I just bought a 3 month old Red Sea Peninsula 500 for less than half price - the seller wanted it gone ASAP. It was one of the best finds for me in this hobby, so I am thrilled. In order to get the cabinet into my basement, I had to disassemble it. During the disassembly I noticed the following issues with salt creep:
1 - on the sump side, the door hinges were beginning to rust.
2 - the seams between the plywood pieces had a ton of salt creep through them - going all the way through to the bottom and back of the cabinet
3- in some corners, the laminate on the interior panels had also separated by just a hair(really disappointing that Red Sea does not use epoxy coating throughout but instead just on the doors) and there was salt creep there as well.
All this after only 3 months of use. I can only imagine what things will be like in 2 years.
To lengthen the life of the cabinet I was thinking I should do some sealing. I am planning on running a bead of silicon on every interior seam. Also thinking of covering the hinges with Vaseline. Any potential issues with either?
Anything else you do to protect your plywood cabinets against salt creep?
1 - on the sump side, the door hinges were beginning to rust.
2 - the seams between the plywood pieces had a ton of salt creep through them - going all the way through to the bottom and back of the cabinet
3- in some corners, the laminate on the interior panels had also separated by just a hair(really disappointing that Red Sea does not use epoxy coating throughout but instead just on the doors) and there was salt creep there as well.
All this after only 3 months of use. I can only imagine what things will be like in 2 years.
To lengthen the life of the cabinet I was thinking I should do some sealing. I am planning on running a bead of silicon on every interior seam. Also thinking of covering the hinges with Vaseline. Any potential issues with either?
Anything else you do to protect your plywood cabinets against salt creep?