vines and another cabinet
ok, so we now have the foam in and sorted. most of it is on the backwall with a few pieces on the side. he has also put mesh on the side in order for the render to stick.
went to bunnings today and the woman there told us that if we were to use normal cement render then it would take about 3 weeks before we could paint, so we have gone with acrylic render which apparently should be right to paint after a few days.
So tonight is rendering. we are mixing it with a chocolate brown dye and also some pvc, so hopefully should work out, fingers crossed!
The first pic is of it on the side with the back of it looking at us. The second pic is of it looking from the bottom up. There are two vents on the bottom and one up the top which isn't pictured. there are two main shelves. hope that makes sense!
for some reason there are extra pics posted in here, so here is their story: So hubby rendered last night. we added a chocolate brown to the mix and it has turned out a bit lighter than hoped but once all the detail get added it should be fine. Have to wait until tuesdayish now before detail can be added, so in the meantime i think we are going to give the outside a few coats of varnish.
The first image is the top section, there is a vent at the top (which will be to open and closed) as well as the fitting for the heat lamp. Second is the middle, not as exciting, and the last is the bottom has another vent and a door to the left, and we will be putting the kritter kribble stuff down the bottom. So still a way to go, but getting there slowly...
ok, so we now have the foam in and sorted. most of it is on the backwall with a few pieces on the side. he has also put mesh on the side in order for the render to stick.
went to bunnings today and the woman there told us that if we were to use normal cement render then it would take about 3 weeks before we could paint, so we have gone with acrylic render which apparently should be right to paint after a few days.
So tonight is rendering. we are mixing it with a chocolate brown dye and also some pvc, so hopefully should work out, fingers crossed!
The first pic is of it on the side with the back of it looking at us. The second pic is of it looking from the bottom up. There are two vents on the bottom and one up the top which isn't pictured. there are two main shelves. hope that makes sense!
for some reason there are extra pics posted in here, so here is their story: So hubby rendered last night. we added a chocolate brown to the mix and it has turned out a bit lighter than hoped but once all the detail get added it should be fine. Have to wait until tuesdayish now before detail can be added, so in the meantime i think we are going to give the outside a few coats of varnish.
The first image is the top section, there is a vent at the top (which will be to open and closed) as well as the fitting for the heat lamp. Second is the middle, not as exciting, and the last is the bottom has another vent and a door to the left, and we will be putting the kritter kribble stuff down the bottom. So still a way to go, but getting there slowly...
So after seeing the thread that trench did about making your own vines, hubby decided to give it ago. he got two different types of plastic tubing and wound them around each other, mixed brown oxide with silastic and made some pretty decent looking ones! he made two which are about two meters in length, so will cut to size when its time to put them in. The close up pic kinda looks like a dog turd, but looks great in real life.
have been checking out ebay for the past few nights and came across a 1200 x1200x 700 pine tv unit, picked it up just then and only paid $20! so that will be our bredli enclosure after we have finished this one for our
jungle.
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