Just thought I would put this here.
I spent most of the day today taking the scratches out of a 50 gal acrylic aquarium. I used a high speed drill with a Buffing Kit I got an a local plastic shop. It cost $9.50. At first I wasted a lot of time not using enough of the buffing compound that came along with the buffing wheel. As time went on I realized that adding more of it made the job a lot easier. You just put the buffing compound on the buffing pad and then you buff the acrylic with the pad. The more that is on there the better.
The hardest part of course was doing the inside because of the way acrylic tanks are made with essentially tops. It was awkward getting my arms and the drill in there but I did manage to reach most of the surfaces. Scratches near the bottom of the tank and near the top were almost impossible to remove. But I plan to cover those with the stand and hood.
I did polish the sides but I don’t intend for them to be visible. The back is just black acylic so I merely cleaned it up a bit. The plan is to build a stand that will cover the bottom to the level of the front gravel and the sides in order to be able to hide the filter return and the heater in the corners. Sort of the old Dutch idea.
Anyway if anyone needs to remove the scratches from an acrylic tank I just thought I would pass this on.
I spent most of the day today taking the scratches out of a 50 gal acrylic aquarium. I used a high speed drill with a Buffing Kit I got an a local plastic shop. It cost $9.50. At first I wasted a lot of time not using enough of the buffing compound that came along with the buffing wheel. As time went on I realized that adding more of it made the job a lot easier. You just put the buffing compound on the buffing pad and then you buff the acrylic with the pad. The more that is on there the better.
The hardest part of course was doing the inside because of the way acrylic tanks are made with essentially tops. It was awkward getting my arms and the drill in there but I did manage to reach most of the surfaces. Scratches near the bottom of the tank and near the top were almost impossible to remove. But I plan to cover those with the stand and hood.
I did polish the sides but I don’t intend for them to be visible. The back is just black acylic so I merely cleaned it up a bit. The plan is to build a stand that will cover the bottom to the level of the front gravel and the sides in order to be able to hide the filter return and the heater in the corners. Sort of the old Dutch idea.
Anyway if anyone needs to remove the scratches from an acrylic tank I just thought I would pass this on.
I haven't had to deal w/ any major scratches yet but this product came w/ my tank.