Painting back of tank
- Thread starter HBreefer
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I've never done this to an aquarium but my experience with other glossy materials makes me tell you do do as much cleaning and prep as possible. Assuming that you are not planning to rough-up the surface you may want to look into an adhesion promoter. Lowe's or an auto parts store *should* have what you need to paint glass but I'd do some research on the paints resistance to salt since this is in an unusual environment and you don't want to touch it up once you get it setup.
it's kind of hard to do... i used acrylic paint... since it goes on really thick and doesn't run... but be carefull after handleing the tank because you can peel it off easily... but maybe someone else has a better way...
also... on march's tropical fish magazine... i think... they talked about how painting the sides on a tank actually affects the way the light hets stuff... like if you're building a frag tank it would cut down on how the light reflects off the glass as a prizm affect and bounces off... i don't know... but it was interesting...
also... on march's tropical fish magazine... i think... they talked about how painting the sides on a tank actually affects the way the light hets stuff... like if you're building a frag tank it would cut down on how the light reflects off the glass as a prizm affect and bounces off... i don't know... but it was interesting...
I used Rustoleum flat black primer paint. I used the roll on type and not the spray because I painted the tank inside my house,plus over spray with spray paint can make a bigger mess(more prep time). I cleaned the glass surface to be painted real well with rubbing alcohol and scraped with a razor blade to remove any imperfections,masked and rolled on the paint. I did around four or five coats for better thickness. Have not had any problems.
