skittles85
Not so new Member
Now that my little MD Casper is growing so rapidly (now 7 months old) I decided to start on a bigger enclosure for him.
Picked up a bargain on Gumtree, the enclosure pictured below (3ft long) which came with the fluro lighting and ceramic lamp socket. I decided to scrap the fluro and have purchased an LED strip from eBay, will look much better IMO.
Im going to replace the glass which is very thin and want something a little strong but haven't quite got that far yet.
First things first i stripped the light fittings and vents out and painted with an undercoat/sealer as the enclosure is made from MDF.
At first I couldn't get the doors out but then hubby to the rescue, managed to get them out for me which made the second stage of painting much easier, decided to go with spray paint in Satin Black.
A few coats of that then it was left in the shed to air out and dry properly for 4 days.
While I was waiting for that to happen I started on the easiest part, SHOPPING!
Ebay look out, managed to get almost everything I needed on there including rock hides, water dish, light cage, globes, dimming thermostat, bigger heat mat, artificial vine and turf and a lock for the sliding doors.
After all that I then decided after seeing the prices of rock walls that I would attempt to make one myself, why not?!!
A friend of mine just bought some new electrical goods and had a heap of styrofoam so armed with that and some glue and expanda foam I measured up and made a start.
Any advice on mixing up the Render with Bondcrete would be much appreciated as I am at a total loss with how to do that!
That's progress so far, will update pics as I go!
Picked up a bargain on Gumtree, the enclosure pictured below (3ft long) which came with the fluro lighting and ceramic lamp socket. I decided to scrap the fluro and have purchased an LED strip from eBay, will look much better IMO.
Im going to replace the glass which is very thin and want something a little strong but haven't quite got that far yet.
First things first i stripped the light fittings and vents out and painted with an undercoat/sealer as the enclosure is made from MDF.
At first I couldn't get the doors out but then hubby to the rescue, managed to get them out for me which made the second stage of painting much easier, decided to go with spray paint in Satin Black.
A few coats of that then it was left in the shed to air out and dry properly for 4 days.
While I was waiting for that to happen I started on the easiest part, SHOPPING!
Ebay look out, managed to get almost everything I needed on there including rock hides, water dish, light cage, globes, dimming thermostat, bigger heat mat, artificial vine and turf and a lock for the sliding doors.
After all that I then decided after seeing the prices of rock walls that I would attempt to make one myself, why not?!!
A friend of mine just bought some new electrical goods and had a heap of styrofoam so armed with that and some glue and expanda foam I measured up and made a start.
Any advice on mixing up the Render with Bondcrete would be much appreciated as I am at a total loss with how to do that!
That's progress so far, will update pics as I go!
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