next up we had to seal the waterfall to hold water in its basin as well to make sure it didnt leak through the back and onto the floor , as much as we liked the all natural stone look seeing the water seep through the pores had me worried about if the waterfall backed up or if we may have missed something when planning , so we decided to seal it from the bottom and backside :)


good ol fijicrete to the rescue ( fast setting mortar) to seal the stones and then we used spray foam , 2-party epoxy and silicone to seal the outside and finish off the top off the waterfall :)


after making our cuts i realized this wont hold water lol


http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psd7325360.jpg

hmmm...big hole here...that wont do either lol

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps59dc68c0.jpg

the lip of the waterfall , as well the emergencies on each side(less noticable)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...pscd9aa37f.jpg

the underside of the rocks.....see this wont hold water at all lol


http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psd08e1a1b.jpg

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psa3d5b3b6.jpg

fiji crete:

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps38a8515c.jpg

a can for mixing:

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps16bbca5d.jpg

some water:

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...pseda7860d.jpg

very technological mixing spoon:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...pse12b3c35.jpg


top portion of the waterfall also needed to be sealed:)
http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psb93fe1ce.jpg

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psa888efa3.jpg

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7da6c608.jpg

time to get messy:)


http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8a3dd515.jpg

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psf941ba76.jpg


consistency of peanut butter:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4e6805cb.jpg

like icing a cake:)


http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8363b1df.jpg

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psf5a0ab6f.jpg

dont be afraid to get your hands in there:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0a5db842.jpg


http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9f193e5f.jpg


afterwards a little shot of water and then smoothed out with my finger to get full coverage and make sure theres no pinholes in the mortar:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps71b46d78.jpg

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psb68e7e94.jpg

while that dried we got to work on the water channels for the island , since this rock is so porous we decided to use some vertex 2-part epoxy to create our water channels and focus water where we want it , as well to build our basins/pools that the water flows in to later:)


stinky stuff but molds well and doesnt dry nearly as fast as that fiji crete lol


http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps861058f7.jpg

poke it right in there:

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps432a4eb4.jpg

looks ok?

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psccd1cad4.jpg

basins at the bottom:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps75372975.jpg

gonna look awesome when its done!

I like it ,I really like it:rockon:
Cannot wait to see the end results.

it was nice to have two months to work on dry rock vs live thats for sure ,we actually had a lot of fun doing this build , took all summer but its coming together nicely:)

our build is also on RC if anyone ventures out that way:)

sposing you all want to see the finished product eh?:mrgreen::mrgreen:

you don't have 2 months to finish posting your pics fyi.

hah well im trying to do it as fast as brads build while keeping some suspense hehe:P


ok more coming today!!!

maybe even make it to the water stages...excitin stuff!!