another background question

[tallis]

Hey, just wondering if the foam you get of a builders site would be fine to use, its the same as styrofoam except its light green ?
also there are so many opinions on what to use. is it best to use grout for a few coats first then pondtite ? if some one can give me a simple explanation that would be great cheers tallis.

 

[liney]

I can only speak from my experience and that is I have used polystyrene and that green styrofoam and then covered it with 4 x cement coats on one enclosure and covered another with builders render on another. Painted it and then sealed with pondtite.
good luck.

 

[matt1084]

It depends what you are going to use the background for?
If it is for a dragon then you may have to give it a coat of grout first to give it some durable.
if it is for a snake you might get away with just 2 coats of pondtite.
Good luck hope it works.

 

[tallis]

ok thanks, its for my jungle pythons decided to go with a few coats of pondtite mixed with paints and sand to get the desired effect cheers

 

[melluvssnakes]

join the DIY Group. There's heaps of hints and tips in there