Painting the inside of a acrylic tank

[bud]

I have 3 new 90gl acrylic tanks that are all scratched up and just ugly.I want to build a frame around them so you want see most of the outside but need to paint the inside.What type of paint can I use? maybe like pool paint or same as plywood builds
Thanks Bud

 

[dawnmarie]

You can pretty much polish out any scratch if you want to.
If not , paint the outside not the inside.

 

[John7429]

Why do you say you "need" to paint the inside?

 

[Knowdafish]

You can pretty much polish out any scratch if you want to.
If not , paint the outside not the inside.

 

[bud]

There are shatter cracks every where and these white marks also these will not buff out.Trust me I need to paint the inside .Can anyone please help a brother out?

What type of paint can I use on the inside of a acrylic tank Thanks Bud

 

[bud]

 

[kallmond]

There are shatter cracks every where and these white marks also these will not buff out.Trust me I need to paint the inside .Can anyone please help a brother out?

What type of paint can I use on the inside of a acrylic tank Thanks Bud

Those will buff out. You could also flame them out. Anything that doesn't go all the way through *can* be buffed out, although at a certain point you're going to lose structural integrity.

For painting acrylic I'd use a paint specifically made to bond with plastic, this is the one instance i'd recommend Krylon fusion over my usual recommendation of "The cheapest spraypaint you can find". be sure you tape off every bit of the inside that you're not painting, in an enclosed space like that the overspray will be impossible to control.

 

[bud]

Thanks for all the advice on buffing out the acrylic sure help a bunch.here is before and afters.I have to use the DA sander with 1200 for the deep ones but it worked great.

 

[KAWAMIKIE]

Looks great!
Did you go finer on the sand paper after the 1200?
What polish did you use?

 

[bud]

No I just went with the 1200 and then just buffing compound he had for car.