painting tank, what roller cover to use

degibson84 · 04/04/2013, 05:57 PM

So i am setting up my new 220 and i couldn't just walk it outside and spray it so i decided to use the remaining paint from when we painted the basement walls. I started laying down the first coat and man this stuff is going to take a ton of coats.

Is there a certain roller cover that will cover the glass better than a plain old cover from wally world?

110galreef · 04/04/2013, 06:09 PM

Just use whatever

degibson84 · 04/04/2013, 06:10 PM

sounds like it will be multiple coats then

syrinx · 04/04/2013, 07:02 PM

3/8s or a foam roller. should take a couple coats. Get roller well saturated, wipe off excess and do full strokes- do not overwork paint. You want a thin continuous film-first coat will look spotty, second and perhaps third will fill in.

ACBlinky · 04/04/2013, 07:12 PM

I bought small, dense foam rollers to paint our new tank. Typically roller covers will say on the package what they're best designed for; if you want smooth, streak-free, even coverage a foam roller will work much better than the fuzzy kind usually used on walls.

04/04/2013, 05:57 PM	#1
degibson84 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Youngstown, OH Posts: 2,393	painting tank, what roller cover to use So i am setting up my new 220 and i couldn't just walk it outside and spray it so i decided to use the remaining paint from when we painted the basement walls. I started laying down the first coat and man this stuff is going to take a ton of coats. Is there a certain roller cover that will cover the glass better than a plain old cover from wally world?

04/04/2013, 06:09 PM	#2
110galreef Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Toledo OH Posts: 2,466	Just use whatever __________________ Inwall Basement Setup w/ Growout Tank & Common Acrylic sump, SRO XP3000E, Neptune Apex, Bubble Magus Triple Doser, CLS- Super Dart Gold + OM 4way, 2-400w MH & 4-80w T-5, ROX .08 carbon...

04/04/2013, 07:12 PM	#5
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	I bought small, dense foam rollers to paint our new tank. Typically roller covers will say on the package what they're best designed for; if you want smooth, streak-free, even coverage a foam roller will work much better than the fuzzy kind usually used on walls. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

04/04/2013, 06:10 PM	#3
degibson84 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Youngstown, OH Posts: 2,393	sounds like it will be multiple coats then

04/04/2013, 07:02 PM	#4
syrinx Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: champaign Posts: 3,160	3/8s or a foam roller. should take a couple coats. Get roller well saturated, wipe off excess and do full strokes- do not overwork paint. You want a thin continuous film-first coat will look spotty, second and perhaps third will fill in.