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Gordon Wedman wrote:
What do you think of the idea of fabricating a holding tank from plywood, FG cloth and epoxy as suggested by AMPowers? Um, I never suggested using plywood, that is what failed in the first place, prompting us to build a new one. I built mine from cloth & epoxy resin. Looking at current prices, my guess is it would be much less than that to build the size tank you described. My original point was that we used the project as an excuse to teach ourselves how to work with the material. If you want to learn how to as well, then this approach might work, otherwise I'd suggest you pay someone on a fixed bid. |
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Gordon weird wrote:
What do you think of the idea of fabricating a holding tank from plywood, FG cloth and epoxy as suggested by AMPowers? I think it sucks. I built a 65 gallon holding tank using epoxy and and double bias knitted glass. You won't save any money. You will reclaim space since you can custom build a tank shape to utilize every cubic inch of weird shaped space using the "lost foam" process. Reclaiming what would otherwise lost space on a boat, has a value that is tough to estimate. The smaller the boat, the more valuable the usable space on a cubic inch basis. Lew |
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