Recently purchased a used acrylic (60g) and it has some surface scratches. Is there anyway to buff them out and if so, what is the best way to go about doing so?
I have tried using 150 grit and 600 grit sandpaper and it would remove the scratch but it left a really cloudy look that was unacceptable. I also tried some higher grit sandpaper from autozone and I still get a cloudy look to the acrylic. I found this post on a site and it is what I am going to try next.
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[email protected] (Kristi Bittner) writes:
> : For the inside, if you don't want to remove the water nor the fish, you can use
> : a kit called Surface Restoral Kit made by Micro-Surface finishing products Inc.
> : They have some fine wet/dry sand paper called Micromesh. I have yet to try my
> : kit but my 55g acrylic is badly scratched by my big dogface puffer.
>
> : I believe the above-mentioned kit is the only tool you can use to remove inside
> : scratches without draining water. Correct me if I am wrong.
>
> : BTW, I will use the kit on a marine water tank......
>
> I've never heard of this before... let us know how well it works, pleeze!!
>
> thanks in advance,
> Kristi
Okay, I finally used the product Micro-mesh (or Acrylic Aquarium Restoral Kit)
to polish out nearly 95% of all the inside scratches of my 55g acrylic without
draining a drop of water nor take out any marine fish. It is kinda
time-consuming at first (at coarser grade micro-mesh paper) but as it goes on,
its much easier for the finer grade polishing.
The water will be very cloudy but the guys at Tenecor told me that these loose
particles are inert to fish. The instruction of the kit does suggest removal
of fish before polishing though. Anyway, I changed like 40% of the water
afterwards and my fish are still doing excellent now. If my fish show any
signs of discomfort, I will post to warn others ASAP.
I bought this kit from Tenecor for $34 and the exact same thing runs for only
$24 at TFP!! I believe you can use very fine wet/dry sandpaper to substitute
for these micro-mesh. This kit is only enough to polish one face of a show
55g.
I could not believe that it is possible to polish out inside scratches without
draining water so perfect. It is now like a brand new tank. The scratches I
had before polishing were from: 1. Fine sand being trapped between algae
scrubber and acrylic glass. 2. Decorative corals falling onto the acrylic 3.
My hugh puffer keep scratching with his beak.
Eddie
