|
10/06/2017, 03:14 PM | #1 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 17,289
|
Attaching Glass to Stone Tile
I have a little project i'm working on. Not ready to show it yet but I think it is going to work out awesome.
Looking to mount some glass to 4" tavertine tiles. The kind we often use for frag grow out. I have a smooth glass surface about the size of a quarter that will mount to the center of the tile. Needs to be a relatively permanent bond that is reef safe. I was thinking momentive rtv but figured it would probably not stick to the tile for very long. My best guess right now is just like how I do frags... A blob of reef epoxy with super glue on both sides then mash the glass piece on it and let it cure. Any ideas?
__________________
Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k. |
10/06/2017, 03:33 PM | #2 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 20,050
|
There are numerous 2 part epoxies that will easily bond glass/tile..
You can easily find one at any hardware/diy store.. Just like this stuff.. All will be reef safe AFTER cured. http://www.homedepot.com/p/J-B-Weld-...0112/204986141
__________________
Who me? |
10/06/2017, 06:06 PM | #3 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Baton Rouge
Posts: 1,410
|
I would think epoxie would be the best choice. It would stick to the travertine better then silicone
|
10/06/2017, 10:09 PM | #4 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 17,289
|
Good call. For some reason I always pass over these. Thanks!
You guys are going to like this... I hope It's either going to be awesome or spectacularly terrible.
__________________
Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k. |
10/10/2017, 07:47 AM | #5 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,735
|
Tagging along, curious. :0)
|
10/10/2017, 08:12 AM | #6 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 20,050
|
4 days later.. do we call it a failure yet
__________________
Who me? |
10/10/2017, 10:08 PM | #7 |
RC Sponsor
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 14,173
|
3M 5200. That stuff once it’s cured is about as permanent as it gets.
__________________
Director Customer Support Royal Exclusiv USA For All Royal Exclusiv & Bubble King questions please refer to our Sponsor forum: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=745 Current Tank Info: 480G display mixed reef, 90G sump, 90G refugium, 60G display refugium. Check out my build thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1783476 |
10/11/2017, 06:58 PM | #8 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 17,289
|
no, not a failure yet. I'm hoping to get to it this weekend.
I'm collaborating with a glass studio called "The Furnace" There are clues on the main page of their website. http://www.furnaceglassworks.com Failure here could be an expensive flop D;
__________________
Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k. Last edited by tkeracer619; 10/11/2017 at 07:11 PM. |
10/11/2017, 07:07 PM | #9 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 17,289
|
Hmm 3m 5200 looks promising. Reef safe correct? Will be permanently submerged.
I will try both epoxy and 5200 with scrap glass first.
__________________
Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k. Last edited by tkeracer619; 10/11/2017 at 07:14 PM. |
10/12/2017, 02:59 AM | #10 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Cape Coral, FL
Posts: 10,431
|
3M 5200 is probably the premium adhesive for use in and under water. Just pay attention to the cure times. It's completely safe for use in an aquarium, again, after full cure.
__________________
The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. (Neil deGrasse Tyson) Visit my build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593017 |
10/13/2017, 10:02 PM | #11 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Kenmore, WA
Posts: 1,542
|
OK, I'm curious too now.
__________________
375g DT 125g sump acrylic, Mixed SPS/LPS tank with anemones and fish. Current Tank Info: 375g Build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2608197 |
10/26/2017, 08:09 PM | #12 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Downriver,Mi
Posts: 226
|
Any updates
|
11/09/2017, 12:25 AM | #13 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 17,289
|
Yup, except I cannot take a good photo of led lit tank with my galaxy s8 to save my life
About to bust out the DSLR.
__________________
Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k. Last edited by tkeracer619; 11/09/2017 at 12:37 AM. |
11/10/2017, 04:07 PM | #14 |
In Memoriam
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Infinity and Beyond
Posts: 2,445
|
|
11/14/2017, 11:56 PM | #15 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 17,289
|
I gave up for now trying to get a good picture. The art reflects too much light straight into the sensor. I'll figure it out but it may take a while
My friends down at The Furnace Glassworks blow glass art and make these pieces of art that mount to walls. I got this idea that I could use them inside BTA propagation tanks and that hopefully they would give the BTAs something to attach too, be comfortable, and be easy to peel off without damaging their feet. This is the collection of pieces we came up with. I used the 3M 5200 to attach a handful of the pieces to 4in tavertine tiles, the same ones people use in fragging. I wanted a few of them to sit upright and a few of them to lay on their sides. Here are the tanks. I basically just threw a handful into each tank. They look pretty cool and with the LEDs on suprising they don't glow all that much. Same as above with LEDs on. I'm sure I will move pieces around to make them look better. I have about a dozen left to use in the Sunburst tank as well so I didn't want to stuff these full. Hope the Nems like them... if they don't I'm going to have a really cool wall in the house, this is about $5000 in art inside fish tanks
__________________
Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k. |
11/15/2017, 05:17 AM | #16 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 5,313
|
That website reminds me of going to the corning museum of glass and taking a glass blowing workshop.
I was close though, I was thinking glass frag plugs. Cool idea BTW!
__________________
80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work" |
01/08/2018, 02:11 AM | #17 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 17,289
|
Thanks
__________________
Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k. |
|
|