Time to resilicone?

[touchingstoves]

Hi everyone,

Broke this tank down and wasn't sure if I should put some silicone just in case.. (Age of tanks, wear and tear) But do I have to take off silicone or can I just run a bead along the edges? Help!

 

[withoutaclue661]

I believe the best way would be to strip the silicone off and redo it. You'll have to make sure the glass is clean of all residue or the new silicone won't stick properly

 

[touchingstoves]

Hmmm do you not keep the built in overflow

 

[Emac909]

I think u would have to replace that whole pane of glass. That is a large crack. I'd b worried about it holding long term. Let's say u do patch the crack and start filling it. If there's any imperfections in that crack it's will make a weak point ant the glass will splinter off in other directions.

 

[touchingstoves]

What crack?

 

[Emac909]

What crack?

That's not a crack? Or is it the silicone is separating?

 

[touchingstoves]

No just the light shining. The insides just don't looked siliconed

 

[withoutaclue661]

Hmmm do you not keep the built in overflow

I'm not seeing an overflow. If you have one that is in the way you'll have to remove it so you can clean the joints properly. Is it acrylic?

 

[xmas_one]

Honestly, the only way to "repair" silicone is to tear the tank down and rebuild it. Old silicone does not stick to new silicone, and it's and exercise in futility to think that cutting out the fillet and replacing it is doing anything to "reseal" the tank. That fillet or "finger smear" along the inside of most cheap glass tanks is just an easy way for a builder to deal with the excess silicone that squishes out when the panels come together.

 

[touchingstoves]

I'm not seeing an overflow. If you have one that is in the way you'll have to remove it so you can clean the joints properly. Is it acrylic?

No all glass.


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[withoutaclue661]

Sorry I meant is the overflow acrylic. If it's glass, life just got harder. You'll have to try and clean as much silicone out from inside the overflow and reseal it. On the outside, clean it all off and reseal like the rest of the tank

 

[touchingstoves]

Sorry I meant is the overflow acrylic. If it's glass, life just got harder. You'll have to try and clean as much silicone out from inside the overflow and reseal it. On the outside, clean it all off and reseal like the rest of the tank

It was acrylic. But I sold the tank. :-( still I have 4 other to think about.


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