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The next phase in the construction of our aquarium, is to start the process of applying bondo to all of the screw holes, and joints. I suggest that you use a small 2 inch putty knife to apply the bondo to the screw holes so that you don't end up with the bondo all over the place, because you'll just have to sand iot off. Use a 4 inch putty knife on the seams though, so that you get good coverage. In this picture, you can see that I've applied a first coat of bondo to the screw holes. It only takes about 30 minutes to dry before you can start sanding. |
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I'm using a belt sander for sanding the bondo, and you can see here that these holes have filled in nicely, nad my corners are smooth and flush. |
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Here where the two pieces of the frame of the face of the aquarium come together, there was some irregularity in the way the two pieces lined up. There aren't any screws holding these two pieces together, just a fair application od adhesive, and screws through the side panel of the aquarium into the short piece of the frame. I've put bondo in the seam though to fill it in, and once painted, it will look just fine. |
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In this picture, you can see that after the initial application of the bondo, and sanding down the excess, I need to apply a second coat to finish filling in some of the screw holes. |
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Here is another picture of the face of the aquarium where the upright part of the frame wasn't quite flush. The bondo does a nice job of fillinf in the difference though. If there are any knot holes in the surface of the plywood that you are using, go ahead and fill those in as well. |
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Well, there it is...all bondo is complete, all sanding is complete. The next step is to start painting, but first it needs to be clean. I used my leaf clower to get rid of most of the debris, and then I set it outside, and hosed it off.... then I brought it back inside, and allowed it to dry overnight. |
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