Bubblelicious, New York Power Diesel, and Super Skunk in DWC

Bob Smith said:
Gonna run to Wal-Mart and grab about ten bottles of this (as well as TP and paper towels, in case anyone was wondering):

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=3635110#ProductDetail
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Damn nice find!!! I Looked all over the place at my Wal-Mart last night and could never find shit like that, so I ended up getting DAP Clear silicone caulking but it say's not for aquarium use... It's making me thing I shouldn't use it for my girls.

I'll have to post some pictures of my latest project later on today..

By the way did you see the TKO in my journal?

Nice work, keep it up!

Burn on!:peace:bongsmilie
 
Twils said:
Ok bro you win!

Can't wait to see the new system set up!

Great idea with the aquarium sealant, sounds like it should work like a charm!

Just wait until your finished though, its going to feel so good, and you can sit back and look at it and be like fuck yeah!!

Burn on!:peace:bongsmilie
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You ain't lying..............if I win this battle, God-willing, it will be one of the sweeter victories I've had in recent memory.........what a test and these leaky buckets have proven to be worthy adversaries, to say the least.

Anyways, here's a couple of pics of what I did today.

You can't really see a whole lot of detail, but if anyone's got any questions, just lemme know - there's only nine buckets in there as opposed to the ten that are going to be in there because the bubble cloner is going to be on its own nute schedule, so it won't be hooked up to the system.

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Twils said:
Damn nice find!!! I Looked all over the place at my Wal-Mart last night and could never find shit like that, so I ended up getting DAP Clear silicone caulking but it say's not for aquarium use... It's making me thing I shouldn't use it for my girls.

I'll have to post some pictures of my latest project later on today..

By the way did you see the TKO in my journal?

Nice work, keep it up!

Burn on!:peace:bongsmilie
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I didn't, unfortunately - I've been so busy trying to put this together (literally the last four days straight) that I don't have much time for anything else (like raking leaves, which I need to get on ASAP).

Trust me, as soon as this is all figured out and up and running, I'll be back on the computer for hours a day again.
 
Bob Smith said:
You ain't lying..............if I win this battle, God-willing, it will be one of the sweeter victories I've had in recent memory.........what a test and these leaky buckets have proven to be worthy adversaries, to say the least.

Anyways, here's a couple of pics of what I did today.

You can't really see a whole lot of detail, but if anyone's got any questions, just lemme know - there's only nine buckets in there as opposed to the ten that are going to be in there because the bubble cloner is going to be on its own nute schedule, so it won't be hooked up to the system.

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That is looking pretty sick I do have to say! VERY nice job!

My current project is a 5 Gallon Deep water culture Bucket for just 1 plant to put in my flower room to do some comparison vs my soil grows on taste, look, yield, etc etc...

I'm just not sure how to set up 1 bucket for the plant, and 1 bucket as a reservoir.

Burn on!:peace:bongsmilie
 
Bob Smith said:
I didn't, unfortunately - I've been so busy trying to put this together (literally the last four days straight) that I don't have much time for anything else (like raking leaves, which I need to get on ASAP).

Trust me, as soon as this is all figured out and up and running, I'll be back on the computer for hours a day again.
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Haha I hear ya. Speaking of raking leaves I should probably go do that before the next thunderstorm rolls in

Burn on!:peace:bongsmilie
 
Twils said:
That is looking pretty sick I do have to say! VERY nice job!

My current project is a 5 Gallon Deep water culture Bucket for just 1 plant to put in my flower room to do some comparison vs my soil grows on taste, look, yield, etc etc...

I'm just not sure how to set up 1 bucket for the plant, and 1 bucket as a reservoir.

Burn on!:peace:bongsmilie
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Firstly, the yield is gonna blow away your soil grows, that's a no-brainer.

Secondly, where are you running into issues with the connection? I'll take a look in your journal and see what I could possibly do to offer some assistance - I'm becoming somewhat of an expert in failed systems :roll:
 
Keep on truckin Bob. Your getting there. Progress keeps moving along. Did you really have that big of a problem with the painting. The only frusstration thing I ever encountered was a black and white pointer finger. Otherwise 10 min of spraying followed by an hour of free time to do other things, then repeat. What complicatins did you run into?
 
Integra21 said:
Keep on truckin Bob. Your getting there. Progress keeps moving along. Did you really have that big of a problem with the painting. The only frusstration thing I ever encountered was a black and white pointer finger. Otherwise 10 min of spraying followed by an hour of free time to do other things, then repeat. What complicatins did you run into?
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Lol, here goes my complaints:

Fifteen cans of spray paint in a sealed one-car garage isn't too healthy for me, methinks (that's my idiocy, but I can't really open up the garage, so that's a bad thing).

