Getting Glass Lids Clean!!

[triggerfreak]

I got a used tank and the glass lids are all gunked up with a white film.I have soaked them in vinegar already and they did come clean a little but not enough.I do not want to buy new lids for the tank, you know how money is.Is these anything else i can do or use to get them clean.Oh and i have scraped them with a razor blade after the vinegar also.

 

[MrRyanT]

Are you sure the lids are glass? or might they be acrylic?

 

[triggerfreak]

yes i am absolutely sure they are glass lids.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15362807#post15362807 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MrRyanT
Are you sure the lids are glass? or might they be acrylic?

 

[MrRyanT]

Hmmmm.....I don't really have other suggestions. I would've done exactly what you did. Since it did come clean some with the vinegar you might try soaking for a longer period of time and see if more will come off after that.

 

[Gwynhidwy]

I've had good luck scrubbing those deposits off of glass lids with a wire bristled brush.

 

[Shane Hoffman]

+1 on wire bristle brush...labor intensive but it works.

Also if you go to the paint section of home depot you will se a multitude of scrapers that are way better than any scrape you will find in a fish store.......I have one that is 4 inches wide and borderline razor sharp........nice handle and grip it can do some serious scraping...only thing is completly dry them or they will corrode....that scraper I just describe works better than anything ive tried on that white crud....

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

If vinegar didn't work my guess is the glass is actually etched from the salt/salt creep and no amount of "cleaning" will get it looking good.

 

[VacavilleFC3S]

very few of us use glass lids,

 

[reefergeorge]

Throw them away, and get some eggcrate or make a screen top.

 

[Ritten]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15363779#post15363779 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LobsterOfJustice
If vinegar didn't work my guess is the glass is actually etched from the salt/salt creep and no amount of "cleaning" will get it looking good.

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