Painting Tanks

Yarr · 05-17-2006, 04:59 AM

Ok.. i painted the back of my 100Gal and really like to colour... point to note for anyone attempting to do the same.. the colour youchose won tbe the same colour that u see in the tank. lighting. refraction through the water and other stuff will all affect the end result. anyhow....

I used an acrylic paint on it and now i have some salt startign to creep under it. really annoying but i had a feelign this would happen. using an enamal paint would hav ebeen better iv ebeen told but then u have problems with it sticking to the glass itself. Ther is a product that is like etch primer but i was a bit skeptical about using it, and not entirely sure if u wouldnt get the same salt problem.

anyone have any more experience on this than me.. ?? ? ??

R.yumaDaddy? · 05-17-2006, 06:29 AM

I just use spray paint, but on a glass tank, with no problems. Use like 3-4 coats.

Witfull · 05-17-2006, 06:49 AM

same here,,,spray paint cleans up easy with a razor~

Yarr · 05-17-2006, 07:45 AM

enamal based spray paint ? and... how do u prepare the glass. just wipe it over with metho ?

R.yumaDaddy? · 05-17-2006, 08:05 AM

Yeah, whatever the regular cheap stuff is. I use a spray glass cleaner to prep. It also helps to have a bright light on hand to check for missed areas like spots or flecks.

Yarr · 05-17-2006, 08:17 AM

hm.. intersting.. now i wonder how i will do it in my living room with white everything without getting overspray everywhere

/me gets flashbacks to when he sprayed his car.... ick

Woodstock · 05-17-2006, 08:35 AM

LOL! Good luck with that!

Witfull · 05-17-2006, 08:54 AM

lots and lots of newspaper~~

05-17-2006, 04:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Yarr Neon dottyback Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 605 View Gallery Karma Komment	Painting Tanks Ok.. i painted the back of my 100Gal and really like to colour... point to note for anyone attempting to do the same.. the colour youchose won tbe the same colour that u see in the tank. lighting. refraction through the water and other stuff will all affect the end result. anyhow.... I used an acrylic paint on it and now i have some salt startign to creep under it. really annoying but i had a feelign this would happen. using an enamal paint would hav ebeen better iv ebeen told but then u have problems with it sticking to the glass itself. Ther is a product that is like etch primer but i was a bit skeptical about using it, and not entirely sure if u wouldnt get the same salt problem. anyone have any more experience on this than me.. ?? ? ?? __________________ updating

05-17-2006, 06:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
R.yumaDaddy? Torch coral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Easton, PA Posts: 513 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Painting Tanks I just use spray paint, but on a glass tank, with no problems. Use like 3-4 coats. __________________ The early bird gets the worm, but what about the early worm?

05-17-2006, 07:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
Yarr Neon dottyback Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 605 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Painting Tanks enamal based spray paint ? and... how do u prepare the glass. just wipe it over with metho ? __________________ updating

05-17-2006, 08:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
R.yumaDaddy? Torch coral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Easton, PA Posts: 513 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Painting Tanks Yeah, whatever the regular cheap stuff is. I use a spray glass cleaner to prep. It also helps to have a bright light on hand to check for missed areas like spots or flecks. __________________ The early bird gets the worm, but what about the early worm?

05-17-2006, 08:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
Yarr Neon dottyback Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 605 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Painting Tanks hm.. intersting.. now i wonder how i will do it in my living room with white everything without getting overspray everywhere /me gets flashbacks to when he sprayed his car.... ick __________________ updating

05-17-2006, 08:35 AM	#7 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 23,199 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Painting Tanks LOL! Good luck with that! __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My QT/Hospital Tank* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MHs, dual Geiseman Actinic T5s,Neptune AC III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

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