Thought it'd be cheaper to use paint as opposed to aluminum tape, but it was $75 for the paint, which would've bought me four rolls of tape, which is easily enough to get the job done.

I hate that I'm worried about the paint leeching into my water supply somehow.

I hate how my right forearm and hand were sore all last night from holding the cans and, more specifically, holding down that painful button.

Lol, now aren't you glad you asked? :mrgreen:

Needless to say, I'm going to be using aluminum tape in the future.
 
Sorry for all the pain and trouble. How many cans did you use? It shouldnt have cost more than $25-$40 to paint those buckets. If you ever give it another go, crack the garage door a foot, place a fan blowing out, and grab one of those $3 click on triggers that fit on top of the paint can and possible wear a dust mask. These simple steps would have made it a breeze. But I fear you hate it to much to try again. As far as leeching goes, as long as your paint is on the outside of the buckets, you have no worries.
 
Also forgot. There is no need to paint the buckets themselves white. Only black is needed. You only should throw the coat of white on the lids. That alone would have cut your work and expense in half.
 
Integra21 said:
Sorry for all the pain and trouble. How many cans did you use? It shouldnt have cost more than $25-$40 to paint those buckets. If you ever give it another go, crack the garage door a foot, place a fan blowing out, and grab one of those $3 click on triggers that fit on top of the paint can and possible wear a dust mask. These simple steps would have made it a breeze. But I fear you hate it to much to try again. As far as leeching goes, as long as your paint is on the outside of the buckets, you have no worries.
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Yeah, I assume that paint's the way to go for anyone who's not a moron like me, but I'm thinking I'm gonna stick with taping them - just easier and cleaner (for me, anyways).
 
Integra21 said:
Also forgot. There is no need to paint the buckets themselves white. Only black is needed. You only should throw the coat of white on the lids. That alone would have cut your work and expense in half.
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Yeah, I knew I could've gotten by doing just the lids, but figured as long as I was doing it that I should do it right - try to have everything be as reflective as possible in my tent, and also was worried about the black buckets absorbing too much heat and warming up my water, unnecessarily.

Anyways, time to go take apart the newest system and use some aquarium sealant on all the fittings.
 
So I believe I figured out the issue, for what it's worth...........don't wanna jinx myself, but just got back from Home Depot with some tape and buckets (not waiting a day for the aquarium sealant to set).

Wish me luck, hope to have pics up in a bit if I'm successful.
 
Bob Smith said:
Firstly, the yield is gonna blow away your soil grows, that's a no-brainer.

Secondly, where are you running into issues with the connection? I'll take a look in your journal and see what I could possibly do to offer some assistance - I'm becoming somewhat of an expert in failed systems :roll:
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I was expecting to be more pleased with the DWC vs Soil, Just want to see the results in person straight up. lol.

I haven't started on my DWC Bucket yet, last night was my utterly FAILED attempt at a DIY Drip system for my mama's..

Glad things are shaping up! Keep it rocking brother!

Burn on!:peace:bongsmilie
 
Twils said:
I was expecting to be more pleased with the DWC vs Soil, Just want to see the results in person straight up. lol.

I haven't started on my DWC Bucket yet, last night was my utterly FAILED attempt at a DIY Drip system for my mama's..

Glad things are shaping up! Keep it rocking brother!

Burn on!:peace:bongsmilie
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Yeah, gonna check it again in a little, but so far no leaks - not working exactly like I'd planned, but it's dry so far, so that's a plus.

If it's still dry as of tomorrow I'll post some pics with some notes.
 
Bob Smith said:
Yeah, gonna check it again in a little, but so far no leaks - not working exactly like I'd planned, but it's dry so far, so that's a plus.

If it's still dry as of tomorrow I'll post some pics with some notes.
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Right on. No leaks is a good thing!

Glad those tents have a waterproof mat for them eh? hehe

Burn on!:peace:bongsmilie
 
Twils said:
Right on. No leaks is a good thing!

Glad those tents have a waterproof mat for them eh? hehe

Burn on!:peace:bongsmilie
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Yeah, found a leak, but I know which bucket it is (one of the older painted ones where I didn't realize what I was doing wrong), so that needs to come out.

In the meantime, I've decided to change up the system again and go with more of what Train1 designed.

Yup, changing it again.

Seriously.

But it shouldn't take too long, just making it a true passive system, as I can't seem to get the circulating system to work - gonna connect each bucket to the rez as opposed to connected to each other, and it's only a matter of drilling the rez a few more times.

In case anyone at home is trying to keep score, I've tried to upgrade Train1's original plans twice and am now copying his system exactly.

Humbling - demeaning: causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"
 
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