Any experienced tank drillers in soco?

[Ssteve]

I did all mine free hand and it turned out fine. Just clamped a running hose on it and took my time.

 

[swk]

It was super easy. I psyched myself up for this for days and it was 20x easier than I could've ever imagined. Just started it free hand and had zero problems. This was just a tester and I'm gonna drill my "real" holes in a little bit. Thanks for the help everyone and to Steve for the supplies.

 

[ThreeMoneyJ]

Glad it worked out! I'm starting right now!

 

[swk]

Glad it worked out! I'm starting right now!

Good luck dude! I used a quality cordless drill with the torque turned way low so it would stop instead of binding if I pushed too hard. Easy money

 

[ThreeMoneyJ]

Done and tank back painted too! I turned my speed down and torque down too. Worked like a charm.

-lots of running water
-take your time
-quality tools
-tape off the back side of where you are drilling
-lift drill often
-use gloves when working with glass and glass chips (learned the hard way during clean up!!

I got 3 holes out of the bit from BRS. It might be good for another few, but fresh bits usually work best.

 

[swk]

I actually found it easier to do than drilling granite slabs.

What kind of paint did you use?

 

[gonzalez78]

It does take patience to make sure you don't chip or crack your tank. If you're going to paint the back of your tank I would reccomend Krylon fusion for paint. That's what's I have used always when I paint tanks sticks great on glass.

 

[Ssteve]

Well there you go swk. That's what was used on that 40b you used for practice.

 

[swk]

I went to the ace hardware up on guerneville and got some rustoleum version of fusion, so that'll be perfect.

Also picked up a bunch of 1" and 3/4" PVC parts and fittings.

So yeah, If anyone wants a tank to practice on I've got a 40B that steve let me take that I would be more than happy to pass down the line if anyones interested. Just PM me