Where can you get grout and styrafoam?

[Geck-O]

I want to build some stuff for my gecko but I don't know where to get the grout or the styrafoam. Can you get some in a hardware store? After you finish building it, what do you use to colour it? Spray paint? If so, what brand /what kind. Is there a non-toxic spray paint? If there isn't, will it be safe for a gecko? Do you need to air it for a while before you put it into the cage?

Thanks in advance!

Collin

 

[laurlaur12]

a hardware store should carry both grout and styrofoam. Just ask someone who works there, but they should be relativly easy to find

 

[Geck-O]

Thanks for the info!

 

[Rythm]

Yup just go to your local hardware store or homebuilding store. Ask for the high density styrofoam, it's a little more expensive but it makes way less mess. As for grout, just get the cheapest one you can get since they sell them in massive boxes. Then you just need some styrofoam glue, make sure it's for styrofoam because some adhesives can melt it. Then as an option get some expanding foam.
As for painting them, just get some cheap acrylic paints and a dollar store spray bottle.
And lastly and perhaps the most important, a water based grout sealant.

Here's a link of the tank I just did with styrofoam and grout.

http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=33161

 

[Geck-O]

Wow! The cage it looks really great! How long did it take for you to build that?

Thanks for the info!