I've seen people doing silicone with coco-fiber, bark, spaghnum and the like, but has anyone tried working with silicone and sand?
I'm looking to do a natural water feature in my vivarium, including a small waterfall. I do not want to attempt to coat the foam on the water feature using fiber, as I know it will wick moisture. I don't really want to use a lot of stone, because the "concept" of the vivarium is almost a "biotope" - and our local rock is very porous sandstone. This will not be a "rainforest" viv - considering that it'll be a habitat for a couple of Leopard Frogs.
It's my hope that the sand would wick and carry far less moisture, meaning that I could butt the waterfall directly against the coco-fiber'd back wall without soaking the whole thing. It's also my hope that I can coat the surface with local red sand and gravel, giving it the natural, local, look I want.
So, has anyone? Would you? Can you think of problems that might arise?
I've never tried it....do a test panel first and see how it sticks. You would need a lot of it to really push it in to cover really well. Rinse your test panel with water to see if it comes off.
I think I'll do a test this weekend, and see how it works. I figure I can test it on just about any surface, so long as the silicone is in place. I'll update with the results here ASAP.
Maybe you can see my waterbedding in the photo album , not sure if I did put it in.
Here some use silicon as well, even for an entire back wall.
I use epoxy raisin for that purpose .
It's far more durable and easier to work with, especially for you're water feature and waterfall.
I've used sand to coat silicon, but I only did a very small area to try it out, but it looked quite durable actually. I'm looking forward to hear the results!
By the way, I have used sand mixed in acryllic paint, and that worked out great.
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