Once done with the stand (minus doors still)... I began to get bored with woodwork and decided to take a stab at polishing the tank. I had already paid a professional to polish (and repair), but his polishing was sub-standard. He of course made the tank look better than when I bought it, but... still it was scratched, and people would ask... "did you have it polished yet?" Even though "better", it wasn't perfect. And I strive for perfection.
I did TONS of research into polishing, bought LOTS of things to do it right... and still, ended up with ONLY sand paper... and some Novus. I tried power tools, buffers, and several options... but 10 levels (320 to 2500) of grit wet/dry paper and a final touch of Novus 1,2,3 was by far the best outcome. Most work however!
Pictures do it NO JUSTICE of what it looks like, or the polishing itself;
Sanded... it looks cloudy;
Here's the other side... where I've not polished. It's messy with splatter and such, but looks pretty good in the photo. Up close... NO good;
Once polished (right side of blue tape), it's an amazing result of clarity (again, hard to tell in pictures);
I even had to polish inside the overflows. I'm not sure... but, how the heck do you scratch INSIDE your overflows?? Use the overflow as a sump and put rock rubble in there?! lol... I mean, really? I guess it could come from scraping coraline... or whatever. But, it looked horrible. Not anymore!
... I'll be done with the polishing this weekend. I even polished the top, where it had patches of glue or something that had spilled... and left clumps. I had to get aggressive in my sanding, but it's now a mirror shine up there.
Last edited by JohnnyAirtime; 06-18-2011 at 07:51 AM.
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