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imported_Lomax · 01-17-2004, 07:19 AM

Hello all,

I have been working on a ~ 300G DIY plywood tank and will have a Styrofoam background also.

A better way to do the background is to coat the styrofoam with cement, just thin it down till it is like soup and mix a bit of sand and pat it on. It covers the pink color and gives rocks a nice texture. Then you can paint it over with WestSystems epoxy, but you should only use there color additives! Mixing in something else may have a bad chemical reation.
It could just change the color or worse make something toxic out of the mix, if you have question just call WestSystems and ask them what you can add.

01-17-2004, 07:19 AM	#51 (permalink)
imported_Lomax Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 0 iTrader Ratings: 0 Plant Points: 3600	Hello all, I have been working on a ~ 300G DIY plywood tank and will have a Styrofoam background also. A better way to do the background is to coat the styrofoam with cement, just thin it down till it is like soup and mix a bit of sand and pat it on. It covers the pink color and gives rocks a nice texture. Then you can paint it over with WestSystems epoxy, but you should only use there color additives! Mixing in something else may have a bad chemical reation. It could just change the color or worse make something toxic out of the mix, if you have question just call WestSystems and ask them what you can add.