the tru view tanks at my shop are 20yrs old we write fish names+prices on the tanks w/ paint pens and wipe it off w/ acetone no ill effects.that said i wouldnt do that to my tanks at home or reccomend anyone else to either i reccomend brillianize as a tank cleaner/polish if your lfs doesnt have it try tap plastics
Alcohol and plexi glass?
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Tongue33;1538801; said:Oh and windex in my opinion is a no no anywayMysteriously people tend to lose fish more often when using windex to clean their tanks....
its full of ammonia
posted by simpledate on youtube:
Alcohol will cause cracks and fissures in acrylic. Do not use it for cleaning. I learned a good lesson when I cleaned my round aquarium with it. A nice flood in my living room !
a solvent will weaken acrylic!
from the net
Plexiglas embrittles when it is exposed to solvents because of a phenomenon
called
"solvent crazing" -- the solvent softens and / or swells exposed areas that
give rise to microscopic stress fractures. These micro-cracks serve as point
weakening of the sheet in a manner similar to scoring the sheet with a glass
cutter, except on a much smaller scale. In fact, PMMA can be cut just like
glass using a glass cutter, but be careful, the edges are "razor sharp".
Plexiglas embrittles when it is exposed to solvents because of a phenomenon
called
"solvent crazing" -- the solvent softens and / or swells exposed areas that
give rise to microscopic stress fractures. These micro-cracks serve as point
weakening of the sheet in a manner similar to scoring the sheet with a glass
cutter, except on a much smaller scale. In fact, PMMA can be cut just like
glass using a glass cutter, but be careful, the edges are "razor sharp".
I did take a chem class, we blew things up, and put alcohol in a 5gallon water jug and lite it. Nothing about this though...
