Built-in Overflow Problem

Pszemol wrote:
How long are the vertical cuts between teeth ?
Maybe you will be able to cover bottom part of comb on
its whole lenght with a stripe of black plastic - this way
it will look better than pluging each tooth separatelly.
Each cut will be shortened this way and water level will
be lifted up.

I was going to block off two sides and leave the front (each has 4
teeth) using a piece of black plastic. What I can't figure out how to do
is stick the plastic to the overflow without using glue or silicone
since I want it to be easily removable.

"Jerry Baker" wrote in message news:R2GRg.1424$422.319@trnddc03...
Pszemol wrote:
How long are the vertical cuts between teeth ?
Maybe you will be able to cover bottom part of comb on
its whole lenght with a stripe of black plastic - this way
it will look better than pluging each tooth separatelly.
Each cut will be shortened this way and water level will
be lifted up.

I was going to block off two sides and leave the front (each has 4
teeth) using a piece of black plastic. What I can't figure out how to do
is stick the plastic to the overflow without using glue or silicone
since I want it to be easily removable.

Just two drops of aquarium silicone glue should hold it in place...

Jerry Baker wrote:

What I can't figure out how to do
is stick the plastic to the overflow without using glue or silicone
since I want it to be easily removable.

Head down to your local hardware store and pick up a few nylon machine screws
small enough to fit through the slots in your overflow. Drill your new black
plastic in locations that match the slots and run the screws through the plastic
and slots to hold the plastic panels in place.

George Patterson
All successes in conservation are temporary. All defeats are permanent.

George Patterson wrote:
Head down to your local hardware store and pick up a few nylon machine
screws small enough to fit through the slots in your overflow. Drill
your new black plastic in locations that match the slots and run the
screws through the plastic and slots to hold the plastic panels in place.

Now there's a big duh! Thanks for the tip.

"George Patterson" wrote in message news:QgHRg.1438$422.1197@trnddc03...
Head down to your local hardware store and pick up a few nylon machine screws
small enough to fit through the slots in your overflow. Drill your new black
plastic in locations that match the slots and run the screws through the plastic
and slots to hold the plastic panels in place.

Screws underwater might look too "technical" and not pretty.
Glue is more concealed.

Pszemol wrote:
Screws underwater might look too "technical" and not pretty.
Glue is more concealed.

Scraping glue off of the inside of an overflow is not something I want
to be doing though.

"Jerry Baker" wrote in message news:HgTRg.2552$422.2051@trnddc03...
Pszemol wrote:
Screws underwater might look too "technical" and not pretty.
Glue is more concealed.

Scraping glue off of the inside of an overflow is not something I want
to be doing though.

Aesthetics are up to you, but silicone does not stick to the plastic
as well as it does to glass, so scraping two drops off does not
present too much of a challenge. If you like screws - go for it...
I have seen white nylon screws, but black ones are less common
so I did not even mentioned screw solution before for that reason.