WARNING: clothes ruined my tank

[newreefers]

I think I just ruined a new tank, while setting up the new glass tank I was wearing a pair of Levi jeans and the rivot on the front pocket of my jeans made contact with the glass tank. I now have about 5 scratches on the tank. all right in a nice row, about 1 1/2 - 2 inches long, of course on the front and very noticable. Is there any way of fixing these????
WARNING: be very careful of wearing jeans or any clothes with anything that could scratch your tank like this while working on it. I never thought of anything like this at all before this happened.

 

[goldrush]

Jewelers rouge might work if the scratches aren't too deep. If you know someone that repairs auto windshields,they have a way of buffing minor scratches. It depends on how deep they are. Good Luck.

 

[bambalamb]

I work at a plant that manufactures auto glass, and regretfully, there is no way to take out deep scratches. For lighter ones, we use a high-speed air powered buffer with a polishing compound. HTH

 

[sebae0]

can you turn the tank around and put he scratches in the back? or is it a rr tank thats drilled?

 

[nas19320]

Yeah I have the same problem in a 90 gallon that I'm not using. When I took the crushed coral out I didn't realize that it was scrathing up the corner where I was scooping it out of. I wish there was a way to get rid of the scratches.