Hey guys, got a quick question.
I have had a large acrylic tank sitting at my house for around 8 years, tank is probably ten years old or so and bought it used (It is six feet by 3, and 15 inches tall, plan on setting up a cool lagoon type reef). The entire tank was completely covered in deep scratches. I recently took it out to buff it. I started with wet dry sand paper and worked my way up from 400, 800, 1000 and finished with 2000. I have now started to buff it out using Novus 3 and 2. I have completely buffed one panel with an electric polisher/buffer I use on my car,this helped speed the process up but the corners were still a bit tricky to get so I am still doing those by hand. My problem is when I look at the tank up close into the lights from the ceiling I am seeing these tiny mirco scratches all over the entire panel I have buffed (they seem to have a strange brown color to them). They appear to be marks from the sanding, I was told the Novus would take all of these out. I have been over the same panel with Novus 3 and 2 about ten times on both sides, the sanding/novus has done a great job removing the large marks. When I look a the tank from about 5 feet away it looks clear but some areas have this blurry look to them due to this. Does anyone have any experience with this at all?
I have used Windex on this tank in the past, after some research it looks like that is a very debatable topic as to if it actually causes damage to the tank. I don't believe these are marks from the Windex because I buffed out a tiny section on the back where I never used Windex and it is doing the same thing.
I have had a large acrylic tank sitting at my house for around 8 years, tank is probably ten years old or so and bought it used (It is six feet by 3, and 15 inches tall, plan on setting up a cool lagoon type reef). The entire tank was completely covered in deep scratches. I recently took it out to buff it. I started with wet dry sand paper and worked my way up from 400, 800, 1000 and finished with 2000. I have now started to buff it out using Novus 3 and 2. I have completely buffed one panel with an electric polisher/buffer I use on my car,this helped speed the process up but the corners were still a bit tricky to get so I am still doing those by hand. My problem is when I look at the tank up close into the lights from the ceiling I am seeing these tiny mirco scratches all over the entire panel I have buffed (they seem to have a strange brown color to them). They appear to be marks from the sanding, I was told the Novus would take all of these out. I have been over the same panel with Novus 3 and 2 about ten times on both sides, the sanding/novus has done a great job removing the large marks. When I look a the tank from about 5 feet away it looks clear but some areas have this blurry look to them due to this. Does anyone have any experience with this at all?
I have used Windex on this tank in the past, after some research it looks like that is a very debatable topic as to if it actually causes damage to the tank. I don't believe these are marks from the Windex because I buffed out a tiny section on the back where I never used Windex and it is doing the same thing.