Reef Safe Paint

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Hi all,

I have recently made up a polyurethane foam background for my tank, I was originally planning to use grey foam... but I couldn't find any. Then I tried to paint it with cement... but the cement didn't bond to the foam and just falls off. So, I was wondering if there was a reef safe paint or some sort of resin that I could use to get the foam (presently bright green) to look dark grey?
 
I went searching on the Internet and found Krylon Products...apparently they are safe, but not sure if it will stick to the polyurethane foam...
http://www.krylon.com/products/
http://www.krylon.com/products/fusion_for_plastic/
Yep, Krylon fusion... once fully cured (a couple days) it is totally inert and can be used directly in the tank.
http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f76/reef-safe-spraypaint-185449.html

Found this Video...will admitt that I didn't go thru the entire Video as it contains more MB than what I currently have...so I've no idea whether it is of any use...as I don't know if he sprayed the inside or outside of the Tank...:blush:
 
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@seahunter, The background is inside the tank to hide the overflow.
@belindamotion, Thanks for the links. Do you think that I could get Krylon spray paint in SA? I am not too keen on putting the foam in as it is now as I really don't want the tank to have a huge green blob sitting in it for months before the coraline algae starts to grow.
 
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You can get krylon in SA but its extremely difficult, I have been looking for them for ages to paint my paintball mask, they have horrible colors available @ midas I think it was try google that's how I found the ones available
 
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Wouldn't you like to research 'super-lay-cold' , its a paint the guys use to coat the inside of their koi ponds which is non-toxic
 
Thanks guys, I'll have a look into that.
 
You could paint it with normal paint and then cover it with a reef safe epoxy resin. There was a product that the guys on that National Geographic show Tanked used on all of their fake corals to make it reef safe.
 
Try using coprox waterproofing thats used in koi ponds; they have them in grey
 
I am trying to use somethig that doesn't take a long time to cure - cement and anything similar is out of the question. I like the idea of the reef safe epoxy resin. Is it possible to buy epoxy in grey?
 
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