anybody know how to remove scratches from a glass tank? also, could you seal a crack in the bottom of a glass tank with silicone if not, what could you use
scratched glass
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I've seen cracks patched by using a plate of glass that will cover it entirely and siliconing it in completely so the plate top is sealed on top. And....there are no repairs for scratched glass?? Not that I know of....
http://www.deltakits.com/dki-catalog/co1.html This is similar to what i have used on old car windshields. What i used worked pretty well....it removed the scratches left by a bad windshield wiper
As sleepyflight said a good way to patch the bottom plate of a tank is to overlay it with a pane of glass. I did this once with a tank I had cracked by dropping a rock into it. the original glass was all there but there were several long cracks, I siliconed in a piece of window glass that I trimmed to fit edge to edge insde the tank, The 1/4" glass was not strong enough to stand up on it's own as a bottom plate but it worked great to hold the original glass in place.
I have never had a problem with a scratched glass tank but saw a large one that was repaied professionally by being lap polished in place, it was a big one, something like 800 gallons. They repolished the front plate, I doubt it was cheap but definitely cheaper than replacing the tank.
I have never had a problem with a scratched glass tank but saw a large one that was repaied professionally by being lap polished in place, it was a big one, something like 800 gallons. They repolished the front plate, I doubt it was cheap but definitely cheaper than replacing the tank.
so that compound doesnt leave any bad chemicals cause my 55 needs some scratch repair and was wondering the same thing?
shops are kind of crazy right now with hurricane repairs. Do you think I could find this or something like it at Home Depot or some other type of store?