40 G Critter Cage - hold water? - Page 2

RecycledAgain · #11 (**permalink**) 04-23-2009, 10:07 AM

Lol.. My Home depot has them in the tile section aswell.. I always wondered about that.

Dan

DeadMoose · #12 (**permalink**) 04-23-2009, 11:27 AM

Hah. That is odd that it'd be in the tile section. I appreciate the help from all of you. I'm gonna stop by Home Depot on the way home today. I'll let you know if I have any luck finding any

DeadMoose · #13 (**permalink**) 04-25-2009, 04:46 PM

Well I went to Home Depot today, and asked an employee where to find light diffusers and was led right to them in the lighting section. Also bought the other necessities for making a viv, so I'll be starting on mine pretty soon. I'll be sure to post pictures of the progress when I get around to starting on it.

froggsong · #14 (**permalink**) 05-04-2009, 06:58 AM

so, moose, did your eggcrate say eggcrate on the lable??? Mine does.

Really, it does! Eggcrate louvers. It also says light diffusing panels, but the part over the barcode says "eggcrate louvers". And the stuff eggs are shipped in is egg carton, lol...

And you know what? FInding the eggcrate isn't HALF as fun as trying to figure out how to cut it without the proper tool, hehehe. Once you start on that, do it in an empty room unless you have everyone wear goggles.

::snip:: INCOMING!!! and then you hear the peice hit the wall in another room and wonder how the heck it got THERE!

HewesHort · #15 (**permalink**) 05-04-2009, 11:52 PM

A good tool to use to cut the egg crate is a pair of pruners, they are much stronger than regular scissors. Eye protection is a must! a $10 pair of goggles is much cheaper than a glass eye!

Chu'Wuti · #16 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 01:18 PM

Wow, am I glad that y'all mentioned these problems with cutting egg crate! I had no idea, and I'm going to be building a new viv after May 12th . . .

I always learn sooooo much on this forum!

froggsong · #17 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 03:10 PM

i use wire snips to cut it. it just seems to work best. the first time i ever used it, i tried a ton of stuff and ended up breaking it everywhere i tried to cut it. i posted a thread and someone suggested the snips and i've never looked back, lol.

DeadMoose · #18 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 04:01 PM

Hmm..I'm using wire cutters and have yet to have an issue with pieces flying around. My dad is a carpenter/roofer so he provided me some good insight on how to effectively cut it and what not. And yes, it did say eggcrate on the barcode. I can't believe how expensive that stuff was though. What did you guys pay for it? It cost me 13 bucks for a 4' x 2' piece.

froggsong · #19 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 05:59 PM

they really only go flying at high velocity if you cut off single pieces.

home depot sells two brands of the eggcrate, one is 13 or 14 bucks and is smaller and more flimsy, and the other is 11 or 12 bucks and is a little larger and sturdier. both are around 4 x 2, i think the bigger one might be 4 x 2.5.