Free Form Habitat - Epoxy?

[drcrook]

Hey Folks,

I saw this: https://www.smooth-on.com/tutorials/custom-overflow-cover-epoxy-putty/ and was very impressed. I would very much like to find where to get my hands on reef safe material such as this for sculpting some of my rock work and overflow.

1. Anybody have experience with it?
2. Where can you actually buy it online?
3. Where can you get those textures?

Anybody have additional pictures or builds they can link to where this was used? Are there alternatives that are similar-ish in nature?

 

[flsalty]

That's interesting. I've never seen it before. You can order it off the site though.

 

[drcrook]

I didn’t see a buy it from site; it was sending me to their distributors, ill look again.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Don't know anything about that product but I've used apoxy sculpt and magic sculp both (out of the water dry on land) and they have made fabulous rock sculptures for me and provided very strong bonding between rock work so much so I've been able to take scrap rock and "lego" it to gather and make larger more elaborate rock arrangements that lock together and are both light weight and less likely to topple. Since they are odd shapes, when you stack them together they often create hollow spaces that give fish tiny houses to live in.

Magic sculp is supposedly been used at the Atlanta aquarium. I cannot verify the claims of it actually being used to fuse rocks underwater in a live display. But I can verify that it's perfectly inert when completely dry. (both products are).

They can be found on amazon, on the websites for the products, and eBay. Surprisingly eBay generally has the best prices for either. Apoxy comes in many, many colors too. I've also used them, they do not bleed or lose color. However, the cheaper buckets tend to be the less desirable colors. Which is fine by me, gray does exactly what I need

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

P.s.

Using the patch method of joining broken bits I have also been able to make use of the Florida rock that's so heavy. And I admit, I hate most rock if it's not some form of pukani. It's just too dense. However if I break it up with a hammer then patch it back together, instead of boulders I get "branches" which I can stack and they will lock together and create unique and far more open airy structures.
It's still FAR heavier than pukani rock (which I love to work with) but it's at least usable to me then.

 

[DaneGer21]

Looks cool, but did you see the materials list haha Everything minus the kitchen sink.

Looks time consuming, messy, and potentially not as east as it looks.

Keep us posted!

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Looks cool, but did you see the materials list haha Everything minus the kitchen sink.

Looks time consuming, messy, and potentially not as east as it looks.

Keep us posted!

Definitely never as easy as the experts make it appear