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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
I am building a wishing well with a small pond inside and a waterfall to a
little larger pond below it. Built the frame of waterfall with land scape timbers and covered over with liner. I don't like the look of the liner on the falls and would like to glue some small pea gravel like rock to it to conceal the black liner. My thought was to spread a generous amount of silicone over the liner and sprinkle pea gravel all over it the press it into the silcone. Has anyone done this before or do you think this will work, not for sure silicone will stick to the liner? Will post some pictures when complete...Claude |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
Try that expanding foam insulation, name Great Stuff comes to mind. Get it
at Home depot, Lowes , etc. Any foam that still shows after you apply the gravel will soon be covered with algae and won't show. There is a type that is black, but others have said that it is quite expensive..It sticks to just about everything, EPDM liner included. Paul "claude rogers" wrote in message ... I am building a wishing well with a small pond inside and a waterfall to a little larger pond below it. Built the frame of waterfall with land scape timbers and covered over with liner. I don't like the look of the liner on the falls and would like to glue some small pea gravel like rock to it to conceal the black liner. My thought was to spread a generous amount of silicone over the liner and sprinkle pea gravel all over it the press it into the silcone. Has anyone done this before or do you think this will work, not for sure silicone will stick to the liner? Will post some pictures when complete...Claude |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
Is it poisonous to fish? (spray insulation)
It sounds like a good idea! Lou Ann |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
"Paul in Redland" wrote in message
... Try that expanding foam insulation, name Great Stuff comes to mind. Get it at Home depot, Lowes , etc. Any foam that still shows after you apply the gravel will soon be covered with algae and won't show. There is a type that is black, but others have said that it is quite expensive..It sticks to just about everything, EPDM liner included. snip For gods sake do not get it on your hands. I did that the first time I used it...washing your hands does nothing but spread it around. I used 4 bottles of nailpolish remover before I got my hands clean. It took weeks for the rest to flake and come off my nails and cuticles. WHERE GLOVES!!! BV. |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
BenignVanilla wrote:
WHERE GLOVES!!! I don't know, where gloves? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
"joe" wrote in message
... BenignVanilla wrote: WHERE GLOVES!!! I don't know, where gloves? oops...Wear gloves. Sorry about that. BV. |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
"Paul in Redland" wrote in message
... Try that expanding foam insulation, name Great Stuff comes to mind. Get it at Home depot, Lowes , etc. Any foam that still shows after you apply the gravel will soon be covered with algae and won't show. There is a type that is black, but others have said that it is quite expensive..It sticks to just about everything, EPDM liner included. snip For gods sake do not get it on your hands. I did that the first time I used it...washing your hands does nothing but spread it around. I used 4 bottles of nailpolish remover before I got my hands clean. It took weeks for the rest to flake and come off my nails and cuticles. WHERE GLOVES!!! BV. |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
BenignVanilla wrote:
WHERE GLOVES!!! I don't know, where gloves? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
"joe" wrote in message
... BenignVanilla wrote: WHERE GLOVES!!! I don't know, where gloves? oops...Wear gloves. Sorry about that. BV. |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
To answer your question, no. I used silicone to 'decorate' one side of my
pond's edging. I used very expensive stuff that said it could withstand very high/low temps. The gravel came off after 3 summers. -- Wendy* in N. California, "When you lose, don't lose the lesson." - Dalai Lama "claude rogers" wrote in message ... I am building a wishing well with a small pond inside and a waterfall to a little larger pond below it. Built the frame of waterfall with land scape timbers and covered over with liner. I don't like the look of the liner on the falls and would like to glue some small pea gravel like rock to it to conceal the black liner. My thought was to spread a generous amount of silicone over the liner and sprinkle pea gravel all over it the press it into the silcone. Has anyone done this before or do you think this will work, not for sure silicone will stick to the liner? Will post some pictures when complete...Claude |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
To answer your question, no. I used silicone to 'decorate' one side of my
pond's edging. I used very expensive stuff that said it could withstand very high/low temps. The gravel came off after 3 summers. -- Wendy* in N. California, "When you lose, don't lose the lesson." - Dalai Lama "claude rogers" wrote in message ... I am building a wishing well with a small pond inside and a waterfall to a little larger pond below it. Built the frame of waterfall with land scape timbers and covered over with liner. I don't like the look of the liner on the falls and would like to glue some small pea gravel like rock to it to conceal the black liner. My thought was to spread a generous amount of silicone over the liner and sprinkle pea gravel all over it the press it into the silcone. Has anyone done this before or do you think this will work, not for sure silicone will stick to the liner? Will post some pictures when complete...Claude |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
. . . and no matter how tempted you are to take the gloves off (because
it's frustrating trying to pick up and place rocks and pebbles just right with awkward, bullky gloves on) don't do it! This stuff is horrendous to get off, and you'll wear the adjoining skin off your body before you get the Great Stuff off. The last time I used it I was diligent about the gloves but STILL had a nightmare of a time.... during the process of leaning and stretching and getting into weird positions to get the stuff in the right places, I ended up getting little bits of it on my forearms, elbows, knees, etc. If it holds half as well on the rocks as it does on our skin, this stuff is there to stay! Sue "BenignVanilla" m wrote in message ... "Paul in Redland" wrote in message ... Try that expanding foam insulation, name Great Stuff comes to mind. Get it at Home depot, Lowes , etc. Any foam that still shows after you apply the gravel will soon be covered with algae and won't show. There is a type that is black, but others have said that it is quite expensive..It sticks to just about everything, EPDM liner included. snip For gods sake do not get it on your hands. I did that the first time I used it...washing your hands does nothing but spread it around. I used 4 bottles of nailpolish remover before I got my hands clean. It took weeks for the rest to flake and come off my nails and cuticles. WHERE GLOVES!!! BV. |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
I don't have them, Joe . . . do you????? (couldn't resist jumping on the
sarcastic bandwagon) Sue "joe" wrote in message ... BenignVanilla wrote: WHERE GLOVES!!! I don't know, where gloves? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Can silicone be used to hold in rocks in waterfall
For gods sake do not get it on your hands. I did that the first time I used it...washing your hands does nothing but spread it around. I used 4 bottles of nailpolish remover before I got my hands clean. It took weeks for the rest to flake and come off my nails and cuticles. WHERE GLOVES!!! BV. .......and when you find your gloves, wear them! ~Wilson~ |
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