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Post by fishtastics on Dec 5, 2014 16:31:55 GMT -5
there is a glass peice under the lighting in my tank that the light sits on. now as seen in the below pictures. there is this scummy stuff that doesnt come off even when washed. DOES anyone else have this issue. how can i get rid of this it makes my tank darker because it isnt letting as much light through?   |
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Post by Andre on Dec 5, 2014 18:05:19 GMT -5
there is a glass peice under the lighting in my tank that the light sits on. now as seen in the below pictures. there is this scummy stuff that doesnt come off even when washed. DOES anyone else have this issue. how can i get rid of this it makes my tank darker because it isnt letting as much light through? Try some lime cleaner, rinse really well and should be good |
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Post by gabor129 on Dec 5, 2014 18:40:08 GMT -5
CLR works well!
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Post by stevee on Dec 6, 2014 15:56:54 GMT -5
Water and a scraper (razor blade) works every time!
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Post by fishtastics on Dec 6, 2014 20:24:16 GMT -5
ugh.... i dont know what this stuff is but i scraped, scrubbed and used 5 different cleaners INCLUDING clr. i've tried, CLR, SRUBBING BUBBLES, WINDEX, MR CLEAN, AND EVEN OXY CLEAN. whatever this is it does not want to come off. i give up! |
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Post by deez on Dec 15, 2014 21:51:13 GMT -5
ugh.... i dont know what this stuff is but i scraped, scrubbed and used 5 different cleaners INCLUDING clr. i've tried, CLR, SRUBBING BUBBLES, WINDEX, MR CLEAN, AND EVEN OXY CLEAN. whatever this is it does not want to come off. i give up! Go buy a plastic restorer for vehicle headlights at Canadian tire, rub it on till it drys to a haze then buff it off with a clean towel. |
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Post by pinaki1816 on Dec 16, 2014 11:04:25 GMT -5
A simple solution is using vinegar while cleaning glass,,,,,, these r carbonate build which will dissolve in anything which us acidic,,,,, take vinigar in a cotton and clean it,,,,,,it will work
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Post by fishtastics on Dec 16, 2014 12:18:42 GMT -5
A simple solution is using vinegar while cleaning glass,,,,,, these r carbonate build which will dissolve in anything which us acidic,,,,, take vinigar in a cotton and clean it,,,,,,it will work i will try that. hopefully it works |
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Post by fishtastics on Dec 16, 2014 12:29:07 GMT -5
Vineger made it way worse!!! ughhh
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Post by Andre on Dec 16, 2014 13:00:33 GMT -5
What you think may be glass may just be plastic. I know mine are plastic and not glass. So that could be your problem with nothing working.
I think once it goes cloudy there's no turning back.
best option would be to measure and get a glass company to cut a piece, replace the old with the new and silicone in.
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Post by deez on Dec 16, 2014 13:12:30 GMT -5
Try the plastix product from Canadian tire, it may cost 6 or 7 dollars its made the clean grease and grime build up on headlights when they get too hazy/foggy. I've used it and it cleaned up my plastic headlight buckets no problem. This stuff will even remove fine scratches in plastic just not deep scratches.
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Post by fishtastics on Jan 3, 2015 17:29:48 GMT -5
Try the plastix product from Canadian tire, it may cost 6 or 7 dollars its made the clean grease and grime build up on headlights when they get too hazy/foggy. I've used it and it cleaned up my plastic headlight buckets no problem. This stuff will even remove fine scratches in plastic just not deep scratches. i'll try this next week if that doesnt work ill just get a new peice of glass cut |
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Post by Mersey on Jan 8, 2015 15:51:59 GMT -5
Try Apple Cider vinegar
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Post by May on Mar 24, 2015 7:34:58 GMT -5
I know this is an older thread but I'm going to reply to this because my husband and I don't buy new tanks. Trust me the tanks that we've bought, many were in bad shape. Some of them were just really bad. We tried everything we could think of to get these stains off the glass but nothing worked. We didn't give up though. We found that with warm water and 1500 grit wet sand paper, everything comes off easy. When you think the white stuff is etch into the glass, it isn't. The sand paper doesn't scratch the glass either. Just rub the sand paper in circular motions on the glass and remember to use water. It doesn't require a lot of work either. It comes right off and the glass is super clear and clean. Works everytime. If the tank, glass lids and so on have been dry for a very long time it's best to soak it first for about a week. Trust me this works everytime! We've made videos on how to refurbish a whole tank set up but we just haven't posted it on YouTube yet.
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Post by guppyguy on Mar 24, 2015 9:08:30 GMT -5
Excellent and thank you for this tip. Need to try this out.
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