DIY ? Hook me up .

[master.k.]

I am getting a 180 long and I want a fix back ground on it
What do all my DIY Buddy's Think I shuld do Paint it window tint exc......
I want it to be Black ,,and o ya Right in the middle written in whit paint or
whatever I want it to say M.F.K
Thx for any help .

 

[skillzizzo]

Hello if all you want is is to say is MFK you could allways just get some of the huge letters that stick to a window surface that are not permanent or the ones' that are depending on what you want but it's not hard to find large letter stickers like that you know. And if you'r putting it on the back like i figured you would be on the out side you can get the ones that are back wards so the would be facing the right way throught the front you know what i mean like the ones that go on the inside of a car window to be read from the out side. OR you can allways make some out of pinstriping if you'r artistic at all. Or go and get some of the big letter cut out for paint and tape the stencil on the back and then use some kind of paint that sticks to glass and paint the letters like that with the stencils i don't personally know what kind of paint to use but these diy guy's deffenitly do. Any ways these are things i came up with hope it might help

Sincerly

Jeffrey allen Braley

 

[Wolf3101]

OK I'm not going to give away all my secrets here because I have something planned based on what I'm going to suggest but... If you have a piece of thin plexiglass cut to the size of the rear of your tank and then paint THAT black you can easilly attach it between the frame rails on a glass tank or to the back of an acrylic one. No sagging...smooth even color and its easilly changeable or removable if you want to go with something else later on.

 

[ercnan]

Hello if all you want is is to say is MFK you could allways just get some of the huge letters that stick to a window surface that are not permanent or the ones' that are depending on what you want but it's not hard to find large letter stickers like that you know. And if you'r putting it on the back like i figured you would be on the out side you can get the ones that are back wards so the would be facing the right way throught the front you know what i mean like the ones that go on the inside of a car window to be read from the out side. OR you can allways make some out of pinstriping if you'r artistic at all. Or go and get some of the big letter cut out for paint and tape the stencil on the back and then use some kind of paint that sticks to glass and paint the letters like that with the stencils i don't personally know what kind of paint to use but these diy guy's deffenitly do. Any ways these are things i came up with hope it might help

Sincerly

Jeffrey allen Braley

Yeah, some stencils in the font you want, some silver or white, or whatever color model paint to paint the letters, some black to cover the letters when dry, then the "etched" mirror look on the back.
Or the same thing on a piece of plexiglass like Wolf said.

 

[Wolf3101]

One of my personal pet peeves about whatever backing you decide to use is that eventually its going to get dirty and anything perminate makes its difficult to clean. Another concideration that led me to this idea is that... what seems like a great Idea now... might be something you get tired of in a few months. This way its fairly easy to change. The plexi is solid enough that you can slip it behind the tank even if the tanks close to a wall.