tank is almost up and running added new pics 7-19-04

110chadman · Post by **110chadman** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 10:52 pm

some type of light birch or pine maple cherry ??? i dunno i havent gone to look at anything but its gonna be just 1/4 inch thick or thinner i dunno ill just have to see

i kind of want the look like the tank at reefers small bow front tank (the one in the front right corner when you walked in - in there old place)

that kind of lightness

btw i think they are selling it for 1300 bucks - that was about a month ago and its only like 54 gallons!!!!

chad

Post by **snoopdog** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 10:58 pm

110chadman · Post by **110chadman** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 11:09 pm

yep thats the one i really like the wood but i have the feeling that its real pricy i just wounder if there is a knock of of it

chad

Post by **snoopdog** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 11:18 pm

I am sure it is just the stuff they sell in lowes, the thin sheets of finishing plywood. Stuff is about 1/8 inch thick. I watched them put it on at Ocea before, i want to say they wet it and bend it to fit. It is cool to watch them put it on, then you just stain/varnish.

Snakeman · Post by **Snakeman** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:44 am

You dampen the surface of the wood to raise the fine hairs up so you can sand them to get a better finish. That wood in the picture looks like birch or cherry. I know its not pine. You can get some nice looking veneer at homedepot or lowes.

110chadman · Post by **110chadman** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:13 pm

ya im just gonna have to go and look at some things over the weekend

chad

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:56 pm

Could always use bender board and cover it with a nice veneer, thats what they did at ocea I think. http://www.wood-veneers.com/ or http://www.constantines.com/ for nice veneers.

110chadman · Post by **110chadman** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 11:02 pm

im like the birds eye maple the bamboo anf the teak

off to some wood shop places this weekend

thanks for the sites brandon

chad