Here are the tops for the 3 lower tanks complete with two coats of white FDA approved epoxy water tank coating. I am sure glad it is non-toxic when cured, is sure is nasty stuff when you are working with it...
Reverse or top side of same tops. I painted the tops where the covers seal with the same epoxy coating. Found these neat stud covers to keep the paint out of the treads.
Fast forward several hours of cutting silicone gasket tape for the 4 sides of each opening, fitting and bolting the covers on.
Then we carried them up from the shop. You can see the upper center tank is still missing its cover.
So here is the last top with the stud bars glassed in. The glass wraps from the inside to the outside of the opening. I cut a piece of biax tape for each side of the opening. After fitting it over the studs I wet that side out then bolted the covers down. After turning the top over, I mixed up some filler material to go under the glass, then wet out the underside glass. Considering I have about 30 minutes before the resin starts to set up it is a hustle to get it all done. I am certainly glad this phase is over.
Same top with the two coats of epoxy on the underside. Tomorrow I will fit the silicone seals and access covers and it too will be done.
My plan is to seal the other tops in with an FDA approved silicone sealant this afternoon. Then I can start glassing them in tomorrow afternoon. With the silicone sealant in place the water in the tanks will only come into contact with either FDA approved epoxy or silicone.
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