Paint for internal glass overflow?

[shelburn61]

I just bought a used tank with an internal glass overflow. I'd like to paint it black. Is Krylon safe/durable enough for inside the tank?

[shyland83]

i have seen people use fusion inside a tank on plastic, but not on glass. it is made to bond to plastic, i would guess it will flake off the glass overflow inside the tank.

I went out of my way to use dark tinted glass for my overflow and it's covered with coralline now anyway.

A better option might be to get a very thin piece of black acrylic and fit it inside the overflow box.

[RandyStacyE]

I used Krylon semi flat black for mine. I did not use Krylon Fusion ... just Krylon.

Actually my tank doesn't even have water in it yet so I'm no help as far as how safe it is.

From what I have seen it seems to stick pretty good. When I drilled my tank, I kept the little disks of glass and painted them too ... don't ask me why

I just ran out to the garage and grabbed the little disks and tried scratching them using a pair of needle nose pliers. I admit that the paint scratches easily, but most any paint would I assume; at least anything sprayed on so thin. I applied sprayed on at least 6 coats on the back of my tank before I called it quits. My disks only had about 2 coats.

From what I've seen so far, I would have to do something stupid in order to scratch through the paint. It would take a terrible mishap in order to make a scratch that is REAL noticeable.

[customcolor]

the paint will flake off nomater how may coats you put on. the first coat is the only one that is sapose to stick. all the rest are to make the color the color it is to be. glass is to smooth for paint to not flake off. i would go with shyland83's idea and use a black piece of acrylic inside your overflow.