Completed Enclosure from Dresser!

Agmarshall85 · Aug 20, 2014

What type of DRYLOK did you use for your project? and how are the drylok and quickrete products that you used to color the foam holding up over time? I made a wall for my first dragon and used grout to color it and sealed it with modpodge and it was cracking badly and peeling off, so I am looking for different ways to color and seal the new one I am about to make....also.....connecting the side walls to the back wall for your viv....how did you do that?? when I did mine it got all flimsy and wasn't holding up well, and I never did quite figure out how to attach the faux walls that I built to the inside of my viv....Thank you for putting up with all million of my questions

jturner82 · Aug 20, 2014

It is the latex based Drylok. It holds up well to my beardie's wild actions hehe. I screwed all 3 of my pieces to the melamine boards that made up the "shell" of my tank. They aren't attached to one another at all, and I can take them out to clean under them if need be!

Agmarshall85 · Aug 20, 2014

Thank you so much! That makes sense, put the back piece in first then wedge it into place with the side pieces, that's a great idea!! Does the drylok have texture to it? The up close looks like it has sand or something to make it textured, and how hard is it to clean the walls with all of the little nooks and crevasses? And did you do a top coat of any kind? Or is the drylok safe for the bearded dragon?? Sorry for all of the questions, but we are moving our beardie to a MUCH larger Viv and I have a ton of work ahead of me lol

Shanshan2102 · Oct 6, 2014

May. Ask how you made the back ground look like rocks and where did you rind the info on turning a dresser into a tank im planning on having this be my summer project next year

Shanshan2102 · Oct 8, 2014

How did you make the background look like rock if i may ask? I LOVE your enclosure

Sparx · Oct 13, 2014

I kid you not...my father and I are talking about doing something similar to this during the winter (he's a farmer so he's fairly busy at this point in the season) for my baby Beardie! I'll have to show him this for some inspiration. He needs to know that what I want isn't impossible(; :lol:

Seriously, this is LOVELY though!

KevinMcG · Oct 13, 2014

Incredible enclosure! Nice work

BLMoore · Jun 28, 2015

Hi. Great job
Curious as to how you access the tank for cleaning, feeding and handling? Does the top open? If so would you mind telling me how you did it?
Thanks
Brenda

Kcg123 · Nov 27, 2015

How did you install the lights while keeping it from becoming a fire hazard?

Varalidaine · Dec 9, 2015

Beautiful! So inspired

justins1991 · Jan 9, 2016

Omg it's amazing, I want ro do something just like this!

Prometheus · Feb 23, 2016

Hi!
I love this idea, and now I want to do it to!
So can you walk me through this process? I think my beardie would love it, he'd have more climbing space.

Its a really neat idea, I love it.

Thanks.

Layla72372 · Mar 14, 2016

Wow! That is beautiful!! I am definitely making an enclosure like this! Thanks for sharing!

fanatic291 · Mar 22, 2016

I really like your dresser idea. Good job on the quality build.

adogg9 · Jan 2, 2017

I know this is a long shot since it was so long ago but do you know the dimensions on the dresser?

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