Screwed up silicone job. Need DIY help

[ReefOcean]

Scubasteve: Excellent idea, I have some only violin strings hanging around someplace. use them just like a cheese cutter hehe

CK: I made a jig out of 1/4 wood cut into a square with a 45 degree angle cut into one corner. That is the problem, I don't think I was quick enough. I also cheaped out and got the squeeze bottle silicone so I was funbling with that. I now have the 10oz bottle with the gun.

Fishy: I have heard people say rubbing alcohol and acetone. Acetone supposedly completely evaperates. Do you suggest rubbing alcohol because acetone might no be reef safe or it might damage the silicone?

[ReefOcean]

So after 2 hours I got it apart. 3 violin strings (didnt last long before breaking) an exacto knife, 3 razor blades and an algae scraper. The funny thing is, the most efficient tool was the aglae scraper (kent brand I believe). Some of the seams just had no room for even the violin strings to get betweem but the thin metal on the kent scraper just sliced right through it.

Anybody else trying this, I suggest you run a razor blade along the seams and go as deep as you can and then finish off with a scraper.

Now it is a matter of getting the silicone off the glass and this is turning out to be an even bigger pain than taking the tank apart.

[11purewater]

once you start re siliconing methyl hydrate will wipe away any mishaps as long as it's still wet.