+Hydro Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 not gonna say it...not gonna say it. I know...I know.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 See that was the problem. You never told us you had black overflows. I would have said black too. I had glass overflows so it basically disappeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medi Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 So I found a really nice navy blue and I painted the back and sides of the tank, looked awesome until I put in the 2 black overflow covers in there. The black overflows against the blue paint did not look good and was very noticable. So....I scraped off all of the blue paint and repainted with a semi gloss pure black. Including the time picking paint, having it mixed twice, 2 coats of blue, scraping it all off, 2 coats of black, I wasted a lot of time.... whoa....that's a lot of scraping. I am going with black on my new tank for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 See that was the problem. You never told us you had black overflows. I would have said black too. I had glass overflows so it basically disappeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I VOTED black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadodge Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 ya i agree black as well thats what i did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hydro Posted May 15, 2010 Author Share Posted May 15, 2010 See that was the problem. You never told us you had black overflows. I would have said black too. I had glass overflows so it basically disappeared. I didn't even think about it until we installed the covers, as soon as we did I realized that blue wouldn't work. It actually scraped off fairly easy, I have some razorblade floor scrapers that are about 6" wide, they made short work of the paint removal. No big deal, was more of a pain in the a** to go and get more paint. The black semi-gloss looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grog Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Do y'all recommend using spray paint for painting the back? That OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Do y'all recommend using spray paint for painting the back? That OK? Hydro used a oil based semi-gloss exterior, I've used the high temp spray paint for BBQ's but haven't tried taking it off which may be more difficult than with what Hydro used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grog Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Thanks, so, no worries about residual 'degassing' from spray paint? (And yes, I'm painting the outside of the glass LOL) Spray paint can smell for quite a while after drying, made me wonder what it may be putting into the air and I'm not wanting to cause any undue stress on the tank critters. But if it is OK, I'll go that route. Should be several weeks between painting and using the tank. And I will probably go with black paint. My 33g tank comes in on Thursday. I get to start a new build then. I'll even be good and make a build thread. Oh, and sorry for the tread necro. I just try to avoid making a new thread for an old topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannerfish Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 My black background looks blueish when i have my blue leds on higher than the whites. I prefer black, but one time i saw someone paint waves and use diff shades of darker blues. It was really neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaarrrggg Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Black! Oh ****... too late... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesreyn Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Black krylon fusion is what I used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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