PokeSephiroth
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As Lars On previously owned this monster of a tank, I was bestowed upon this beastly thing. She called it the Beast, and I am following suit.
This thing looks ancient. Has no center brace on the top or bottom of the tank, glass is super thick, I'm thinking it's 3/8" or even 1/5" . . . it's thick. And heavy. But still a beaut!
Lars On was unsure if it held water, so the first thing I had in mind, was to tame that sucker by resealing the tank, man...I've never resealed a tank before, and you can bet all your moneys on it, that I was nervous as all heck!
I figured this would be a nice summer project, but...I started growing impatient, and the beast needed to know who's boss! LOL!!
Here it is:
Stripped off all the silicone seams, with a nifty straight edge razor. Went through about 8 of them, some of them broke, some snapped, and some just got dull REALLY fast.
Went around all the edges with some paper towels and denatured alcohol...did this about 5 times, and scraped more silicon off the edges inbetween alcohol wipedowns.
Covered the tank edges with painters paper/tape stuff, the beast would not stay still! Had to apply and reapply those things on there to get straight and even lines.
LET THE SILICONE CAULKING BEGIN!! My maniacal self is determined to do this right! *maniacal laugter* SILICONE ALL THINGS!!!
Look at that sexy silicone, nice and smooth. Mmmm... oddly, I only went through 1 tube of silicon... dunno how other people ended up using more than one tube. I kinda feel paranoid now, like I didn't use enough silicone, but we'll see . . . going to let this cure for a week or two, before I even start thinking about filling it up with water.
This thing looks ancient. Has no center brace on the top or bottom of the tank, glass is super thick, I'm thinking it's 3/8" or even 1/5" . . . it's thick. And heavy. But still a beaut!
Lars On was unsure if it held water, so the first thing I had in mind, was to tame that sucker by resealing the tank, man...I've never resealed a tank before, and you can bet all your moneys on it, that I was nervous as all heck!
I figured this would be a nice summer project, but...I started growing impatient, and the beast needed to know who's boss! LOL!!
Here it is:
Stripped off all the silicone seams, with a nifty straight edge razor. Went through about 8 of them, some of them broke, some snapped, and some just got dull REALLY fast.
Went around all the edges with some paper towels and denatured alcohol...did this about 5 times, and scraped more silicon off the edges inbetween alcohol wipedowns.
Covered the tank edges with painters paper/tape stuff, the beast would not stay still! Had to apply and reapply those things on there to get straight and even lines.
LET THE SILICONE CAULKING BEGIN!! My maniacal self is determined to do this right! *maniacal laugter* SILICONE ALL THINGS!!!
Look at that sexy silicone, nice and smooth. Mmmm... oddly, I only went through 1 tube of silicon... dunno how other people ended up using more than one tube. I kinda feel paranoid now, like I didn't use enough silicone, but we'll see . . . going to let this cure for a week or two, before I even start thinking about filling it up with water.