Post #315236 by pariartspaul on Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:59 AM

Well, ya know they say design is an evolution... yesterday I decided to go ahead and give the entire basin another coat of epoxy while the weather is still relatively cool. So I used the pump to drain it for the first time, and it only took 15 minutes! So that means the entire water volume of the pond gets filtered and recycled 4 times an hour when its running - and that's pretty great.

So I got some play sand from Home Depot and sprinkled it on while the epoxy was still wet. It set up overnight and I think the finish turned out great. It's totally non-skid now. Maybe later today I'm going to start mortaring that secondary waterfall while the water is still out of the pond. I'm aiming for Friday or Saturday to refill it now. It should be totally watertight at this point, so I should be able to fill it with no slow leaks this time.

We're having some company over on Saturday - so I'll take some more pictures then of the finished pond with both waterfalls running if all goes well.

That's the latest!
Paul