RE: Acrylic tank scratches and neighbors with good intentions

["Hess, Clay A" <clay.a.hess@boeing.com>]

Soooo, I have a similar problem with a tank of mine....had the Christmas tree 
fall on it this year.  Left some nice scratches in it.  What is the best 
product to remove the scratches and will it look as polished as the rest of the 
tank when I am done?  I don't want to make a bad situation worse.  

-----Original Message-----
From: carrera206@comcast.net [mailto:carrera206@comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 8:35 AM
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: Re: Acrylic tank scratches and neighbors with good intentions


You really want to use the micro -mesh stuff. Its quite expensive but it is the 
only product that can polish acrylic without removing the water or even taking 
out the fish. Plain or even wet/dry sandpaper is not usually fine enough to 
remove the scratches without having to buff the acrylic afterwards with 
polishing compound. You will need several different grits of the stuff and if 
you are doing it while the tank has occupants than you will need some of the 
finest grit stuff they have.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sanford, Dave LHS-STAFF" <Sanfordd@issaquah.wednet.edu>
To: <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7:35 AM
Subject: RE: Acrylic tank scratches and neighbors with good intentions


> I have experience in repair of a 180 gal tank. I bought it with 
> gouges, scratches, haze etc. It was in bad shape. I worked on the 
> entire front
inner
> and outer surface. It is possible to get it looking good again, and
remember
> that with water it will look much better than when dry. Good luck. The 
> products at the website look good to me. What a bummer to have 
> happened. dave
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