HOW TO REMOVE SCRATCH ON GLASS TANK

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Agreed, very easy indeed and you can even repair scratches on the inside with the tank full. You can buy a kit from J&L, I've used this one before and it works well, you just can't use the final polish on the inside with the tank full but you usually don't need to.
http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...uct_ID=cl-asrk

For glass you can get a polishing compound but it will only work on very mild scratches, basically if you can barely see it and you can't feel it with your fingernail you might be able to buff it out but the compounds will likely not be safe to use on the inside of a full tank. If you can feel the scratch there's not much you can do.

Well I'm glad someone could give more details here. I asked some time ago about this and was told it could not be done

[untamed]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Acrylic is IMPOSIBLE to remove scratches from, it is way to soft.

What? That isn't accurate. I routinely remove scratches from my acrylic all the time. Every couple of years I polish entire panels.

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by untamed

What? That isn't accurate. I routinely remove scratches from my acrylic all the time. Every couple of years I polish entire panels.

Ok already, so I have been misinformed by several people and a couple glass shops. I stand corrected AGAIN.

[globaldesigns]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Ok already, so I have been misinformed by several people and a couple glass shops. I stand corrected AGAIN.

I do think anything can be polished, but do we want to drain a tank for this. I for one do not.... Also polishing does remove material, in time maybe creating a weak point.

I was told for glass they use something called a Rose Wheel... I may be incorrect, but this is what I recall.

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by globaldesigns

I do think anything can be polished, but do we want to drain a tank for this. I for one do not.... Also polishing does remove material, in time maybe creating a weak point.

I was told for glass they use something called a Rose Wheel... I may be incorrect, but this is what I recall.

You are correct Rick, it is called a rose wheel, I asked about it at Concepts. I do know that glass can be polished and it can be very expensive. I was refering to the part about polishing acrylic was told it could not be done but I stand corrected TWICE

[Reefpins10]

I will just wait until my frags are getting a little bit bigger in a year or so, then I will get a bigger tank at that time. It really sucks, I wanted to keep this tank for another 10 years, but now I have to plan to get another tank soon. I can't believe is harder to remove a scratch from the glass tank than the plexi glass tank. I also didn't know it would cost so much money to have someone to polish the glass.

[The Grizz]

I didn't think so either, was totally shocked. It has to be done with a special machine in order to keep it perfectly even especially with starphire.

[Reefpins10]

This hobby is supposed to make you feel happy and relaxed, but for me is opposite way sometimes. After the algae problem not even solved yet, now I have a scratched tank