painting the inside of my tank!?

[Jake1]

Hi,
I was just wondering if this could be done. I have just finished building a corner overflow for my tank. unfortunatly it blew my mind to get colored arcylic. So now I have a clear overflow. Can I paint the overflow somehow? Thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

I've painted an overflow before. Make sure it is a indoor outdoor acrylic latex paint. After you have let it dry and cure for 48 hours cover the entire painted section with a 100% clear silicon. Just to be on the safe side let the silicon cure for 48 hours also. After that your good to go.

 

[Mogo]

I painted the return pipe elbow from my surge tank black with Melamine paint by Varathane. When dry and cured it turns to a plastic coating.

I painted the pipe, let it dry for 48 hours. Then I threw it into my pool for a week. As a final test I then threw it into a fw aquarium to test for fish stress (none) for another week. Then I put it ito place in the SW tank. No ill effects. But because I think the stuff could leach nasties for a while I can't recommend it. Also, this is a 2" 90 degree elbow in a 140 tank. Relatively little exposure. Looks great though.

 

[Enzo]

How would you put silicone all over the paint? I would guess you would paint the inside of the corner overflow. Also, is using melamine to much of a risk?, could I put epoxy over the melamine. By the way I posted the message for jake up above, i'm helping him out with his tank.

 

[Anonymous]

What about marine grade paints and varnishes? The person to ask about THAT would be knucklehead, IIRC he's a ... what's it called? A boatswain?

 

[Enzo]

If I'm going for a bluer paint, do you know what marine paint I should get, and should I finish it, I think I need someone to walk me through this whole thing. Would I just use the marine paint only, no finsihes or epoxy? I need to know exactly what brand and name of paint, and how to do it. I'm paint retarded. Thanks