Redo of bulkheads

[Doug]

How hard is it to clean the silicone and replace bulkheads?

[kien]

If they are siliconed into the tank then that's going to take some serious elbow greese to unscrew. Once/if you manage to unscrew them, replacing them should be as easy as going to the store and buying a new one :-)

.. oh, and a bit of scraping of the old silicone which is fairly easy too. I would not reuse the old bulkheads myself.

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

You should never have silicone around the bulkhead...but as soon as the bulkhead is removed the silicone should be easily pealed off.As for the bulkhead and the rubber ring its best to clean in vinegar bath prior to reusing.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by kien

If they are siliconed into the tank then that's going to take some serious elbow greese to unscrew.

Yes they are siliconed. Not sure how much on their two but covered in black.

Originally Posted by eli@fijireefrock.com

You should never have silicone around the bulkhead...but as soon as the bulkhead is removed the silicone should be easily pealed off.As for the bulkhead and the rubber ring its best to clean in vinegar bath prior to reusing.

Eli, I always silicone the nut side and I do put a seal around the gasket after installed, just to protect the gasket. I dont trust their seals with no silicone.


Anyways, they are. I dont care about their two. They going in the garbage and replacing with the correct white pvc models, so I can plump my drains correct. The new one I drilled in the back will stay, as its done right....................................cause I did it.

Do you guys clean with vinegar after blading the silicone off?


The hardest part will be cleaning my overflow glass, unless I chuck it to and get new.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Doug

Do you guys clean with vinegar after blading the silicone off?


The hardest part will be cleaning my overflow glass, unless I chuck it to and get new.

Do you mean cleaning the glass? Ya, I clean with a bit of acetate, water, vineager, lather, rinse, repeat.

[Skimmerking]

Doug do I need to come up there and help plumb that tank of yours

[Doug]

Originally Posted by kien

Do you mean cleaning the glass? Ya, I clean with a bit of acetate, water, vineager, lather, rinse, repeat.

Ok Thanks

Originally Posted by Skimmer King

Doug do I need to come up there and help plumb that tank of yours

No, as usual I screwed it up already..

[Doug]

Ummmmm, if you remember Mike, Im not too good at getting the glass to separate with a blade.

However, ..............I did manage to get a couple of fingers to open up a bit.....................

[Doug]

Ha. Everything is removed. Fingers bandaged. Lots of scraping and cleaning now.

[Doug]

So Im shopping this morning and get the finger that I sliced last night in the holes in the cart, bent it and yay, bleeding again. What a klutz.