my new baby... AKA The Café

[Lost in the Sauce]

Someone! Quick! Talk me into cutting open the silicone and doing this already!

Silicone? Why silicone?

Silicone is okay to attach the acrylic AOI compartment to the glass tank.

Not recommended for acrylic to acrylic at all.

I would use weld on 4 for that application over silicone every day of the week.

If you absolutely have to use silicone here, I would open up your tape margins to give more of a mating surface.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Silicone? Why silicone?

Silicone is okay to attach the acrylic AOI compartment to the glass tank.

Not recommended for acrylic to acrylic at all.

I would use weld on 4 for that application over silicone every day of the week.

If you absolutely have to use silicone here, I would open up your tape margins to give more of a mating surface.

Well, partly because I've never used the weld on and I'm intimated. Silicone gives me working time. Because my brain is slow. Tenecor recommended using silicone on the instruction sheet. Now I'm second guessing myself. Dang you.

 

[F i s h y]

Well, partly because I've never used the weld on and I'm intimated. Silicone gives me working time. Because my brain is slow. Tenecor recommended using silicone on the instruction sheet. Now I'm second guessing myself. Dang you.

I had never used weld either until I built my frag tank. Super easy.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

I had never used weld either until I built my frag tank. Super easy.

Which weld on?

 

[F i s h y]

Which weld on?

I used 4 first then once it had set for 24 hrs I used a bead of 16

 

[F i s h y]

Held water on the first try

 

[fishguy242]

Held water on the first try

Shameless plug...like you're style...

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

This is pretty awesome! Great to see it in action!! Happy to be a part of it even if it's just logos and cards, lol

This makes me the interns' intern now, right?

More like a crucial member of the team....

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Held water on the first try

That's a sexy looking group there.

Ordering weld on now sets me back a week or more, soonest delivery on the 13th or so.

Since this is really just an AIO do you think I'll really have issues from using silicone? If it's because of the acrylic being smooth, would I get better adhesion if I scuffed up the smooth parts between the tape?

I wish I would have mentioned this before today, whoops.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Well, partly because I've never used the weld on and I'm intimated. Silicone gives me working time. Because my brain is slow. Tenecor recommended using silicone on the instruction sheet. Now I'm second guessing myself. Dang you.

Weld on is Super not intimidating at all. In Fact you already have everything set up to apply it.

It comes out of the bottle as a very thin liquid. You just run the metal spout against the seam of the pieces held together in their final orientation as you have them. The acetone flows into the joint, melts the plastics, quickly flashes off and the plastics harden back together as one. It's That hard and takes ~30 seconds to cure..

Tencor should freaking know better.... That is rediculous.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Agree with the Weldon. Silicone is plan C with acrylic!

Mid day sexy shot included. Acan was down to bone at one point.

Weldon 4 plan A
Weldon 16 plan B
Silicone plan C

Plan D pay someone to do it or try again with 16

 

[Nate Chalk]

Weld on is Super not intimidating at all. In Fact you already have everything set up to apply it.

It comes out of the bottle as a very thin liquid. You just run the metal spout against the seam of the pieces held together in their final orientation as you have them. The acetone flows into the joint, melts the plastics, quickly flashes off and the plastics harden back together as one. It's That hard and takes ~30 seconds to cure..

Tencor should freaking know better.... That is rediculous.

Agree... It's easy a f.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

That's a sexy looking group there.

Ordering weld on now sets me back a week or more, soonest delivery on the 13th or so.

Since this is really just an AIO do you think I'll really have issues from using silicone? If it's because of the acrylic being smooth, would I get better adhesion if I scuffed up the smooth parts between the tape?

I wish I would have mentioned this before today, whoops.

Well done. Takes forever to be delivered, but I figured out a lot of smaller hardware stores carry it. Maybe call around?

The issue with silicone and acrylic is acrylic has no pores. Therefore there is nothing for silicone to attach to. All you get is a vacuum effect.

It Absolutely could last forever. The baffle could also come loose the first time you start filling it up and there is uneven pressure, or knock part of it with your hand pulling out filter material.. not worth it imho.

Building an AOI drop in is the same really as building out initial baffling for a sump.

Here is mine. Acrylic to Acrylic with WO4. Acrylic to glass with silicone.

 

[fishguy242]

That's a sexy looking group there.

Ordering weld on now sets me back a week or more, soonest delivery on the 13th or so.

Since this is really just an AIO do you think I'll really have issues from using silicone? If it's because of the acrylic being smooth, would I get better adhesion if I scuffed up the smooth parts between the tape?

I wish I would have mentioned this before today, whoops.

I'll add alcohol wipe first, hubs is a painter ,you already know PPE...

 

[Nate Chalk]

Well done. Takes forever to be delivered, but I figured out a lot of smaller hardware stores carry it. Maybe call around?

The issue with silicone and acrylic is acrylic has no pores. Therefore there is nothing for silicone to attach to. All you get is a vacuum effect.

It Absolutely could last forever. The baffle could also come loose the first time you start filling it up and there is uneven pressure, or knock part of it with your hand pulling out filter material.. not worth it imho.

Building an AOI drop in is the same really as building out initial baffling for a sump.

Here is mine. Acrylic to Acrylic with WO4. Acrylic to glass with silicone.

Now you said drop in . Now you make me want to make an AOI drop off tank. Guh...

Might do it for a desk top version. ))
Have some ideas up my sleeve

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Weld on is Super not intimidating at all. In Fact you already have everything set up to apply it.

It comes out of the bottle as a very thin liquid. You just run the metal spout against the seam of the pieces held together in their final orientation as you have them. The acetone flows into the joint, melts the plastics, quickly flashes off and the plastics harden back together as one. It's That hard and takes ~30 seconds to cure..

Tencor should freaking know better.... That is rediculous.

I called a local glass shop, they have weld on 4 they could sell me today, but no applicators. can I use it without the fancy bottle applicator? Maybe a syringe from the farm store?

 

[F i s h y]

I called a local glass shop, they have weld on 4 they could sell me today, but no applicators. can I use it without the fancy bottle applicator? Maybe a syringe from the farm store?

The applicator makes life easy...

I know you really want to get it done. Would it work. Probably. But nothing good happens fast in reefing...

I'd do it right

 

[tbrown]

I called a local glass shop, they have weld on 4 they could sell me today, but no applicators. can I use it without the fancy bottle applicator? Maybe a syringe from the farm store?

Hardware stores carry it as well. I've seen it at Walmart and Ace Hardware.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Hardware stores carry it as well. I've seen it at Walmart and Ace Hardware.

What sections do you normally find it in? I do have several Ace's, farm stores, a home Depot, and other hardware stores I could go looking at.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I called a local glass shop, they have weld on 4 they could sell me today, but no applicators. can I use it without the fancy bottle applicator? Maybe a syringe from the farm store?

Hmm. It won't be as clean without the applicator but you could make it work I'm sure. A large guage needle and steady plunger thumb would be my first choice. It also takes very little of the liquid.

I know weld on isn't prime, but I think I have seen the applicator bottles prime eligible shipping.