Which Rustoleum spray paint for back of tank?

[heuerfan]

Want to paint the back of my new tank black, so many choices, can someone reccomend one to me?

Also, i thinking about using flat black, apparently dries faster and will look the same from the inside of the tank. Any thoughts on this?

Thanks,
Steven

Here's the site,
http://www.rustoleum.com/

 

[kris]

Steven
Flat black latex works fine. Just roller or brush, no need to worry about over spray. What size tank?

 

[heuerfan]

125 (72x18x22), worried about latex peeling?

 

[kris]

Nope. Sticks well to glass. 125... nice, room for more wrasses:goldfish2

 

[scarf_ace1981]

rock on steven.

 

[xxnonamexx]

I painted my 120gal with Latex Rustoleum paint Navy Blue and The entire paint peeled off completely. I cleaned it really well and used water to confirm it was completely clean of any solvents and dried it good. The first coat went on good the 3rd was better. I ended up putting 5 coats to finish up the can and when I went to peel the tape off the entire backing came with it.

 

[cali_reef]

Use black kitchen contact paper, you can get a large roll for like $6 at Target. You can also buy black vinyl decal paper from sign stores for a little more. Spray water mist on the tank surface and start on one end and work your way to the other end with a small rubber squeegee to get the air bubbles out, kind of like putting car tint paper on.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i used latex rustoleum on my 75 gallon and would def. use it again on any other tank... just make sure the glass is cleaned really well and then dried... then do ur 5 -7 coats and u got urself a nice clean background

 

[xxnonamexx]

Did you use flat paint or semi gloss? I used Rustoleum latex. I made sure my tank was clean and dry. I applied the 5 coats and don't understand how it did not stay on. Is there a clear I should put on first? Thanks

 

[marrone]

I just painted the back of my tank with Rustoleum latex flat, put about 3-4 coats with a roller and didn't have any problems with it peeling off. I did the same thing with a tank in 1993 and the paint is still on it without any problems.

 

[jasno999]

I think that I used semi-gloss blue on the back of my tank. I an not 100% sure but I don't think it was a latex paint. Either way it has held up great for the past 2 years.

Oh and I used a spray can. I did two seperate coatings and it came out fantastic.

 

[Reefer420]

i used the navy blue latex rustoleam - almost 2 years later it still looks great! I like the way the navy makes the colors pop w/o the typical flat black background...