Marius wrote: Yesterday morning I was home alone

Always a dangerous thing to happen!

On a serious note, I enjoyed reading the humour as well as about your efforts. Thanks for sharing.
Groete
Linn

I know why the silicone like your fingers so much, it was drinking the wine with you! :silly:

I found one of my plastic applicators.
I used this one for a larger tank.

It came to me in a dream, the snail.
Floating down from the sky on turps fumes, it spoke: (In the voice of Michael Clarke Duncan).
"Fear not the silicone, young grasshopper" It boomed. "Calm yo'self. Study me, and follow my technique, then build. Build!." It said as it slowly turned and snailed away, leaving a nice, smooth, even line of snail goo.

So I did another one. This time it went a hell of a lot better. For sanding I took an old table frame and cable-tied the drill to it with one of those sanding disks. Sanding by hand took 3 smoke-breaks. This was way, way quicker.




I followed Cascade's advice, but couldn't find a putty knife, so I took some arb card thing that came in the mail and used that instead. I used the round corners, then cut the edges with the corner I angled. The gap on the side is for the hinge.



The result:

YES MAN!!
That looks awesome :thumbsup: , will say, 2nd tank looks much neater and the thin line of silicone also makes the tanks look nicer! :rock
the silicone will dry faster and the smell will dissipate sooner, and you have less cleaning to do.

You have now become a "pro" tank builder! welcome :spider:

Got to love cable ties, they make the dreams of many possible. :laugh:

Yes man that looks awesome. The snail gave you good advice

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