Little help with waterproofing

[rotadennis]

Soo I bought a nice little ambilobe panther chameleon from Canvas Chameleons and it's my first chameleon, but I decided to do a DIY Custom Enclosure. So I bought a china cabinet and so far everything is going pretty well, but the one thing I'm worried about his how to water proof the inside since it's made out of wood. Would anyone recommend a safe sealant? I was thinking of maybe just getting some clear silicone and pretty much covering all the wooden surfaces, but there has to be a better/safe/cheaper way. Not done with it yet, still in the process of building it, but this is what I got so far. Oh and any ideas on a drainage system would be good. I'm trying to find some sort of plastic or acrylic to fit the bottom since it's a weird length and width I need to find something I can cut to 39x12 for a "substrate tray" that I can maybe cut a hole through and some fancy rigging of some pvc pipe to drain the water when I have everything all set up.

 

[Replife]

So you can buy a waterproof sealant at Lowe's for things like deck's and dock's you would want to apply this to bare wood several times give plenty of time to cure then go over with an latex paint

 

[Replife]

It want hurt the animal unless it was to start eating the wooden cabinet lol not going to happen

 

[nick barta]

Most use pond liner for the bottom of the cage, and run it up the walls. It is flexible, and you can buy it at places that sell pond supplies (garden stores) or hydroponic shops.

CHEERS!

Nick

 

[rotadennis]

So you can buy a waterproof sealant at Lowe's for things like deck's and dock's you would want to apply this to bare wood several times give plenty of time to cure then go over with an latex paint

Yeah I was scared about buying waterproof sealant. I was worried it might be toxic. Didn't think about the latex paint.

 

[rotadennis]

Most use pond liner for the bottom of the cage, and run it up the walls. It is flexible, and you can buy it at places that sell pond supplies (garden stores) or hydroponic shops.

CHEERS!

Nick

The pond liner might be a good idea, but it would be hell trying to line it up between the narrow wood walls.

 

[Replife]

Yes it would be if you did not give plenty of time to set and cure

 

[Replife]

The pond liner might be a good idea, but it would be hell trying to line it up between the narrow wood walls.

Wat about sheets of PVC ?

 

[rotadennis]

Wat about sheets of PVC ?

I tried to look for them at home depot, but couldn't find any? Maybe I'm just not searching correctly.

 

[Replife]

Ask someone they can point you in the right detection and if not plexiglass is always an option but it's kinda expensive

 

[rotadennis]

Yeah that's what I was thinking for the bottom of the cage. Was just gonna walk in and wonder around aimlessly until I find something, but I might use the pond liner idea to do the narrow walls that held the glass in before I took it out of the china cabinet. I appreciate all your help and ideas.

 

[Replife]

For sure that's what I always do when I need sum inspiration just walk around a hardware store it pretty surprising how many good ideas you can get from just looking around

 

[rotadennis]

For sure that's what I always do when I need sum inspiration just walk around a hardware store it pretty surprising how many good ideas you can get from just looking around

What do you think about plastidip? just spraying the inside?

 

[Replife]

What do you think about plastidip? just spraying the inside?

I thought about that but I'm really not sure it wouldn't break down and become a problem after some time

 

[Replife]

So I was thinking about it and if it starts cracking and breaking down after a while its super super easy to Peel off any surface and you could try something else

 

[rotadennis]

So I was thinking about it and if it starts cracking and breaking down after a while its super super easy to Peel off any surface and you could try something else

Yeah I was looking it up and people say it cracks pretty easy. I think i'll just buy a bunch of GE silicone 1 (without the mold protection. From what I read it's aquarium safe so it should be good) and i'll just silicone all the wood inside.

 

[Replife]

Yea I can't see any reason it wouldn't work