Polished up the reflectors today

njsurfcaster · 01/17/2010, 05:37 PM

I took the fixture off the tank today and cleaned down the reflectors and polished them up with Brasso. Wow! That stuff works great.

Sisterlimonpot · 01/17/2010, 05:42 PM

Did you by chance test the par values before and after?

pecdo · 01/17/2010, 05:54 PM

some metal polishes leave an almost invisable residue to inhibit further tranishing. Not sure if brasso does. You may find the reflect quickly starts to accumlate a thin opaque film if it does.

njsurfcaster · 01/17/2010, 07:12 PM

No PAR meter yet. Sorry.

Jstdv8 · 01/17/2010, 10:24 PM

that looks great. I have a lense on mine that accumulates most of the gunk, hard to wash though becuase its pretty flexible. I have to take it out of the T% fixture to clean it. No big deal, jsut think the manufacturer could ahve used a thicker piece of plexi

01/17/2010, 05:37 PM	#1
njsurfcaster Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 109	Polished up the reflectors today I took the fixture off the tank today and cleaned down the reflectors and polished them up with Brasso. Wow! That stuff works great.

01/17/2010, 05:42 PM	#2
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	Did you by chance test the par values before and after? __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

01/17/2010, 05:54 PM	#3
pecdo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 51	some metal polishes leave an almost invisable residue to inhibit further tranishing. Not sure if brasso does. You may find the reflect quickly starts to accumlate a thin opaque film if it does.

01/17/2010, 07:12 PM	#4
njsurfcaster Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 109	No PAR meter yet. Sorry.

01/17/2010, 10:24 PM	#5
Jstdv8 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wasilla, Alaska Posts: 1,420	that looks great. I have a lense on mine that accumulates most of the gunk, hard to wash though becuase its pretty flexible. I have to take it out of the T% fixture to clean it. No big deal, jsut think the manufacturer could ahve used a thicker piece of plexi