Krishs Bettas
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Sorry if this seems silly but can i soak the wood in plain tap water. The reason why i was wondering about this would be that the chlorine soaked into the wood might affect the fish?
Krish's Bettas said:Would this also help the wood to sink?
I've done this once or twice, I now usually use a marine grade stainless screw and super-glue because it involves less drilling, but the dowel method definitely works well. If I was trying to fix 2 substantial bits of wood together I would definitely use it again as my method of choice.use a wooden peg/dowel with a tapered end
You can certainly try this, it doesn't work very well with cotton thread or fishing line for branches, but I've successfully used this method for tying oak bark to slate. For branches a cable-tie works to some degree, but you are always likely to have slippage and escaping wood. The wooden dowel or screw method are much more secure, particularly for large pieces of wood. For really large construction the wooden dowel method is the best by a distance because it places much less strain on the junction of the timbers, making the wood less likely to split than if you used a screw/screws, think of an Ikea flat pack.Wouldn't fishing line hold the slate and wood together? or anything you use to tie mosses etc to wood??