When your trim support breaks on your 220.....

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pdbrady

pdbrady

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Bought a 220 off a guy 3 hours away a couple weeks ago. Built a stand, and finally got it set up today. Got it filled with water, and realized one of the top supports from front to back was broken, and there was over 1/8" gap between it and the trim. You could see the bow in the glass.....extremely scary. So here's our fix, some of it anyway. In the first pic is the panel bonding adhesive we use at work (auto body shop) that we glued the trim back together with. This stuff is used to glue on panels such as roofs, door skins, etc, so it has some strength. The support was broken all the way across, half of it you can't see because of the wood support. The second pic is the whole 1x4 wood frame we built around the old trim to double up on the streghth it already has, with front to back braces of 1x2 assisting in the load that the glue will now hold. The whole frame was glued and screwed together and siliconed to the tank frame. Tomorrow I'll be ordering 1/2" stips of glass to silicone on the underside of the supports as well......I only want to do this once. :D The wood frame will now be the basis of the canopy I was already going to build to match my stand, only now part of it will be permanent.
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Good forethought and good save. I think it'll hold fine, here's hoping.
Actually I really like how that wood trim looks.....I just may do that on my 8' and 6' tanks and stain it to match the stands, looks really nice without the hassle of a big canopy.
 
sounds like 3M Panel Bond 8115, we used that stuff as well at the place I worked at, I also did a ICar course on 3m plastic bond, 3M has some serious products and that panel bond 8115 its some crazy stuff the specs on it are unbeleaveable as it dries it keeps doubleing in strength power if not more its been awhile since i seen specs and i'm too lazy to grab them up, but never thought to use it on something like this good idea i hope it works out and cures all good.
 
Yep, 8115 it is. Nice i.d. I just checked on it, it's solid. I'm pretty sure it's stronger than the other brace now, at least it seems that way. I've used this stuff on so many things, and it was perfect for the job since it's made for plastics. It helps that I get it at shop discount, because it's extremely expensive. I was going to get the 1/2" strips of glass through my mother-in-law's work, but they can only get up to 1/4" because their supplier won't carry glass that big due to lack of demand and high cost. So I'm going to double up 1/4" strips on each side, siliconed together, then to the tank. Even though I think it's probably good to go as is, I just want that extra comfort. As far as the frame, It does match up to my stand pretty well. Not sure if I'm going to fill the holes and stain as is with a top and lid, or put an entire canopy on the frame. We'll see.
 
Brilliant!
 
very nice I am going to need to do this with a 55 I picked you that i'm using for a sump.
 
Camphilophus;2175281; said:
just hope the stuff you used doesn't get wet, drip, and then leak into your tank.
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Not a chance. This stuff cures solid. Like I said, we glue cars together with it. It's purpose is to be used as a replacement for a weld, if that gives you any idea how strong, solid, and non-"drippy" it is.
 
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