how can you get silicone off?

[Phreek]

without scratching glass, and without a gunky ugly messy residue?cnfzd:

 

[glampka]

Only way I know how is to VERY CAREFULLY use a razor blade. Once the stuff is cured, it's tough to get off with anything else. You might try using a heat gun (hair dryer) to soften it up a bit.

 

[lcstorc]

Credit card.
Just like you would the razor blade but less likely to scratch.

 

[r2d2]

Razor blade or knife (same thing). I recently modify my sump and remove a lot of silicone this way. Very fast once you get it. No problem with scratches.
Greetings

 

[sasquatch]

can you believe it? Liquid silicon dissolver? most hardware stores carry it for removing silicon around showers, its GREAT!

 

[lcstorc]

Leave it to you.

 

[Jeremy0322]

can you believe it? Liquid silicon dissolver? most hardware stores carry it for removing silicon around showers, its GREAT!

how much does something such as this cost, and is it runny, cause i can see it causing a problem running onto the seams of the tank, which is a HORRIBLE outcome.

 

[sasquatch]

how much does something such as this cost, and is it runny, cause i can see it causing a problem running onto the seams of the tank, which is a HORRIBLE outcome.

comes in gel form. Ive used it to strip seals and its never gotten between the panels.

 

[sasquatch]

Leave it to you.

old age and advanced weaponry Lynn. Im looking forward to decrepitude just so I can justify a shotgun walking stick lol

 

[Phreek]

thanks sasquatch. and thanks everyone else, if this silicon dissolver works so well how come nobody else uses it? im sure it isnt very safe to use for aquariums

 

[lcstorc]

I have no personal knowledge and have never found the need to remove silicone but personally I would trust Sas.
(Be careful with that walking stick Sas. You might shoot yourself in your big hairy foot.)

 

[Phreek]

well lynn theres plenty of things i do that nobody else does, and i trust him, was just curious about it

 

[lcstorc]

Is this part of the "secret"?

 

[sasquatch]

thanks sasquatch. and thanks everyone else, if this silicon dissolver works so well how come nobody else uses it? im sure it isnt very safe to use for aquariums

Must be from Missouri! lol Here ya go
ACE Hardware

 

[sasquatch]

I have no personal knowledge and have never found the need to remove silicone but personally I would trust Sas.
(Be careful with that walking stick Sas. You might shoot yourself in your big hairy foot.)

lol, I do that quite often, or is that foot in my mouff? :faces: besides the skimmer people have been acting out again and forced me to build them a new tank sheesh!

 

[lcstorc]

I just had to build a frag tank to keep mine from getting too restless.

 

[sasquatch]

I just had to build a frag tank to keep mine from getting too restless.

your skimmer people are weak lol