painting a background

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Roll it on. Use 3 or 4 thin coats,or as many as needed.The coats should dry pretty quick if you do thin coats. Make sure you put a light on the top of it and look at it from the front. Looking at it through the glass will let you know when you have enough coats.It is easiest to paint if it is laying flat though. It will always look like it needs more paint of you go by what the back looks like.

Here are some pics of a tank I painted a couple of days ago with a roller.

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ive had good luck using spray paint. use several thin coats to check my coverage i put a light inside the tank and painted till i couldnt see it any more. another thing ive tried is to start with your base color say blue get decent coverage then go over with another color(s) lightly then finish off with black till i see no light.
 
I've sprayed smaller tanks too. The reason I don't anymore is because you have to cover everything you don't want overspray on,and you will probably have to do it outside. If you roll,then you just tape the glass on the sides,and the trim. You don't really even need to do this. You will never see the back,so if you get paint on the trim,no big deal. And if you get paint on the sides,you could scrape it off. I always tape them off though. It's easy to do.
 
Roll it with a sponge roller...the fuzzy ones will leave fuzz in the paint, no biggie, but it will drive you nutz if you're like me...

And I used rustoleum matte black, under the glass (looking from the other side) it will all be gloss when you are done...and a very small can will do the tank with several coats...let dry between coats, and wrap the roller tightly in foil so you don't dry it out between coats...When you're all done painting and happy with your results, wrap the sponge roller back in the foil and dispose of properly...;) :thumbsup:
 
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