White bottom for acrylic bare bottom

[wednesday13]

depends on what brand you use. some acrylic. i have got the acrylic with the blue plastic protective tape. that comes off easy. the paper will tear often if its cold. its not an old tank issue specifically. half the walk through videos of working with acrylic talk about how hard the paper can be to remove.

The problem with paper on old/used tank bottoms is its usually already torn in places from being moved and also been wet before. After being wet it dries hard and is unable to be peeled off at all. Even if u can manage to get the paper part way off the glue is left behind. It really is a nightmare to deal with lol… paint scraper, razor blade or sanding is the only way. New paper is a breeze i agree.

 

[FishNCash]

D Danh get a metal gasket scraper or razor scraper. Spray the water with garden hose and let it soak 15-45 mins then using the scraper you can scrape off the paper. You don’t have to worry about scratches from scraping but do exercise caution not to scrape too hard and take off a small layer of acrylic. After you get the paper off you can use a sander with 60grit then move up to 150 grit. If you are ocd then maybe 400 grit but 150 grit should be good enough to paint it. You won’t even notice it was sanded after you painted.