disintegratus
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So I purchased a second hand glass terrarium, it needs new doors.
I measured it up, got them cut, but one of the doors is about 1.5mm too small to fit in the tracks, it just sits in there but if you so much as look at it the wrong way it falls out.
The glass man tells me there's a 2mm leeway on glass, so I could get a new door cut, but I'd have to pay for it. He said it was strange that one fits (it's actually a bit difficult to get it into the track) so I had a look at the track, and it turns out whoever made it used two bottom tracks instead of a top and a bottom. So I need to find a way to make one of the bottom tracks about 1mm higher. I was thinking I'd I run a very thin bead of silicone into the track and smooth it out with a cotton bud. Would that work? Would the glad all slide? Or could you guys give me better ideas, preferably that don't result in me getting another piece of glass cut.
I also thought about cutting the top track off and re-siliconing it with a bit more silicone, but that's proving difficult because aside from using two bottom tracks, it's a very well made tank.
I measured it up, got them cut, but one of the doors is about 1.5mm too small to fit in the tracks, it just sits in there but if you so much as look at it the wrong way it falls out.
The glass man tells me there's a 2mm leeway on glass, so I could get a new door cut, but I'd have to pay for it. He said it was strange that one fits (it's actually a bit difficult to get it into the track) so I had a look at the track, and it turns out whoever made it used two bottom tracks instead of a top and a bottom. So I need to find a way to make one of the bottom tracks about 1mm higher. I was thinking I'd I run a very thin bead of silicone into the track and smooth it out with a cotton bud. Would that work? Would the glad all slide? Or could you guys give me better ideas, preferably that don't result in me getting another piece of glass cut.
I also thought about cutting the top track off and re-siliconing it with a bit more silicone, but that's proving difficult because aside from using two bottom tracks, it's a very well made tank.