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02-20-2008, 09:15 PM
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Re: My Attempts At A Foam Wall
well 4 cans of foam , 10 tubes of silicone and about 12qts of substrate later I have finished my foam background! i tried taking a few pictures of it but my camera died so I will take a few tomorrow after I get the windows back in.
thanks for all the help!!
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02-20-2008, 10:11 PM
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Re: My Attempts At A Foam Wall
well, it WAS a big wall!
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02-20-2008, 11:34 PM
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Re: My Attempts At A Foam Wall
yea it was alot of work but the finished pruduct is well worth it. The brown silicone idea was a saviour(dont know why I didnt think of that). i ended up just laying down a thick coat of silicone and pressing the husk into it. i tried the hair dryer idea but with a heat gun (i dont own a hair dryer) and it was TOO hot.
how long should I let the silicone sit for before I can put it on the tank??? the silicone wil be set up tomorrow but I was wondering how long the fumes will linger
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02-21-2008, 07:45 AM
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Re: My Attempts At A Foam Wall
Aquarium grade silicone cures in 48 hours.
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02-21-2008, 08:45 AM
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Re: My Attempts At A Foam Wall
As Merlin said. Also put in some kind of lamp to help the curing process.
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02-21-2008, 10:00 AM
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Re: My Attempts At A Foam Wall
yup, 48 hours is good.
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02-21-2008, 01:44 PM
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Re: My Attempts At A Foam Wall
here are a few pics I took this morning.....i have a few small little touch ups but other than that is done. I have one of my night time lamps on it right now to help it cure. the images are not the greatest as I took them with my cell phone but you get the idea 
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02-21-2008, 02:12 PM
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Re: My Attempts At A Foam Wall
Looks great to me! Nice job.
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02-21-2008, 03:16 PM
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Re: My Attempts At A Foam Wall
looking good!
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02-21-2008, 04:13 PM
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Re: My Attempts At A Foam Wall
That looks great! 
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