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Posted: September 28 2007 at 8:05pm |
I am going to make a bubble trap in my sumb what is the best way to make the new baffles? ( best means cheep and easy for me :) ) Thanks
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 8:33pm |
I like to make baffles out of acrylic and silicone them in place. Be aware that acrylic swells with water so cut them about 1/8" small. I cut my first set of baffles to be snug in my glass sump and it broke the sump.
Baffles to not need to be water tight and there in not much pressure for the most part in a sump so silicone will work fine even with acrylic/glass.
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 9:16pm |
I had a couple of pieces of glass cut for about $2 a piece at a glass company and then siliconed them in place. It was cheaper than acrylic because I didn't want to buy a big sheet of acrylic and I didn't have the tools to cut acrylic anyway.
And like Scott said, get it cut 1/8" smaller than opening. I had to go back and get another piece cut because I measured wrong. (got it too small)
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 9:34pm |
If there is not going to be any pressure on the baffles, you can get the 1/8" glass cut at Lowes. That is what I used for my bubble trap and race-ways... If there is going to be any pressure I would get at least 3/16" thick.
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 10:48pm |
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There was just a thread about this like a week ago where I posted a link ill see if I can find it...
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 11:45pm |
Fax,
Here is the link you pasted for me. This worked great for me!
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 12:11am |
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There you go. Thanks, Bill!
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 12:29am |
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great thanks guys! I do appreciate the help!
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Posted: November 29 2007 at 3:50pm |
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Makes sense...unlimited possibilities.
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