Will this blow me up?

[fitz19d]

Brush,

It's a cage for a monitor. Needs to withstand humidity. Had some damage in it. (Used cage) It will actually likely be covered over in either decorative vinyl or pergo type flooring slats. Those and the melamine need to be protected from the 60-70% humidty (including a foot of damp dirt)

[Great-Kazoo]

Brush,

It's a cage for a monitor. Needs to withstand humidity. Had some damage in it. (Used cage) It will actually likely be covered over in either decorative vinyl or pergo type flooring slats. Those and the melamine need to be protected from the 60-70% humidty (including a foot of damp dirt)

Wait 1 month. Temp will affect cure time, with potential for issues down the road. Any reason you're not using shower enclosure plastic ?

[flogger]

Must be just me but why are you sealing melamine?

I ditto this? Melamine is pretty slick, not much will stick to it.

[fitz19d]

From lizard forums I've read a bit on, even melamine if not given extra protection can get penetrated by moisture over time or if something like a big lizard scratches it. That and at least on the outside this one has some chunks out of it.


Now given what this cage is for it may be fine. But it's also practicing some skills at making what I want before I build the huge tegu tank by scratch 8x4x4foot. (Vs this 4x2x2 test subject.) (That one will be plywood so will need the coverage., will have cracks as it's going to be build to bolt/hinge toghether as it has to be in 2 parts to fit the door)


Going off from original thing, but I was still not quite sure what I was going to use to put either sheet vinyl or the boards to it. Assumed some kind of gorilla glue or purpose made glue, or possibly tiny little nails.

[buffalobo]

Use water based finish instead of lacquer based. Going to need to keep space in low 70's(minimum) for entire dry/cure cycle. Some ventilation(to evacuate flashed vapor - water) would be helpful but works against keeping temp up.

As has been stated, almost nothing will stick to the melamine surface for long. You could scuff sand it but that could defeat the purpose.

You could use (hpl) laminate and glue it to the melamine.

[Zman]

^^ The water based polys are a little harder also, and cure nicely indoors.