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Old 11-12-2008, 11:04 PM
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Question Paint.

Just wondering what type of paint people use for the back of their tanks????

I am resetting up my 45 G FW and am debating between a back drop with the SEE Veiw stuff. or a painted back.

just wondering if there are specific things in the paint to look for to make it bond to the glass? or make sure if some spills FW/SW happen it wont remove paint?

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Old 11-12-2008, 11:07 PM
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Ive always used krylon fusion. Found at CT.
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Old 11-12-2008, 11:17 PM
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krylon fusion
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Old 11-12-2008, 11:19 PM
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I use krylon Fusion as well
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Old 11-13-2008, 12:20 AM
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thanks guess its tough to argue with those 3 consecutve replys.
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Old 11-13-2008, 12:23 AM
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very thin even coats will give you the best resalt... oh and tape and paper off everything you dont want painted
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Sign vinyl works pretty good and I speculate may be easier to remove.
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Default Arborite

HI I picked up a piece of black arborite from Revy for $5 it works great. The thing is it comes in lots of colours ,tough and if I want its easy to change the colour.

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