moldyform Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 G'day, my tank over the weekend got a 3 inch gap in the silicon at the base of the tank. ( leaked about 200 lts on the floor) Is it possible to patch it up with silicon or will i have to remove the whole back pannel? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzzy Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 G'day, my tank over the weekend got a 3 inch gap in the silicon at the base of the tank. ( leaked about 200 lts on the floor) Is it possible to patch it up with silicon or will i have to remove the whole back pannel? Cheers Remove the entire panel, clean all the silicon off and re-silicon in place. If you patch it, there may be somewhere else where the silicon is about to let go, and this time it may let go completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobcas Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I agree with Huzzy you are best off removing the entire panel and resilconing it However if you are not risk adverse I have in the past been too bone lazy to do the whole panel bit and have simply bought a solid plastic rod, approx 6mm diameter, cut it to size and siliconed this in along the edge in question without problem........so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleV Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 what huzzy said for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzzy Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 ahhhhh yes......more food for my signature...... grow my pretty....grow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 good on ya Huzzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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