubber band rocks to the piece of driftwood. I don't think glue would hold well against a the force of a buoyant object.

-John N.

nswhite

You could try aquarium silicone. or use dental floss until the driftwood is water logged by then the dental floss will be gone.

JERP

You can use cotton thread as well. There's lots of stuff on that in the archives. I know that one was discussed several times on the wet thumb forums.

Muirner

Not to hijack - but where did you get your driftwood? I'm looking around and local stores seem to charge to much, but even off of ebay will cost a small fortune. Any ideas?

spdskr

Using an adhesive such as silicone or other waterproof sealants will work initially. However after a number of months, the driftwood may decompose a bit and most likely seperate from the silicone. Using screws or a tie type device will be more permanent.

Squawkbert

Search my posts for driftwood as a key word. I've cited a good source (ebay), cheap, combines shipping...

schaadrak

On a side note you don't need to attach the wood to a rock. A piece of plexi will do just fine and you can use the substrate and/or smaller rocks to weigh it down.

essabee

I use bog-wood now, they are heavier than water when wet, and I like their dark looks.

I used drift-wood before. To get rid of their buoyancy I used to drill a hole, used a plastic knitting needle as a nail, put the head through a hole in an appropriate stone like your slate and heat the 'head' of the plastic nail and shape it into a rivet.

Is there any special reason not to drill a hole?

If there is a small crack or crevice on the drift-wood, you can try forcing a bit of epoxy putty into it and attaching the putty to the slate with aquarium silicon after the putty has cured.

p.s. I collect my own bog-wood and drift-woods.

blyxa

Where do you get bog-wood?