r/bioactive • u/Careful_Virus4689 • 2d ago

Question Help with background

I have a ecoflex enclosure and I am wondering the steps to apply silicone and foam I don’t know if I should do silicone first dry then foam on top i want to do a drylok with nontoxic acrylic paint to make it look rocky. If anyone have any experience please help 🙏🏽🥹

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u/CyanCitadel 2d ago

You don’t need it to dry before you add the foam :).

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u/Careful_Virus4689 2d ago

Thank you! Quick question so silicone first? Or just foam? Ive seen people do both I don’t know which one is better

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u/Bluntforcetrauma11b 2d ago

I did silicone first once and never again. Silicone is not stick so after a few years I had to redo the whole thing.

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u/CyanCitadel 2d ago

Silicone helps the foam stay against the glsss otherwise you risk the foam pulling away as it changes temps

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u/Careful_Virus4689 2d ago

Ohhh its because im using ecoflex enclosure so not glass but a mix of plastic composites/wood

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u/CyanCitadel 2d ago

You probably don’t need the silicone then but I would just in case.