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Install Liner and Wooden Panels

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I Built A Cold Plunge With Filtration That ACTUALLY WORKS

What happens here

A plastic liner is placed inside the poly tank. The excess liner material is folded over the top edge of the wooden frame and temporarily secured with screws until the top trim is added. Exterior wooden panels are cut to size and stained. The builder mixes Amber-colored Minwax stain with darker Minwax stain to achieve a desired natural, warm tone. The exterior of the wooden frame is then stained with this custom mix. After the stain dries, two coats of oil-based urethane are applied for UV protection, mold/mildew resistance, and overall durability against outdoor elements. The builder also creates a basic pressure-treated 2x4 frame to elevate the cold plunge slightly off the ground, ensuring proper drainage and preventing moisture issues.

Goal: A plastic liner is installed inside the tank, and wooden panels are cut and stained to cover the exterior of the frame, giving it a finished, barrel-like appearance.

Tools and materials

  • 2x4s
  • Drill
  • Jigsaw
  • Miter Saw
  • Sander
  • Screws
  • Stain Brush
  • Exterior Wooden Panels
  • Minwax Amber Stain Minwax
  • Minwax Darker Stain Minwax
  • Oil-based Urethane
  • Plastic Liner

What they say

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to go. So, we have to throw the liner in there. And we have nothing to secure that liner from falling in. So, I'll add it to my list of going to the hardware store. But, what we're going to do is throw the liner in there, fold it over, temporarily secure with screws, and then once I pick up staples, we'll staple it. Oh, almost forgot. I got to drill some holes through this thing. By the way, I'm 6'2, 205 lb, and this is perfect for my size. This 150 galon is absolutely perfect. Now, uh like I said, I got to get some staples to get the sucker down, but we got quite a bit of gluing up to do uh overnight. So, we need to start working on this apron. The idea here is I wanted to protrude over here by about an inch. And I wanted to come in an inch in here. And that's going to help water drain in here. Uh, and at the same time give us a nice ring around this that if you have a timer that you need to put in here for your three minutes or five minutes, however long you do your coal plunges or you have your phone with you or maybe your cup of coffee, you can have that there. So, let's see what we can come up with for that. This is so sick. 2x8s on the sides. This is going to give it create more of a flush look. We can bump it up to 2 by10, but this works as well. Uh, got this all to size. We're going to have some filler pieces. By the way, all this is going to get glued in. You can use pocket holes from the bottom if you want. Then we're going to add these little remnant pieces in the corners. And the reason why this is all going to match the profile. So, this is going to be a radius. And this is going to be a radius on the inside as well. But that's tomorrow's subject. Today is we got to glue this puppy up. Got everything out of the clamps. Got it sanded roughly. I feel okay about it. I'm a little nervous about this radius cutout, but here's what I'm thinking. I think our best option here is going to be just to mount it on top as is. Make sure our alignments are good and then trace it from the bottom. Now, from that point on, the only way I could figure out how to cut this thing out is with a jigsaw. However, I've seen so many awesome builders, creators use a CNC to create a template and then router it out, and it comes out so freaking perfect every time. And I'm so jealous. But I have to make do with what supplies I have on hand, the tools that I have on hand. And unfortunately, with that, it means using a jigsaw. That also means there's a high chance that the…

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