HEKI aqua Gießwasser

Instructions for use HEKI aqua casting water no. 3550

Before you start filling your river or lake with HEKI aqua casting water, here are a few instructions that should always be followed.

- HEKI aqua casting water is liquid like water, it flows through even the tiniest of cracks! For this reason, make absolutely sure that the bed and end of the river or lake are absolutely „waterproof“. Seal any leaky spots at the end of the riveror lake using plasticine or putty.
- Use a spirit level to align the system or showpiece- Where stones or grass decorate the bed of the river or lake, make sure the adhesive or embedding mass and the paint are absolutely dry.

Tips for designing your river or lake.
- Bed: HEKI ground modelling mass, art. no. 3344 – 3347
- Colour design: HEKI acrylic paints, art. no. 7104 – 7110
- Decoration: HEKI pebbles, art. no. 3328 – 3336, grass art. no. 3115

Processing HEKI aqua casting water
- Mix resin and hardening agent in the ratio 2:1 (2 parts resin, 1 part hardening agent), ideally use scales for this job. Note: Mix the resin and the hardening agent well (use flat wooden mixer). Any bubbles will disappear during the drying process.Processing time ca. 30 min at 20°.
- Pour HEKI aqua into the prepared bed.
- Note: The room temperature has a great influence on the drying time!

Here are a few reference values for drying time based on layer height at a room temperature of 20°C.
- Layer height 1 – 2 mm, drying time ca. 10 – 12 hours
- Layer height 3 – 5 mm, drying time ca. 3 - 6 hours
- Layer height 6 - 30 mm, drying time ca. 1 – 3 hours
- Layer heights greater than 30 mm should be poured in 2 working steps
- Note: The greater the layer height, the greater the build-up of heat Tips on designing the water surface
- Towards the end of the drying time, mould spray and waves into the water (penetrate several times and carefully pull the now very viscous mass upwards)
- Treat waves and spray with HEKI acrylic paint snow-white, art. no. 7104 (use very little paint, paintbrush should be almost dry)
- HEKI aqua tends to „climb up“ the banks, unfortunately this is an unavoidable physical effect. You can remedy this effect, however, using bank plants from the comprehensive HEKI range, e.g. with HEKI flor art. no. 1550 –1558,HEKI microflor art. no. 1600 – 1603. Bushes and shrubs from the HEKI artline or HEKI super artline ranges are also extremely suitable for this purpose.