Hot glue

[NYCTURBO]

Is it okay to use hot glue to hold the acrylic panels in place in a DIY sump build?

 

[Buck0land]

No. it will not hold.

If its a glass tank use silicone made for fish tanks. Petco has it. If its Acrylic you can get a way with Weld-On 16 but Weld-On 4 is stronger.

 

[Buck0land]

If you need some Weld-On 4 let me know. I have way to much of the stuff.

 

[NYCTURBO]

Thanks picking up the silicone this weekend for the sump build for the 20 long I got from petco,still looking at a lot of different configurations for the acrylic panels I cut to fit.

 

[Ricksp65]

How did you cut your acrylic i tried to cut some on the table saw and it melted and made a rely nasty cut.

 

[Ricksp65]

I wont to make an overflow box for a 30g breeder tank i going to drill as soon a i get my dinned bit from BRS.

 

[thirty5]

How did you cut your acrylic i tried to cut some on the table saw and it melted and made a rely nasty cut.

You should not have an issue with cutting acrylic on a table saw. Make sure that you have a SHARP blade and fine tooth... It should cut like butter...

 

[Ricksp65]

Sorry diamond bit lol

 

[thirty5]

Sorry diamond bit lol

You dont want to use a diamond bit. That is for cutting stone/tile..... That is like using sandpaper and will melt the acrylic.

A standard carbide bit saw blad will work fine...

 

[Ricksp65]

Maybe i should try putting my cross cut blade on there that one has 90 teeth i use that one for cutting trim in the miter saw. Thanks

 

[Ricksp65]

I need that bit to drill the glass tank for the bulk head fitting

 

[tosiek]

No offence rick, but after reading the diamond blade issue I would opt for getting someone to drill the hole for the bulkhead. Most glass bottoms on tanks are tempered which makes drilling impossible, and if its not there is a specific way to drill using it so that you don't shatter the tank while drilling. Its not like a regular drill.

 

[Ricksp65]

I got ya i drilled a 20 and a 55 last year for my buddy and we drill them in the top right or left corner for the overflow. Tempered glass is ezy to spot if you know what to look for it was widely used as the bottom pane in some of the older tanks not so much theses days now that thick pain glass has become more affordable. Theres a good site that deals with tank drilling called glass holes that has the pos and come to tank drilling.