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So did she...I did not really send that did I? From: brenthartwig@hotmail.com To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] The Trouble with Bubbles Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:38:25 -0700 Say that three times fast after three shots of rum. ;)' Frank I need to correct myself. I should say that a couple of good polished on coats of Rain X should do the trick on acrylic. This guess is based on my applying one light coat to the front interior glass panel of a 10 gallon aquarium that had been dry for a long time. I had always noticed that when I first set up a new aquarium or one that had been dry for some time that I had to wipe off the tiny bubbles. I think he tiny bubbles hold on to tiny voids and/or imperfections in the glass surface that the Rain X smooths over. http://www.frappr.com/?a=viewphoto&id=4001713&pid=7686344 I've seen a whipper to clean algae and other things off a dome for a submersible research station. So you could do some thing like that as well, but that would require a thru hull and I suspect that Rain-X will do the trick. Another option that might work better is a couple of water jets that blow water at the surface you want the bubbles to be removed from. Ben from the Bionic Dolphin has a friend that works for the company that makes Rain-X, and he said he would get back to me months ago as to what his friend said about whether Rain-X would damage acrylic or not. I know MEK makes the surface all pretty. ;)' Ya don't use MEK. NEVER EVER I saw that picture of the submersible research station in the Stachiw book last night. Yep you heard me right I'm reading the Stachiw book. How cool is that. I figured we could have a ticker take parade. with mermaids and all. Some how I thought it would be bigger. Your resident bubble dreamer ;)' Regards, Szybowski From: brenthartwig@hotmail.com To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] All Clear Acrylic K-250 & K-350 MBT's Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 11:51:48 -0700 I know a couple of good polished on coats of Rain X will do the trick pretty well. I'll have to ask Karl what he does on Idabel's outer clear front MBT. I don't know why tiny bubbles on a outer, free flooding acrylic surface, would be any more of a problem then any outer surface of a acrylic viewport. Your resident pipe dreamer ;)' Regards, Szybowski From: ShellyDalg@aol.com Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 13:50:11 -0400 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] All Clear Acrylic K-250 & K-350 MBT's To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org One problem was the tiny bubbles cloud the exterior plexi shield/dome/mbt Frank D. Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. See Now |