car waxing your tank

[NYreefNoob]

dont know if anyone else does this but using car wax on the outside of the tank makes water splashs or spills on the glass reaaly easy to wipe down with the wax on the glass or acrylic. as well as it makes it look clearer and smoother. my 2 cents try it. you'll be happy with it :shhh:

 

[autoponicz]

sounds like an idea i could try.......how about rain-x?

 

[NYreefNoob]

should work also seeing it really is a wax. i do believe it has teflon in it

 

[HaloStalker]

wow really? its not poisonous or anything, i would love to try on my nano b/c when ever i open the hood i get nice leaks that flow down the front of the tank=( u would think on'y clean evap gets up on the rim but it still leaves a stain as it flows down the glass.

 

[NYreefNoob]

Not For Use Inside Tank But On Exterior Glass Or Acrylic

 

[Pinkheine]

Glass is pourous you don't think this could pose a problem in the future?

 

[Rocks]

sounds like an idea.... since i got rain-x sitting in the trunk anyways.

 

[CadetMKultra]

Glass is pourous you don't think this could pose a problem in the future?

What do you mean, glass is porous?

 

[ming]

What do you mean, glass is porous?

She means her tank has a leak :lol2:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

haha if the glass was porous to he point were it would cause a problem I think we wouldn't have water in our tanks... I would def. use rain x since we use it on our windshields.

 

[tosiek]

Ive been using a shoe brush (the old school ones you buff shoes with) to remove the stupid water marks you get even after washing the glass really really well. Works like a charm.

Other wierd and bizaar ways we think of to keep the glass clean......=0)

 

[Pinkheine]

She means her tank has a leak :lol2:

I was told several years ago, by different people in the hobby not to use anything on the outside of the glass... whether sprayed or otherwise (that things may overtime seep into the tank) and never questioned it because if my father saw me using one of his beer mugs for milk, he was pissed. Never questioned that either, just didn't see the point in risking chemicals in my tank, or pissing off Pops over one of his mugs.

I have since, after seeing responses here, researched it myself and have come to the conclusion that the only way transfer into the tank would happen would be by human error.


As for the beer/milk thing your guess is as good as mine.. didn't research that because I drink my beer straight out of the bottle.


Glad I was able to give you a chuckle at my expense :flirt:...and just for the record... the tank isn't leaking :tongueani

 

[ming]

I was told several years ago, by different people in the hobby not to use anything on the outside of the glass... whether sprayed or otherwise (that things may overtime seep into the tank) and never questioned it because if my father saw me using one of his beer mugs for milk, he was pissed. Never questioned that either, just didn't see the point in risking chemicals in my tank, or pissing off Pops over one of his mugs.

I have since, after seeing responses here, researched it myself and have come to the conclusion that the only way transfer into the tank would happen would be by human error.


As for the beer/milk thing your guess is as good as mine.. didn't research that because I drink my beer straight out of the bottle.


Glad I was able to give you a chuckle at my expense :flirt:...and just for the record... the tank isn't leaking :tongueani

I'm glad you researched it and found out facts for yourself. A sign of someone willing to learn! :tongue1:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

I'm still laughin 1 at ur name which is funny and 2 at the porous glass. but yea the only way I could see a problem is spraying a solution onto the glass and the fumes or some of the spray goin into the tank by human error..... but thanks for the laugh :lol2:

 

[Pinkheine]

I'm still laughin 1 at ur name which is funny and 2 at the porous glass. but yea the only way I could see a problem is spraying a solution onto the glass and the fumes or some of the spray goin into the tank by human error..... but thanks for the laugh :lol2:

#1. Hey hey now... my rear end isn't pink if that's what you were thinking :tongue1:... I just like heinekens and I'm a female.

#2. What can I say ignorance is either bliss or comedy. :lol:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

ur a funny girl lol... how funny would it be if u did have a pink heine lol. guess ill meet u at the swap. good to no there are some people left with a sense of humor. n e wayz back to topic... bring on the waxing, rain x, n porous glass :lol2:

 

[NYreefNoob]

well good to see you looked it up, this also bring's up something with getting a tank that has been medicated. people say the meds will saturate the silicone which i find hard to believe for one reason, if stuff absorbed into the silicone eventually it would leak though. water included. and glass is porious but not at the extent that something will leach through. and just try the wax, you will see the difference

 

[Wes]

well good to see you looked it up, this also bring's up something with getting a tank that has been medicated. people say the meds will saturate the silicone which i find hard to believe for one reason, if stuff absorbed into the silicone eventually it would leak though. water included. and glass is porious but not at the extent that something will leach through. and just try the wax, you will see the difference

FYI, molecules are different sizes. Silicone may keep water molecules out, but other things may or may not be able to permeate through.

As far as glass being porous and absorbing stuff...if that was the case i doubt you would glass in laboratories.

 

[wxl14]

for Glass to be pourous the molecule has to be smaller then the water molecule. Cleaning products like windex should not be used. Not because the glass is pourous to ammonia goes through but because the ammonia evaporates quickly and slowely dissipates into your tank. I asked my friend who is a chemist. Im not smart enough to now this stuff. lol

Glass is pourous you don't think this could pose a problem in the future?

 

[jay1335]

If silicone doesnt absorb medications why do some of them turn it blue? I think it was malecyt or something that turned silicone blue.