It is possible to decorate a house aquarium in different ways. One of options is gluing of a decorative plastic background on a back wall of an aquarium. If you got a background without special glue layer, it is possible to attach it by means of the following receptions.
It is required to you
- Decorative background;
- aquarium;
- scissors;
- adhesive tape;
- glycerin;
- pallet;
- silicone sealant.
Instruction
1. In independence of in what way you will fix background ornament, it is necessary to clean a glass surface of an aquarium previously. It can be done about the help of a scouring sponge and means for purification of glasses. Carefully wipe glass, removing dust and stains.
2. The simplest option is to paste a flexible background to a back wall of an aquarium adhesive tape pieces. The background picture needs to be bought with a stock. It has to be more from all directions on several centimeters. In house conditions you will be able to cut off a background to the necessary size by means of scissors. Apply a background to an aquarium and align it to the top. At first fix by an adhesive tape the top part of a background. And then, accurately smoothing a background, paste on each side and from below. Such way of fastening has a shortcoming. Accidentally appeared drops of water can get to space between a background and a wall of an aquarium. In damp places the background will adjoin stronger to glass. It will worsen visual perception of an aquarium.
3. More reliable way to fix a flexible background is to paste it by means of glycerin. It is possible to get it in pharmacy. Instead of glycerin it is possible to take any mineral oil. Take a background and paste it an adhesive tape for one edge. Apply glycerin on a back wall of an aquarium. For these purposes it is possible to use a brush, but it is better to apply glycerin with hands as the brush can leave dust and fibers. On the missed the mark wall begin to impose a background step by step. By means of the pallet smooth roughnesses and expel vials of air from under a background. The pallet it is possible to replace with the plastic card. Wipe the surplus of glycerin leaving at the edges a dry rag. Upon termination of the procedure fix the remained edges of a background by an adhesive tape.
4. The background from more dense material can be pasted on an internal surface of an aquarium by means of silicone sealant. Such background will keep long time juiciness of paints thanks to the inertness to water. For its connection with glass sealant will be ideal for gluing of aquariums.