CYB Glass Fibre Pond Building Guide

Step by step guide to successfully building your garden pond with resin and glass fibre

MATERIALS/TOOLS REQUIRED

DO NOT STOP WORKING ONCE RESIN/GEL COAT IS MIXED IT WILL CURE BEFORE YOU GET BACK TO IT!!!!

Step 1

Cut glass fibre matting into ½ metre squares for ease of use ( using scissors or Stanley knife )

Step 2

Mix approximately 1ltr of resin with correct ratio of catalyst (using a catalyst dispenser or syringe. (Resin/catalyst ratio = 10cc catalyst - 1ltr resin. In cold weather increase catalyst to 25cc to obtain a 45 min hardening time). It is imperative that the correct catalyst ratio is used, you must not use any less than 10cc of catalyst to 1ltr resin or no more than 30cc of catalyst to 1ltr resin - otherwise you will encounter under curing problems.

Step 3

Using a 4” brush or roller thinly apply 1 coat of resin (with hardener) to the prepared roof (approx. 250ml of resin to 1m square area). Allow this primer coat of resin to harden for 2 hours or overnight

The pond must be always be kept dry when working (if the primed area gets wet overnight, dry out before proceeding).

Step 4

Working with ½ metre square of area, apply a second coat of resin (with hardener) to the roof surface using a brush or roller.

Immediately lay 1 square of matting to the wet surface and using a brush apply more resin to the matting. Once matting is totally wetted out (use approx. ½ ltr resin to ½ m matting). proceed to step 5

Step 5

Lay the second ½ m square of matting over the top of the previous layer. Coat the second layer of mat with resin and consolidate the two layers using a metal roller, eliminating any air and wrinkles.

Failure to completely wet out and consolidate the mat/resin will result in pin-holing at completion. Pin-holing is when dry fibres work there way through the gel coat surface resulting in leakages that are very difficult to rectify.

Step 6

Move across to the next area and repeat steps 4 and 5, ensuring that joins in each layer are overlapped by the succeeding layer see drawing A

Work your way around the pond using this procedure until completed.

Step 7

The final step is applying the ‘Flow Coat’ ( one coat ). Ideally this should be applied soon after the newly fabricated structure is touch dry to ensure a good bond. Mix approximately 2kg of flowcoat with the correct ratio of catalyst (flowcoat/catalyst ratio = 20cc catalyst to 1ltr flowcoat).

Paint the catalysed flowcoat to the surface of the whole roof with a paint brush.

YOUR POND IS NOW COMPLETE AND SHOULD BE LEFT TO COMPLETELY CURE BEFORE WASHING THOROUGHLY WITH SOAPY WATER, THEN FILLING AND ADDING YOUR FISH (approx 1 WEEK IS ADVISABLE ). IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OR NEED ADVICE PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT OUR OFFICES ON:

TEL: 01268 696094 EMAIL: support@cyb-glassfibre.co.uk

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