Painting back of tank ?

[westreefer]

Was wondering what everyone uses to paint the back of their tanks ?
Looking to use a royal blue color, I'm wondering what the best way would
be to go about it.

thks
west

 

[SlamaJama]

i did a 2 tone spray paint job, i graduated the colors so it looked like underwater...2-3 coats should do u with a sealer to prevent scratches..gl

 

[westreefer]

Thks,
That sounds like some paint job )

 

[pmui]

i just brushed it on, with several coats. The paint finish does not matter because your look at it through glass.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i used latex rustoleum in black u can get it in blue to... use a 4" sponge roller apply 6-7 layers and it looks awesome....

 

[drunktank]

i used window tint incase i want to change the color later on, and it was cheap and took 3mins to put on.

 

[herman]

i used window tint incase i want to change the color later on, and it was cheap and took 3mins to put on.

Ditto here. The best way to go. Plus it does not devalue your tank. Any car tuning store will have it.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

neither does painting it with that latex paint... it peels right off....

but the tint is a good idea....

 

[Dace]

i used latex rustoleum in black u can get it in blue to... use a 4" sponge roller apply 6-7 layers and it looks awesome....

this is the best option in my opinion.. if you go with the spray paint i hope you do it outside the house. made that mistake after laying down brand new maple floors in my house and put a drop clothe and it still managed to drift all over the room. it looked good though but the rollon is just neater to apply

 

[westreefer]

thks guys,
Never thought about window tint, Cool idea.
I was trying to stay away from spray painting it.
I think I will look into both the tint and rolling it on.
thks again.


west -

 

[Awibrandy]

Hi West, I used rustoleum royal blue. I rolled it on with the "ROLLERLite" rollers. They are 6-1/2" very thin, the paint goes on very smooth. I gave mine 2 to 3 coats. To me it looks great. By the way, the handle that is sold for them is a long handle so it was pretty easy to get in between the wall and tank when I painted the old one. The latest I painted before it came in the house. Both came out really nice. No brush stroke marks.
I picked mine up at HomeDepot.
Best of wishes,
Awilda

 

[cali_reef]

I don't think window tint comes in royal blue

Get some royal blue contact paper from target or Walmart, apply it like you would with tint paper.

 

[nycmat]

i have royal blue. 3 coats of spay paint and then 3 coats of black on the back of it makes it stand out nice. not telling you what to do but that is how mine was done and it is nice

 

[meschaefer]

I spray painted mine. If you can get outside to do the painting it is much easier than using a roller.

If you do use a roller, you can place the roller in a ziplock bag between coats without having to clean it. I You can leave the roller in the bag for at least a week between coats if not longer. painted the interior of my house this way. I used five different colors when painting, and had five rollers all lined up neatly in ziplock bags on the table in my basement.

Line the pan with tin foil, so you can just throw that out as well.

 

[Craig]

I second Scoot's method. Looks great, is durable yet not permanent and cost less than $4