Sanding old plastic

[PacoPetty]

I am refurbishing a 180 gallon reef tank. I have removed the tower overflows and I am resealing it. The bottom and top trim are in rough shape and I would love to sand them with some 3000 grit sandpaper. Has anyone here done this or do you have a better way to refurbish the tank frames?

 

[glb]

Is that plastic? If so I would think you could sand them a bit then spray paint them.

 

[theatrus]

I am refurbishing a 180 gallon reef tank. I have removed the tower overflows and I am resealing it. The bottom and top trim are in rough shape and I would love to sand them with some 3000 grit sandpaper. Has anyone here done this or do you have a better way to refurbish the tank frames?

Wet sand and then some Novus plastic polish. Looks like that bulkhead was a bit too close to the plastic frame

 

[PacoPetty]

Wet sand and then some Novus plastic polish. Looks like that bulkhead was a bit too close to the plastic frame

I have no idea who drilled the tank but I have never seen bulkheads where they actually cut in to the trim around the tank. I will wet sand the plastic and then use the polish you recommended. Thank you so much!

 

[PacoPetty]

Is that plastic? If so I would think you could sand them a bit then spray paint them.

It is black plastic.

 

[glb]

It is black plastic.

I’ve used that spray paint that bonds with plastic for anything that won’t touch water. It looks nice. Here’s my sump, with the plastic painted blue

 

[PacoPetty]

I’ve used that spray paint that bonds with plastic for anything that won’t touch water. It looks nice. Here’s my sump, with the plastic painted blue

That looks amazing!