Lets See some DIY Tank Stands

[Chetrod]

Not really a DIY STAND more like a renovated stand.

 

[Chetrod]

 

[Chetrod]

 

[vwrock]

my 20L stand and hood

 

[davocean]

Wow, I really like this!
Looks like I'm in some good company as far as fellow carpenters, nice stuff people!

 

[saltydawg]

Here is the build my son and I did for our bio cubes.

 

[saltydawg]

Added a canopy.

 

[Chetrod]

Wow, I really like this!
Looks like I'm in some good company as far as fellow carpenters, nice stuff people!

Thank you! I agree there is a lot of great work here.

 

[Matthias7]

Future stand for a 180 gallon 72.5 x 24.5 stand (27in total width will allow 3 inches for plumbing)

 

[Newbiereefer24]

Beautiful. What did you use for finish and could you give a brief description on the finishing technique.

 

[feh]

Minwax stain. Still deciding on what to seal it with. May go with minwax poly.

 

[SloppyJ]

I used spar varnish and it turned out great. I thinned the first and last coats down with some mineral spirits.

 

[feh]

I used spar varnish and it turned out great. I thinned the first and last coats down with some mineral spirits.

How did you apply the varnish? Did you have to sand between coats or anything?

 

[feh]

Beautiful. What did you use for finish and could you give a brief description on the finishing technique.

Sorry, I didn't see the question about the technique. I used painters tape and stained the dark stuff first. The trick is to use something to scrape across the tape for a good seal. If you think you've scraped it enough. Scrape it some more. Better safe than sorry because sanding won't always get you back to the beginning. It was very time consuming for the first few coats of stain, but I didn't want any bleeding which would wreck the clean lines. Also the top trim wasn't as hard since the the grooves that were routed into helped a lot with keeping a clean look. Also I always pulled the tape off after each coat to help prevent anything from having time to soak through. Most professionals won't do 2 colors of stain on the same piece of wood because of bleed thru. They recommend using inlays. You also have to try and keep as much control of the stain as possible. Stain is much thinner than paint. I also didn't use brushes and applied the stain with rags and wiped it off with rags. I allowed 24hrs dry time between colors on the pieces that are stained 2 colors.

 

[geef64]

Curtie, I liked your stand so much that I designed mine very closely to yours.
It's almost done.

How wide is your open in the stand

 

[MounteeFrag]

Stand completed. Looking for an accent piece for middle.

 

[reefnewb1982]

my stand in progress

For my 120

 

[tyler1503]

I wish mine were as nice as some if the ones on here!
I didn't build mine, I bought it second hand with the tank and painted it black.

 

[Nanodiver]

 

[butters417]

Still in progress...have to finish the door and paint....