That's too bad, I don't remember if you had said , but why were you resealing it? Also you probably already mentioned it, but, how big, and how much was the glass?bigbaddad;1906682; said:We have our iguana in the tank right now. lol When resealing the glass I cracked it lol.
1/4" glass seams very thin to me, but 1" seems awfully thick(heavy, expensive) what did garf recommend as far as thickness? Also, did you mean 1/16" and not 1/6, as far as the perimeter gap was concerned? Thanks for the infobigbaddad;1907411; said:I picked it up and moved it across the room when i tried to set it down i dropped it and didn't notice any damage when i filled it up with water again it started to leak.
When i replace the glass i am going to replace it with 1'' and search for a better grade silicone.
The original piece of glass was 1/4 '' float glass 94'' by 14'' and i am also going to change the dimensions to fit tight the original as reccomended by garf.org has been nothing but a headache with problamatic gap's.
I have been working with several builds and the succesfull ones were all tight fitting glass panels a 1/6 '' of space on each side to fit without breaking anything.
The price was 115.00
That is correct. As a car FANATIC I will say: DO NOT MIX AUTOMOTIVE BONDO AND YOUR TANK! This will end badly. Bondo is porous and meant to absorb paint, even after the hardners.spiff;1770619; said:I think that's a record for the longest run-on sentence...
But seriously, according to Butch at Pondarmor, bondo is not a good thing to use with aquarium builds. I asked, I was going to do the same thing. Apparently Bondo deteriorates relatively fast, and absorbes moisture. What he did suggest was to use a high performance non shrinking putty for gap filling in wood, or for real large gaps, to use hydraulic cement.
Hope that helps