Safe paint for in tank?

[danferd2002]

I have used krylon fusion in the past to paint overflows, and such in the tank, but i cant find it anymore. The only thing i can find around here is made by rustoleum, is called special plastic, and im not sure if its safe or not. Has anyone used this before?

 

[thor32766]

You dont have a kmart or ace hardware ?

 

[thor32766]

go to the krylon website and it will tell you all the reatilers in your area.

 

[awestruck]

You can paint the INSIDE of a tank? Wow, I didn't know that. What kind of paint is it again?

 

[xtm]

I used the Rustoleum spray paint for plastic (painted my acrylic overflow) and I can vouch for it 100% that it IS OKAY. I've had it in the tank for approx 2 months now.

BTW, I let mine dry for about 3 days before I used it in the tank. For acrylic, I had to do 3 recoats

hope that helped

 

[awestruck]

Thanks for the information!

 

[danferd2002]

Thanks xtm, good to know its safe.

 

[bobbet43]

you can also look in a hobby store for krylon fusion

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

What makes the paint safe? Is there something is has to not have? I know that is what it is with the pvc glue, there is a special chemical it can't have (can't remember it off the top of my head). But I want to paint my returns, so krylon fusion and rustoleum plastic paint is safe for reefs, any others?

 

[awestruck]

Wouldn't there be a problem with taking off the paint when you scrape off coralline algae? If the paint got scratched and partially peeled the tank would end up looking kinda bad.