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March 30th 04, 05:12 PM
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Using big thick plastic bag (5'x3') as liner for Bog pond?
I am thinking about creating a bog pond, about 300 gallons, (maybe
just mosquito fish), lots of plants, Max about 9'' deep, wants to attract wide animal or bird. To save some money, I have a lot of very thick , big plastic bag (5'x3'), can I use them as regular liner (them looks very tough)? (I may have to stitch or glue those plastic bags to gather ). Have anyone done that before? please advice. Thanks. 
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March 31st 04, 02:43 AM
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Using big thick plastic bag (5'x3') as liner for Bog pond?
The plastic bags are probably polyethylene, which has a very low UV
resistance and left out in the sun will become brittle and crack in a very short time. There are very few adhesives that will stick to polyethylene. We used it to prevent epoxy from sticking to our counter tops in the lab. You would be much better served to go ahead and buy a liner. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "John" wrote in message m... I am thinking about creating a bog pond, about 300 gallons, (maybe just mosquito fish), lots of plants, Max about 9'' deep, wants to attract wide animal or bird. To save some money, I have a lot of very thick , big plastic bag (5'x3'), can I use them as regular liner (them looks very tough)? (I may have to stitch or glue those plastic bags to gather ). Have anyone done that before? please advice. Thanks.
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April 1st 04, 12:08 AM
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Using big thick plastic bag (5'x3') as liner for Bog pond?
"RichToyBox" wrote in message news:ynpac.40449$w54.260914@attbi_s01...
The plastic bags are probably polyethylene, which has a very low UV resistance and left out in the sun will become brittle and crack in a very short time. There are very few adhesives that will stick to polyethylene. We used it to prevent epoxy from sticking to our counter tops in the lab. You would be much better served to go ahead and buy a liner. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "John" wrote in message m... I am thinking about creating a bog pond, about 300 gallons, (maybe just mosquito fish), lots of plants, Max about 9'' deep, wants to attract wide animal or bird. To save some money, I have a lot of very thick , big plastic bag (5'x3'), can I use them as regular liner (them looks very tough)? (I may have to stitch or glue those plastic bags to gather ). Have anyone done that before? please advice. Thanks. If you live in an area that has farm stores where you could by a heavy rubber tub used for feeding animals. I have on that is over 10 years old. A kiddy pool would last longer than plastic bags if you empty it each winter. Happy water gardening.
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April 1st 04, 12:08 AM
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Using big thick plastic bag (5'x3') as liner for Bog pond?
"RichToyBox" wrote in message news:ynpac.40449$w54.260914@attbi_s01...
The plastic bags are probably polyethylene, which has a very low UV resistance and left out in the sun will become brittle and crack in a very short time. There are very few adhesives that will stick to polyethylene. We used it to prevent epoxy from sticking to our counter tops in the lab. You would be much better served to go ahead and buy a liner. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "John" wrote in message m... I am thinking about creating a bog pond, about 300 gallons, (maybe just mosquito fish), lots of plants, Max about 9'' deep, wants to attract wide animal or bird. To save some money, I have a lot of very thick , big plastic bag (5'x3'), can I use them as regular liner (them looks very tough)? (I may have to stitch or glue those plastic bags to gather ). Have anyone done that before? please advice. Thanks. If you live in an area that has farm stores where you could by a heavy rubber tub used for feeding animals. I have on that is over 10 years old. A kiddy pool would last longer than plastic bags if you empty it each winter. Happy water gardening.
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March 31st 04, 02:43 AM
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Using big thick plastic bag (5'x3') as liner for Bog pond?
The plastic bags are probably polyethylene, which has a very low UV
resistance and left out in the sun will become brittle and crack in a very short time. There are very few adhesives that will stick to polyethylene. We used it to prevent epoxy from sticking to our counter tops in the lab. You would be much better served to go ahead and buy a liner. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "John" wrote in message m... I am thinking about creating a bog pond, about 300 gallons, (maybe just mosquito fish), lots of plants, Max about 9'' deep, wants to attract wide animal or bird. To save some money, I have a lot of very thick , big plastic bag (5'x3'), can I use them as regular liner (them looks very tough)? (I may have to stitch or glue those plastic bags to gather ). Have anyone done that before? please advice. Thanks.
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