How to resilicone a tank.

[dragoonwoman]

Great write-up! I'll be resealing a 35 hex tank my sister is swapping for my leaking 27, so I'll need these directions in a day or two.

LOVE the idea of the masking tape to keep the lines neat!

[Northernguy]

You will have a lot of taping to do! lol
Thats a lot of seams!Its no more difficult than a standard tank just more preperation.
Good luck and post some pics!

[terrapin24h]

I just came across this writeup, great job NG!! A plumber taught me a trick when smoothing any kind of caulk, ready?

Wet your finger. Wetting your finger allows it to glide more evenly and smoothly over the caulk, and doesn't cause as much "waste" caulk to build up on your finger, as it doesn't stick. You get the smoothing effect without removing as much caulk. After each swipe, clean then re wet your finger. Same applies to beading tools

--chris

[Northernguy]

If you look at the pics you will see I used my finger, but thanks.lol
Its not recomended that you get silicone on your skin.Thats why I didn't mention it in the thread.
I have always used my finger to smooth it out.You cannot feel the imperfections with a tool like you can with a finger.

[promise]

just did it 20 mins ago on my 75 gal its in the garage curing, thanks to this thread i found it fairly easy, cheers NG great article
just a quick question, i used GE 2 windows and door clear 100% silicone is this as good as GE 1 silicone???

[kel]

just did it 20 mins ago on my 75 gal its in the garage curing, thanks to this thread i found it fairly easy, cheers NG great article
just a quick question, i used GE 2 windows and door clear 100% silicone is this as good as GE 1 silicone???

Nope.. GE 2 will end up killing your fish. Have a look at this thread to see what will happen if you use GE Silicone II instead of GE SIlicone I Phantom Killer

Hate to say it but... you will need to strip all that you just put on your tank off.. clean it real good and start over using GE I 100% Silicone.

[promise]

wow holy crap, im gonna have to start again then, will let this lot cure and go out and find some GE1 from home depot then. thanks for the info, that single thread just saved my oscars life

[kel]

wow holy crap, im gonna have to start again then, will let this lot cure and go out and find some GE1 from home depot then. thanks for the info, that single thread just saved my oscars life

No problem.. happy to help. Sucks you have to start over but at least you caught it now rather than later

[tanks4thememories]

AWESOME POST!! I would give you some more rep but it says I have to wait since I already gave you some recently...lol

I'm always scared to do this cause I think I won't do it right and it will leak later on...lol After reading this I might try it next time I run across a good deal on a leaking tank

[promise]

No problem.. happy to help. Sucks you have to start over but at least you caught it now rather than later

yeah exactly, my oscar has been with me for some time so the least i can do is put the little guy in a safe tank. again thanks for the info kel