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How to make a background for your tank.

- Two components polyurethane resin. Poliester resin can be corrosive to some base materials. If it has poliester you may use a polyurethane plate. The resin price can oscilate between 12 y 25€, depending on the site where it is bought.
- Silicon.
- Sand of several types of diferent calibrate. It can be of beach if before the metal grains and "calcareos" have been eliminated
- Cuter or sharpened and flexible blade
- Some brushes
- Paint or paint tint, we use it for tint the resin.
- Some old newspappers.
- Old clothes or an apron.
- Protective glasses
- Small mask
- Gloves to wash to the plates or latex
- Plastic glasses
- Apair of crystal boats with cover
- Kitchen balance, if he is digital better
- Apair of bags of plastico transparency
The firts steep is make a draw of wat we want for have a patron and take an idea . Before, we take the measures of the tank and we make the count of the quantity of material we need.

We cut a pice in the same meassure of teh tank. we take the measures in the inside part of the tank. we rest 5mm or a littel more because resin give some thickness. In some cases the plate can be cut in two or more pices, it depends of the number of braces of the tank.

We will verify if it enters the aquarium well. He is recommendable not to make all the projections of the same height, better to give several to create a depth sensation.

Once dry we will trim the plates until obtaining the form that we want. We will use cuter or algun instrument of flexible and sharpened leaf. Taken care of with the fingers!!!!!


	Modeling. How to make a background for your tank. The aquarium bottoms help to give a real appearance but to the set of the aquarium and serve to hide to the apparatuses and tubes of the filter. Part of the exito is in the design that we do and the ability of each one. This I articulate dealed with explicaros like making a background by about 20 or 30. €. If you are minor you needed the aid or the consent of an adult. Neither the Web or the author people in charge become of any damage that can derive badly by accident or the use of the materials. A thing to consider is the materials that we are going to use as it bases of the bottom. They have to be lijeros to allow us to manipulate them comodamente and also soft to allow to be worked without many problems. We can use this materials for make the base. - Polyurethane (in plate, it is cut with cuter) - Foam polyurethane (spray) - Expanded "Poliestileno" - Normal "poliestileno" - Cork The rest of the materials can be find i our own house or buy for lower money. - Two components polyurethane resin. Poliester resin can be corrosive to some base materials. If it has poliester you may use a polyurethane plate. The resin price can oscilate between 12 y 25€, depending on the site where it is bought. - Silicon. - Sand of several types of diferent calibrate. It can be of beach if before the metal grains and "calcareos" have been eliminated - Cuter or sharpened and flexible blade - Some brushes - Paint or paint tint, we use it for tint the resin. - Some old newspappers. - Old clothes or an apron. - Protective glasses - Small mask - Gloves to wash to the plates or latex - Plastic glasses - Apair of crystal boats with cover - Kitchen balance, if he is digital better - Apair of bags of plastico transparency The firts steep is make a draw of wat we want for have a patron and take an idea . Before, we take the measures of the tank and we make the count of the quantity of material we need.
	The firts steep is make a draw of wat we want for have a patron and take an idea . Before, we take the measures of the tank and we make the count of the quantity of material we need.
	We cut a pice in the same meassure of teh tank. we take the measures in the inside part of the tank. we rest 5mm or a littel more because resin give some thickness. In some cases the plate can be cut in two or more pices, it depends of the number of braces of the tank.
	In order to give form to the projections we will stick polyurethane pieces with silicone, having created different heights. We can a general concept of the final result.
			We will verify if it enters the aquarium well. He is recommendable not to make all the projections of the same height, better to give several to create a depth sensation.
	Once dry we will trim the plates until obtaining the form that we want. We will use cuter or algun instrument of flexible and sharpened leaf. Taken care of with the fingers!!!!!
	When we have finished this phase we happened to prepare the zone to use the resin. The zone must be ventilated. The table of work protected with a good layer periodic. No, it does not serve to put 3 or 4 leaves there is ke to put but a trick is to cover the table with a sweepings stock market and to put the periodic ones above. The balance also is covered with the bags of plastico I am transparent. We will put the apron, the glasses, the mask and the gloves we will throw a little of each component in the crystal boats and will tint the boat of the clear component but. We will be throwing drop to drop until obtaining the wished color and we remembered I number in case there is to repeat the mixture. For this we can use special painting dyes or to cuaquier other than does not contain water. He is better to remain short in the color so that if it is wanted but dark single it is necessary to throw but drops. We closed the boat, the ajitamos and hoped to that the bubbles are diluted a little that have been created before continuing. It is important to maintain the boats closed so that the environmental humidity can spoil the resin. I n a plastic glass we threw, in the proportions ke indicate the intrucciones of each component, 20gr or 30gr altogether. Every time is recommendable to prepare small amounts. The resin is a material that dries quickly and we can remain with the brush within the glass. Also I advise to use it when the environmental temperature is not high, the heat helps ke frague before. We will have 5 or 10 minutes before it begins to become been accustomed to. We remove and quickly we will apply it by the back part of the bottom and by the lateral ones. We will repeat the operation when the resin this drought to cover possible failures. Aqui is where we verified that the color is the one that we want Once finished the back part and lateral of the bottom we will return to verify if it enters the aquarium well. Now already single it is completes part to aply the resin in the face of the bottom.
	It is possible to be used of two forms. First it is to put the resin as a tail and to throw the sand above before it dries, the result can be seen in the photos. And second it is to join the sand with the resin in the container of the mixture and to apply both things with a brush. Aqui is necessary to play a little with the color that is applied to the resin and to give several layers happening of a dark color but, in the inner part of the endiduras, to a clear color but in the projections and corners. If it is wanted to add algun natural element, like branches, root, etc. He is recommendable to put it in the end and to review the zones of union with the bottom with care.
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