My Vive (Rough Stage)

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I'm going to be grouting the surface today, and then sealing it once it's dry, I'll update pics as soon as I can. I've gotten a lot farther with it, I'm excited it's almost there!
 
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Snake_devil08

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what did you use to stick the styro to another styro? the first pick to be exact, whats that white thing that's holding them together?
 
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Echostatic

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i simply used toothpicks to hold mine together and grouted over it, which is another way to do it snake_devil08.

it looks very cool scott! you should be proud.
 
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Snake_devil08

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what kind of grout should i use? all grouts are powder at first right? what's the kind where its non toxic to geckos? :) thanks
 
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n1nn0

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Hey snake devil,

I see that you already caught the gecko bug.:main_yes:

I used a colored tile grout bought at ACE. I a cement sealer called plexi-bond. I did this for my tarantula enclosure, but I have yet to create one for my gecko.
 
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Snake_devil08

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n1nn0 said:
Hey snake devil,

I see that you already caught the gecko bug.:main_yes:

I used a colored tile grout bought at ACE. I a cement sealer called plexi-bond. I did this for my tarantula enclosure, but I have yet to create one for my gecko.
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i know you, hahahahha!! :D im with nick and benj the other day at mangsky's place, you should've dropped by.. :) nyway, so a colored tile grout and a cement sealer(plexi-bond).. i'll keep those two in mind... any specific brand? im worried about the toxins it might cost.. and what's the plexi-bond? do you also use a styro then wrap it with grout? or you make one solid object out of grout? :) thanks ninno!
 
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Snake_devil08 said:
nyway, so a colored tile grout and a cement sealer(plexi-bond).. i'll keep those two in mind... any specific brand? im worried about the toxins it might cost.. and what's the plexi-bond? do you also use a styro then wrap it with grout? or you make one solid object out of grout? :) thanks ninno!
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it doesn't matter what type of tile grout you use, if you use a powder you're just going to add water and you can use different layers of gradiating thickness by adding more or less water. I personally used 3 different colors of pre-mixed, but it's all the same end product. The grout sealer needs to be water based that way it won't be toxic to the geckos. I used the tutorial that Wendy (Goreptiles) wrote for the technique here .

http://hubpages.com/hub/Fake-Rock-Instructional
 
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n1nn0

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Scott, my apologies if we seem to hijack your thread.

I used styro covered with grout. Learned it from arachnoboards , unfortunately the pictures were removed.
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=80007

Here's the one I made last year
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oh I like that! did you mix sand in with the grout to get that texture? I don't think I'd do that much sand with a gecko because I'd be afraid it'd flake off and get impacted
 
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scottprice said:
oh I like that! did you mix sand in with the grout to get that texture? I don't think I'd do that much sand with a gecko because I'd be afraid it'd flake off and get impacted
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Yes that's sand, sprinkled while the grout is still soft. Once cured, I wash it off with running water to remove excess sand and to leach out whatever chemical from the grout and sealer.

I wouldn't use this texture on my gecko cage, he might get injured if he rubs himself against it during a shed.
 
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