Has anybody painted a rubbermaid stock tank? I can't find anything about it. I would like to paint the inside of my stock tank with a light color so I would have a better view. I've painted filter pipes and smaller stuff with krylon but this is a huge surface area. The black just seems to suck up all the light.
Painting inside a rubbermaid stock tank?
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Rubbermaid tanks are made from polypropylene, most paints won't adhere to it. You may be able to find a specialty primer/paint that will work, but whether it would be fish-safe is another question.
I found this by searching "painting polypropylene" on google:
PP & PE are polyolefin plastic with waxlike surface. The paintability of these types of plastic is no good at tall. For PP, a primer-promoter coating is required. Bayer or Nippon Paint may supply
I found this by searching "painting polypropylene" on google:
PP & PE are polyolefin plastic with waxlike surface. The paintability of these types of plastic is no good at tall. For PP, a primer-promoter coating is required. Bayer or Nippon Paint may supply
zick;5138828; said:
I'm sure you are right, then - I just searched to see and found this from another fish forum:
http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22121
Shouldn't always believe what you read on the internet...
I have a feeling that HDPE doesn't paint very well, either. Krylon Fusion claims to adhere well to plastic and seems to be fish-safe (I've used it in my tank). It could take a lot of cans to get a good coverage on a stock tank, depending on how big it is.
Dan F;5138865; said:I'm sure you are right, then - I just searched to see and found this from another fish forum:
http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22121
Shouldn't always believe what you read on the internet...
I have a feeling that HDPE doesn't paint very well, either. Krylon Fusion claims to adhere well to plastic and seems to be fish-safe (I've used it in my tank). It could take a lot of cans to get a good coverage on a stock tank, depending on how big it is.
Just trying to help out.
I found that too but wasn't sure so we decided to double check. btw, this is the email that we got from them.
Rubbermaid Commercial would like to thank you for your inquiry
and apologize for any inconvenience.
The stock tanks are made with High Density Polyethylene. The material,
however does not take well to patching or adheading any epoxy or other
standard adhesives.
If we may be of further assistance please call customer service @ 800
347 9800.
Thank you,
Michelle Dunn
Newell Rubbermaid Commercial Products
3124 Valley Ave
Winchester, VA 22601
Toll Free: 800 347 9800 Opt 1
Fax: 800 321 3291
Hello; I am thinking you have a plastic rubbermaid tub with opaque sides and want to lighten the view from above. Perhaps you could line the tub with white plastic sheeting, say white garbage bags or some other light colored palstic sheeting.
I'm sure there is a product that will adhere to because they write Rubbermaid on it. Whether or not krylon will adhere is easy to test, I just wonder if that much is still fish safe. Its a lot of surface area (300 gallon) and I wonder if it's fish safe because we only paint small areas.