Scatches inside my glass tank.

[chenzo1099]

Anyone have experience trying to remove scatches in a glass tank? Stupid me, I put some larger grain sand in my 210 gal. and when I used my magnet cleaner I caught some small rocks in it and scratched the glass in several areas.

 

[mrferrit]

i would also like to know this i dont think you can but i did the same thing now i have a scraper and never magfloat it any where near the sand.

 

[Herman G]

Well, I dont have the answer YET but I might soon!
I just bought a 120 that has a few small scratches and one wicked one!
so I have been asking around and there are 2 main ideas that keep being mentioned.
1- windshield repair kit. I bought it at pepboys for like $10 this will be atempt #1 its made by permatex and advertises for cracks up to a foot long so it may fill the bad scratch just nicely.

2- is a polishing kit from home depot for also about $10, its for a dremel it comes with felt polishing weels and a jar of jewlers ruege. 4 differnt people i talked to said that they had used jewlers ruege when cutting glass to polish it back clear or removing scratches after a cut. another guy said he used it to take scratches out of his windshield after he lost a wiper blade and the metal arm tore up his glass. He said it took him 3 days of working on it but when he was done he couldnt even tell!
I have allready bought both kits and will be trying them out within the next 2 weeks!(as soon as I have some free time!)

anywho I will post the results (possibly pics too) as soon as I get started, any one else hear of any better ideas or have any comments?

 

[alizarin]

Looks like only minor scratches can be removed:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=816400

 

[alizarin]

By the way - I did the same thing with sand under a powerful magnetic cleaner. I've gotten used to using plastic scrapers to avoid scratches since then.

 

[mrferrit]

any one ever think about just turning your tank around so that the back is the front ? i mean it would be a pain but your viewing pane would be scratch free and the back would have coralline anyway ?
maby
but if painted youd have to scrape and repaint and drain ect. real PITA on anything over a 55 but do-able

 

[chenzo1099]

The tank is drilled, 210 gallons and in my wall. Not an option thanks though.

 

[alizarin]

Just put a sticker over it ;-)

 

[2swift]

Or maybe a nemo magnet :<}
If you have any luck let me know I have the same problem.

 

[benf]

chenzo1099...what part of WC are u ?

 

[chenzo1099]

Over by 54 and 75.

 

[Herman G]

Well after much effort and many nights i can honestly say that only the light scratches can be removed!
the one deep one i have seems unaffected but the smaller ones are gone!, but man it took fifty forevers to get rid of each one!
oh well i tried!

 

[markandkristen]

my heart sank when i just bought my 150 and realized i scratched the side big time like 6 inches and its a deep one. if you rub your fingernail you can feel it.

i was only 2 days old