DIY Stand Paint - Drylok?

I use valspar says on the can to let cure for 7 days before wetting.
So far so good, built a hood out of wood that I poly'd 1st then hit with three coats of valspar.
re purposed a table top to a tank cover, and three stands. they are always getting wet, paint has yet to come off.
Nice thing is it's like 8 or 9 bux a quart.

trick is to follow the directions and let it cure for those 7 days.
For me that was easy.

Also the brush cleans up with water if you get to it before it cures.

I did use rustoleum on the steel 55 stand but that was because I has it and didn't have the valspar.
Rich

Watching this for ideas too lazy to read


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I used a primer and then used a high end bathroom paint with mildew inhibitors. I wanted to do polyurethane over everything but my father who's been a residential /commercial painter and fish keeper his whole life advised me not to. He told me water would eventually get under it into the wood and if I had standing water on my stand I had bigger problems. I've used high end professional grade wall paint before on stands before with little issues

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Only used the poly on the canopy/hood not on the stands.
And the reason was the canopy is a tight fit so I was worried about mold ( so far none) the tank cover I only poly'd the side down/faces on the tank.

The stands get enough air that even with water changed and such they work like the can said, and still look good.
No, I did not prime anything.
I did lay the coats thick with minimal time to dry between coats. then just let them sit for a week out on the front porch per can instructions.
Only one that got three coats was the canopy with the poly.
If I had ruffed up the poly with 000 steel wool it would have covered on the 1st coat.

latest stand cut down and repainted.
still have to hang doors back on it. Didn't bother to paint the inside since the stand is only as wide as the tank.
before....


and in the house after. like I said still have to hang doors on it.



HTH
Rich

PS:
Wife says I can't use my sump in the pix behind it so I have a post over in the filter section on that and it won't be there once the tank is in place . Also need to add the top trim once the tank is on it and corner trim.

mudbuttjones said:

I used a primer and then used a high end bathroom paint with mildew inhibitors. I wanted to do polyurethane over everything but my father who's been a residential /commercial painter and fish keeper his whole life advised me not to. He told me water would eventually get under it into the wood and if I had standing water on my stand I had bigger problems. I've used high end professional grade wall paint before on stands before with little issues

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I am going to have to humbly disagree. My home-made stands are typically painted with cheap black Walmart $1 spray paint with 2 coats of polyeurethane. Never had a issue, even with the occasional over filling and fish splashes during feeding. Plus, many commercial stands are crappy particle board which is horrible should it get exposed to too much water/moisture......yet even they last for a while. Back in the day, I used to make top water fishing lures out of wood and polyeurethane was the final finish. I would never use polyeurethane as the sealer for a plywood tank, but for a stand I can't see having any issues even if you were the messiest fish keepers. I believe as long as you make sure you get every nook and cranny while applying the poly and don't leave any area exposed you're good to go. Like I said, I had never had any issues using polyeurethane.

BearFish, that stand looks great!

Speaking from experience, those tanks on the bottom are such a PITA for water changes