What should I use to clean inside?
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Pandora
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A good scouring pad (no steel wool or detergant, of course, but those green wiry ones made of stiff plastic fiber) and some baking powder paste. You can rinse that off when you are done, but even if you leave residue, it won't be a big deal, because it is just sodium bicarb (some people use it for buffering, but it has cleaning properties as well, many people use it on the inside of fridges).
Silencer
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Hot water, vinegar, paper towels and a razor blade are all you need to make a tank look brand new.
Use paper towels to wash the inside with a mixture of hot water and vinegar. You do not need to press hard, it is no different from washing dishes or your car. This should soften up any hard encrusted stuff and clean up most of the rest. Use a new razor blade to scrape off the deposits, it'll come right off without trouble, then wash the whole thing again with the vinegar and hot water. Rinse it with freshwater and dry it off with some extra paper towels and it will look brand new.
If you see any rainbows in the glass it's just minerals that stuck to the glass when the water evaporated. You can rub baking soda and vinegar on this to get rid of most of it and the slight hint of it that remains won't be visible once water is in the tank.
Use paper towels to wash the inside with a mixture of hot water and vinegar. You do not need to press hard, it is no different from washing dishes or your car. This should soften up any hard encrusted stuff and clean up most of the rest. Use a new razor blade to scrape off the deposits, it'll come right off without trouble, then wash the whole thing again with the vinegar and hot water. Rinse it with freshwater and dry it off with some extra paper towels and it will look brand new.
If you see any rainbows in the glass it's just minerals that stuck to the glass when the water evaporated. You can rub baking soda and vinegar on this to get rid of most of it and the slight hint of it that remains won't be visible once water is in the tank.
DONE!
DONE!
I went with Pandora's advice, used a green scrub pad and baking soda/water mixture. Scrubed it down real well then wet vaccumed it out then rinsed a couple more times. Only issue I had, I scratched a little bit of the glass when trying to scrape some silicone from the glass inside. Hopefully I'll be able to buff it out.
DONE!
I went with Pandora's advice, used a green scrub pad and baking soda/water mixture. Scrubed it down real well then wet vaccumed it out then rinsed a couple more times. Only issue I had, I scratched a little bit of the glass when trying to scrape some silicone from the glass inside. Hopefully I'll be able to buff it out.
Pandora
Premium Member
Shadal, it looks gorgeous! Too bad about the little scuff. 
I don't notice it much here, but I know when you know where it is, it bugs you forever (esp if algae grows there because it is not smooth). I've never had much luck with buffing on glass, maybe someone else can have some input there. Beware that you don't make it worse.
I don't notice it much here, but I know when you know where it is, it bugs you forever (esp if algae grows there because it is not smooth). I've never had much luck with buffing on glass, maybe someone else can have some input there. Beware that you don't make it worse.
