A sticky situation

[Salty Bginners]

Ok all you DIYers i need some help from ppl with experence. I need some glue that meets the following qualifications. 1. Reef safe. 2. can bond plastic ( = eggcrate, acrillic, ect) to glass. 3. water proof.

Also where can i find eggcrate cheep? I can get the acrillic from a friend...but where to get eggcrate and how to bond it...
ty for your answers.

 

[firefish2020]

Try Lowes and use something besides glue ?

What could you use hmmmmmmm.....


Let him think about this for a while, he'll figure it out.

 

[LtPiper]

for a starter....


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[firefish2020]

eye

 

[Salty Bginners]

lows LocTight epoxy non toxic and bonds plastics and glass and is water proof.

 

[firefish2020]

No

Lowes is where you find the light grid.

 

[Salty Bginners]

I just Called lowes they said they had a two part epoxy that will bond plastic and glass and is water proof, non toxic. Its called LocTite or somethin like that

 

[Salty Bginners]

NONONO i got it Marine Sillicone

 

[LtPiper]

They actually have aquarium silicone at lowes.

 

[grendl]

Yeah, I got some of that for my sump. From all that I read, silicon will not bind acrylic to glass reliably, so I bought glass for the partitions. Just wanted to give you an FYI in case you are planning on making something that you are going tocount on to bear a load.

 

[Salty Bginners]

i went ahead and bought LocTite extreme repair. on the package it even says "Saltwater safe" "can be used to build/ repair aquaria"
for $3.99 i said heck yes

 

[LtPiper]

interesting I used the aquaium silicone on my acrylic on acylic refugium with no problem

 

[firefish2020]

Interesting information.

 

[grendl]

Acrylic to acrylic is no problem, acrylic to glass is an uncertain proposition apparently. However, it WILL work. Phils giant sump partitions are acrylic, & the tank is glass. Though I think he did some doctoring to assure a better bond. I have read that ppl just glop on thick beads of the silicon, & let it dry around the glass... Not really adhering the glass directly to the acrylic, but the thick bead sort of stops it up... Hell, I dunno how to explain it.. I have no first hand experience, just what I have read on DIY threads.

 

[fishmon]

It does work, I have built many sumps that are still holding to this day.

 

[grendl]

The reason I went with glass partitions had more to do with the $$$ than the questionable adhesion.

 

[Salty Bginners]

lol i guess im gonna have to post pics when i get it done!