Do You Paint Your White PVC Plumbing ?

Troy’s Dad · Feb 28, 2019

Firemanreefkeeper said:
color coded too. Orange for return. Green for in sump runs. (UV, GFO, Carbon ect) black for return line. No particular reason for chosen colors, I just wanted them different in case wife called with a problem.

VERY nice!

ether · Mar 1, 2019

427HISS said:
I hate the white pipe and would like to use the gray schedule 80 pipe, but at twice the cost of the white schedule 40 pipe it's too expensive, so I'm thinking of painting mine.
Please post pics of your painted plumbing.

Cheap black spray paint from home depot. I just didn't spray anything that would touch water.

ether · Mar 1, 2019

Firemanreefkeeper said:
I just wanted them different in case wife called with a problem.

This is freaking brilliant.

Brad Shook · Mar 2, 2019

Don’t paint it use the pvc dye. It is reef safe after it dries. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Red-Yellow...rentrq:40a3b8a41690a688cbe1e067fff85b1d|iid:1

427HISS · Mar 2, 2019

I've never heard of it before. I might try it.
Have you stained them ?

Reef-junky · Mar 3, 2019

Went with Packer colors on mine. Why? Because I could!

Reef-junky · Mar 3, 2019

George Lopez said:
white for me lol

How did you get such a nice color?

: )

scriptmonkey · Mar 3, 2019

Reef-junky said:
Went with Packer colors on mine. Why? Because I could!

Come on man! Go all in and paint the pvc on the ATS, Aaron Roger's would want you too!

Reef-junky · Mar 3, 2019

scriptmonkey said:
Come on man! Go all in and paint the pvc on the ATS, Aaron Roger's would want you too!

Was going to see if I could get a sticker for the big pipe. It has a gold stripe down the middle.

scriptmonkey · Mar 3, 2019

Reef-junky said:
Was going to see if I could get a sticker for the big pipe. It has a gold stripe down the middle.

That sounds pretty cool. I will keep an eye out.

Reef-junky · Mar 3, 2019

This one

scriptmonkey · Mar 3, 2019

Turned about great!

427HISS · Mar 3, 2019

Reef-junky said:
This one

My team would be red & white,.......Nebraska Huskers !
Or the color I painted my 1966 Ford 427 Shelby Cobra, blue with white strips. lol

Reef-junky · Mar 4, 2019

427HISS said:
My team would be red & white,.......Nebraska Huskers !
Or the color I painted my 1966 Ford 427 Shelby Cobra, blue with white strips. lol

Blue and white stripes would be cool.

Reef-junky · Mar 4, 2019

sp1187 said:
BRS
9 colors to choose from.
not all that expensive.
also color coded for non reefers watching my tank while I'm away.

I can’t bring my self to pay $13 for less then 4 foot of pipe when I can get 10 foot for under $5 from the hardware store.

George Lopez · Mar 4, 2019

Reef-junky said:
How did you get such a nice color?

: )

Lol do you realize how hard it is to be that white while using people primer? Lol

George Lopez · Mar 4, 2019

If you want to paint it use krylon for best adherence and if you ever have to add a piece you take sandpaper to it and the paint comes off then use cleaner to finish getting everything off prime and glue.

I used to work at a waste water treatment plant and everything was painted over and when we needed to mod PVC it's what we would do and we never had any issues. Just don't paint any union threads or faces. I personally don't paint the unions at all because the paint can interfere with how it comes apart if the paint layer gets too thick.

Reef-junky · Mar 4, 2019

George Lopez said:
Lol do you realize how hard it is to be that white while using people primer? Lol

Just messing with you. I can’t spray paint very well so I don’t know if I would do it again. I like the look of the colored pipes but for the most part no one is going to see them anyway.