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    Glass Tank Insulation

    Well yesterday I finally had some time to work on the tank!!

    *I cleaned the tank out first
    *Prepped the tank with painters tape (I prepped 3 sides)
    *Spray painted the sides with Flat Black paint
    *After drying; used double sided tape and put a layer of aluminum foil down followed by foam board

    Super simple... just took me awhile because i wanted everything to line up nicely!!!!

    oh yeah.... does anyone have a solution for water spots that would be non toxic??? as you can see in the last pic I cant get them removed









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    Re: Glass Tank Insulation

    For water spots, soak the area of the tank in white distilled vinegar and use a scrubby side of a sponge and they should come right off.
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    Re: Glass Tank Insulation

    Don't know if you can get it where you are but this stuff called CLR helps get rid of calcium build up. Just rinse well afterwards

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    Re: Glass Tank Insulation

    if not you can also order clr on line. they also have commercials all of the time for all of the products they have. i cleaned mine with 5 gallons of water with 5% bleach mixed. then dried it with newspaper now its spot free.



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    Re: Glass Tank Insulation

    vinegar and a paper towel have worked for me. A streak free window cleaner with amonia would work, just air it out very well.

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