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ChrisM
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 Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: Exoterra, difficult repair... |
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Hi all, I have a crack in the base of one of my darts exoterra. I know the normal easy route would be to place a siliconed peace of glass over the top, but I cant do this due to having a foamed background in the tank. Can any one advise or comment on either of the following repair options:
1: remove the base, but to do this I need to know how to remove the black trim on the bottom,
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2: Pour resin into the base to cover the crack. Is this safe to put frogs back in after??
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negri
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im guessing that the tank is empty exept for the foam background .
could you not silicon a piece of glass/perspex on the base on the outside of the tank .
then put a layer of silicon on the inside and cover what you can with a peice of cut to shape perspex ?
so the broken glass is sandwiched between glass/perspex and silicon
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ChrisM
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Sadly not. The crack runs right up into the edge, so the water actually leaks into then out of the black rim. |
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Personally, it would annoy me too much - I remove the glass and fork out for a glazier 
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ChrisM
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Mememe wrote: | | Personally, it would annoy me too much - I remove the glass and fork out for a glazier |
What would annoy you?? Would remove the glass if I could work out how... |
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Rad
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| ChrisM wrote: | | Mememe wrote: | | Personally, it would annoy me too much - I remove the glass and fork out for a glazier |
What would annoy you?? Would remove the glass if I could work out how... |
Just an idea, why dont you smash out the glass, pull of the black trim reglaze then retrim  |
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ChrisM
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Rad wrote: | | ChrisM wrote: | | Mememe wrote: | | Personally, it would annoy me too much - I remove the glass and fork out for a glazier |
What would annoy you?? Would remove the glass if I could work out how... |
Just an idea, why dont you smash out the glass, pull of the black trim reglaze then retrim |
Crude method, but might just be the answer! cheers! |
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