Acrylic Sump broke HELP!

[FlyTekk]

Just bought this last night from another Mnhattan reefer. It was built by custom king not to long ago.

I got home and filled it with water to test it for leaks. This morning my wife accidentally bumps into it (so she says) and it broke and water went every where.

How can i fix this? Can anyone help? Does anyone do this kind of work?

 

[91568]

weld on 16

 

[FlyTekk]

Where do i get it? and what does it do?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

You can get it at home depot and it melts the acrylic together

 

[FlyTekk]

So no need to buy other pieces of acrylic to melt ontop of this repaired piece?

And also what do i do around the side corner? Doesnt that already have some cement on it?

 

[skene]

Yes that is correct. Get yourself another acrylic sheet and cover the damaged area.
otherwise you can always try and remove the panel, purchase another one that same size and reinstall.

 

[thirty6]

at least it was her fault, i would never hear the end of something like this

 

[pecan2phat]

What did she bump into it with, a 20lb sledge hammer?

 

[Gabe]

Accidentally ; p

 

[STHILL]

I think she is trying to send you a message...

Sent from my DROIDX using Reefs

 

[B.BASH]

Maybe you should get a reef friendly wife lol

 

[B.BASH]

Try attaching the broken piece with weldon an attach a rectangular piece over the whole area to secure it also canal plastics will have everything you need

 

[FlyTekk]

Canal plastics. Got it. I bought a sheet of acrylic at lowes. They didnt have the cutter of weldon. Was gonna try home depot tomorrow

 

[FlyTekk]

Been to 3 home depots and 2 lowes. Got a sheet if acrylic and a acrylic cutter. No weldon. And nothing that even mentions cementing or glueing acrylic. All i see are a large assortment of silicones.

 

[pecan2phat]

HD & Lowes in this area does not sell Weld-on, your best bet is Canal Plastics.

 

[FlyTekk]

This is the worse. Canal plastics closed sunday. Nice!

 

[strgazr27]

Weldon16 will glue the broken piece back together. To make it waterproof it will look like crap. But it will work. HD/Lowes do not carry any of the Weldon products. If you are on the island there is a place of Route 109 that carries the whole product line. Also note that the acrylic you get at Lowes/HD is not the same that Jeff uses to build his sumps. It will work as a patch just a heads up.

 

[bizzarro]

I'm just curious, is the sheet you purchased from HD or Lowes same thickness? The ones around here sells them but are too thin for sump build use. Maybe for baffles but I wouldn't consider using it.

If you're going to a plastic shop, you should get the same plastic and same thickness if it isn't already. If you don't have it now, make sure you get the applicator (syringes) for applying it at the acrylic/plastic stores where you ge tthe Weld-on.

 

[rookie07]

I would get a new sump!!!
I wouldn't trust that one, especially with the thin acrylic.

 

[FlyTekk]

Im going to weld on the same piece that broke off. And then apply the piece of acrylic i got from lowes over it with weld on as well for extra support.

The piece i bought is same thickness. But will not replace a wall. Only support a wall. The sumo is real nice and i know custom king does a great job and use better material.

Im sure my wife's "bump" was more than just a bump. No way u tap this thing and it breaks like that. Dont worry revenge is a biatch! NEW REEF IN THE LIVING ROOM....


No wait wait..... A nano in her closet!!!