easiest way to clean acrylic check this out!!!!

[Rothany]

Asked my girlfriend to find how to clean acrylic tanks and she found this
really cool thread about using Mr clean magic eraser.
Gonna try it as soon as I get off work.


http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18091

 

[akunochi]

That is an awesome find. If I wasn't dieing right now I'd be even more excited....

 

[Rothany]

That is an awesome find. If I wasn't dieing right now I'd be even more excited....

Your dieing I'm not sure if that's a joke or not?

 

[akunochi]

Nah, just a vicious cold that hit me outta nowhere. I spent all Saturday on the couch, felt better yesterday, and then woke up with a 99.8 degree temp coughing up phlem and blood this morning. Needless to say progress on the new tank was near non-existent this week.

Seth

 

[roscoe]

Ummm I hope you feel better Seth! Get that checked out dog! Swine Flu is still out there. Any how the eraser trick sounds like a good idea!

 

[Rothany]

Nah, just a vicious cold that hit me outta nowhere. I spent all Saturday on the couch, felt better yesterday, and then woke up with a 99.8 degree temp coughing up phlem and blood this morning. Needless to say progress on the new tank was near non-existent this week.

Seth

thats good to know hope you feel better soon

 

[oldsaint]

Gonna try it as soon as I get off work.

And I was so ready for. "I'm going to have HER clean it as soon as she gets home". That would be the easiest way....

 

[Rothany]

And I was so ready for. "I'm going to have HER clean it as soon as she gets home". That would be the easiest way....

hahaha that would have been better but she doesnt touch the tank.Even with simplest thing as cleaning she can mess something up

 

[krisfal]

Asked my girlfriend to find how to clean acrylic tanks and she found this
really cool thread about using Mr clean magic eraser.
Gonna try it as soon as I get off work.


http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18091

Thanks for sharing this information, after reading the thread you provided the link for I am going to give this a try!

 

[WA coral]

I have been using them for 3-4 years basicly scince I found them and they work great no ill effects on the tank

 

[Rothany]

Thanks for sharing this information, after reading the thread you provided the link for I am going to give this a try!

No problem!Im just as excited heading to the store now to go get some !

 

[Rothany]

I have been using them for 3-4 years basicly scince I found them and they work great no ill effects on the tank

Good to know thanks for sharing

 

[nwinverts]

Just added a couple of these to this weeks shopping list...Thanks.

 

[gas4544]

I just read the entire thread that you linked us to. I am going to give it a try on my acrylic tank.

g

 

[Chichas01]

more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Eraser

Sounds like a great product.

 

[Rothany]

before

after

Coralline came right off only could get the spots i can cpr fuge is small

 

[DonW]

They are about equal to 4 to 6 K sand paper so they buff while cleaning. You dont see the fine scratching because of the water. Not a bad thing Ive used 6k micro mesh for years to clean my tanks but the magic eraser does dull the acrylic over time and needs to be polished with 12k ever now and again.

Don

 

[SDW]

I tried it on my glass tank, and it seemed to do a pretty good job. I don't know if it was just dirtier than most, but I don't know that it cleaned better than anything else would. It did however, do really good in the corners and did seem to work pretty fast. I liked the results, I'll try it again when the tank is not as dirty.

 

[BCT182]

thats pretty neat stuff. I though for sure they had a chemical in them

 

[scytale]

So glad I found this thread!

Magic Eraser** + Hammerhead magfloat = BEST CLEANER EVER!

I cut the eraser into pieces about 1/2" thick then sandwiched in between the hammerhead magnets--have some really stubborn green algae--it took it right off my glass in 5 swipes!

It usually takes 2-3x more passes (and a heck of a lot of force) with my Kent Stainless blade to do the same thing.

**I bought Safeway-brand "Disposable Erasing Pads" (4 pads/box, and about a dollar less than the Magic Eraser brand name.)