Restoring a Fishtank Stand For Plant Use

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Restoring a Fishtank Stand For Plant Use

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Well during the summer I decided to restore an old fishtank stand we had sitting in our backyard for years. I thought, Instead of this piece of junk sitting here looking ugly, why not make it useful!

And you all get to see toes in every picture :roll: Aren't you lucky! :lol:

So here is what it looked like before I worked on it:

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It's a blurry picture, but as you can see it was quite rusted.

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I ripped the old melamine boards out, and sanded down the stand. I then Washed it, primed it a couple of times, then painted it 2-3 times for a nice thick coating.

I cut some wood to the length needed.
Painted on about 3 coats, to protect it.

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Drilled some new holes in it.

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Started installing the boards from beneath so you don't see any screws.

Both batteries for the battery drill died, so I used our old electric one. Still does the job, that's all that matters.

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And here is the finished product.

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It's not as precise as I would have liked it, but it still turned out pretty nice in my opinion.
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Excellent!
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A vast improvement!
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I think it is perfect. It really looks good. If you made it too nice, you wouldn't want to put dirty/wet plants on it right?
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8) I think it looks AWSOME, great job ya did on that John with the wood.. :thumbup:
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Very nice! I love projects like this.
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lol I think it looks nice. I think it you made it any nicer you would bring it inside and put your TV on it or something :P
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Thanks guys! Actually after bulding it I got comments like that a lot. "Why are you putting it outside?" "It should be inside" :lol:
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That looks fantastic!! I might start making some of them out off the 5 or 6 stands I have in storage. 8)
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there is an old metal shelf that I might use for some extra storage of cacti. I have the greenhouse which I have yet to put the cover on, it's a pain in the jerk. Anyone want to help?

But extra table that is sturdy would be nice. Just gotta figure out how I wanna make the shelves, since it's just a bare metal frame.

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Thanks everyone!
Peterthecactusguy wrote:there is an old metal shelf that I might use for some extra storage of cacti. I have the greenhouse which I have yet to put the cover on, it's a pain in the jerk. Anyone want to help?
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Awesome! Congrats on the greenhouse. Sorry, I would help, but I live kind of far away. :?
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very well done indeed.
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Thanks Lee! :)
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