I was checkin out this website....univeralhabitats.com.au and i had this idea. im not sure how they make theirs but maybe i can make something simular to it. I jus have one little dilema so far. I am going to use that great stuff foam and some paint but none of these can be toxic. SO i basically have to find some non toxic material. ANYOone got any ideas?
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New hides....foam?
ronald_durst
Jan 23, 2007 04:48 PM
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markg
Jan 23, 2007 06:46 PM
Great Stuff is non-toxic when fully cured and coated with non-toxic paint, which is just about any paint when fully cured. People have used polyurethane foam like Great Stuff time and time again in cages with no ill effects.
Molding that stuff when wet is like trying to shape bubble-bath. You could use hardware cloth mesh frames to help I suppose, or carve a dried blob of it. Or a simple wood hide covered in it for texture. Not real sure how the creative folks do it, but they do it.
ronald_durst
Jan 23, 2007 07:00 PM
Thanks for that info. I actually and trying aluminum foil. Ill see how that works but it may push it out to much. Ill jus play it by ear. Thanks again. Just wanted to make sure i wasnt gonna harm by babies
chris_harper2
Jan 24, 2007 01:58 PM
I read on a fish forum about spraying the stuff into plastic grocery bags and having it come out in random but somewhat natural looking shapes. Then a bit of carving before you coat with concrete or grout should be enough.
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liquidleaf
Jan 25, 2007 12:57 AM
Ahh.. I can't remember which forum it was, but there was a person who was using great stuff to coat the inside of a large bookcase, which he had converted to a large display cage. He was coating the walls (and some branches that he had attached), to make a bumpy, almost viney texture all on 3 walls of the cage, building it out bit by bit as the stuff dried. I didn't see finished photos, but it looked really cool from the stages I saw. I believe he was going to paint parts of it, and glue moss to other parts, and that an arboreal snake was going to go in it.
Arg! Well, I'll post a link if I find it.
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