samedi 31 mai 2014

Advice for aquarium repairs?

It's 130 gallon, 1/2" thick glass, 4' x 2' x 29"? tall



Got beat up in a move, corner, side, and bottom damage.



Three pictures are different angles of one corner. Notice, how in a small portion of the break, basically all but like 1/24th of an inch, of the 1/2" thickness, chipped off where the front panel overlaps the side panel.



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There's also a couple pictures of where something hit the side of the bottom panels, you can see the hit ripple so that if forms a bit of a sideways oval crack above the hit. On the top of the oval, the crack goes in and the top edge is sharp enough to cut.



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I also did notice that the very bottom pane was basically in 2 or 3 pieces, under it all.







So, let me know if you think these repairs will do well...



I'm thinking of putting on a couple layers of Creeping Crack in the damaged corner, and the side, to help prevent any runs that might occur when being filled.



After a couple layers of that, with curing in between, I'll get little pieces of plate glass, around 6" x 3" x 1/2" thick, to actually patch over and reconstruct the corner, as well as the crack on the side, whilst using 3M Marine Silicone Sealant to make it permanent. So, that's glass patches, on top of 3M, on top of Creeping Crack.



Once the corner and side crack are patched, I'm thinking of completely removing the silicone seal on the inside, and then, spending a month, or something, laying down layer, after layer, of Creeping Crack, giving it time to cure between layers, ultimately, soaking the seams, especially the bottom, in Creeping Crack, for an extended period of time, THEN, re-silicone the seams with more 3M.



I'll then add a brace in the middle top, as the tank doesn't have a top middle brace, or actually, I should probably do that first, idk.




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