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11/05/2018, 04:20 PM | #26 | |
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Here is a great thread on building shadow boxes. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1868825
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11/05/2018, 07:43 PM | #28 | |
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11/05/2018, 11:02 PM | #29 | |
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11/06/2018, 01:33 AM | #30 |
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Dark window tint is another option
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11/08/2018, 09:00 AM | #31 |
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This is a laughable argument. The vinyl you get from a car wrap shop is UV resistant. Seeing as how direct Sun light produces a billion times more UV radiation than any little fish tank lights ever could and hundreds of thousands of people wrap their cars with the very same vinyl for years and years without so much as a hint of fading or "degrading". It's a safe bet that you'll never experience the condition that you've just made up.
I've had the same piece of black vinyl on the back of my tank for over a decade and I can say with 100% certainty that it will never degrade, fade, peel, or come off the tank unless you want it to. Just clean the glass really well before you put it on. Start in the center and work outward to both edges with a plastic blade to push out air bubbles that may try to form. Mine gets a lot of salt splashed and dried on it and it just wipes off. Don't paint! Use vinyl. |
11/08/2018, 09:12 AM | #32 | |
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11/08/2018, 09:23 AM | #33 |
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What accusation? That vinyl is significantly superior to paint in this scenario? It's not even very expensive. You spend thousands of dollars on the rest of the tank but you're gonna pinch pennies on a $40-$50 sheet of something that's easily removed when you're tired of it vs. a more permanent solution like paint?
So which is it? Expensive or degradable? It's your tank. Paint it if you want to. I'm here to tell you that having done both, vinyl is genius by comparison. |
11/08/2018, 09:40 AM | #34 |
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I like black or blue sign vinyl. It stays on but comes off when you want it too. Super easy to install.. If you can not get it from a local sign store the Blue life water colors background is really good and goes on the same way, just a little more expensive.
Paint is good but if you ever want to sell the tank or change it.
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11/08/2018, 09:42 AM | #35 | |
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Never had a issue with sign vinyl or Blue life. They are very thick. Maybe car vinyl is not right for the application.
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