Spray painting a flex pipe a bad idea or what help

[basile]

ok well i saw guys in a store who painted their pvc plumbing black with plastic paint and said it was safe they'd used it before and they gave me the brand and it worked fine on mine as well. I had a flex tubing that i have going from one thank to another that was white and didn't really match so i painted it. However if the pvc dried the flex is totally sticky; some say its the primer, anyway lots of theories, anybody have an answer on how to fix this. I've already tried vinegar like some have suggest no effect if only to remove part of the paint actually.
Thanks for your suggestion guys.oh:

 

[Reefing Madness]

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[basile]

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Hey thanks man .I just help a guy from are club last night , his brand new 200 G tank craked because the city used dynamite to dig foundation near by. He lost everything; and this was a transfrered tank with great corals and nice fishes. Sad...

 

[goodtimes]

Hey thanks man .I just help a guy from are club last night , his brand new 200 G tank craked because the city used dynamite to dig foundation near by. He lost everything; and this was a transfrered tank with great corals and nice fishes. Sad...

Did the explosion crack his tank?

 

[basile]

Did the explosion crack his tank?

Yep blew it out big crak on the side and bottom no water left in less than 5 min . A real mess on the floor , just had put hard wood floor . Big fight with the city now. Any ideas on my problem?????

 

[Ron Reefman]

Painting PVC is OK because it's stiff. I think that if the paint dried on your flexible tubing it would end up cracking and pealing off. I'd get a new section of tubing and try painting it with Plasti-Dip. It's flexible and waterproof.

 

[basile]

Painting PVC is OK because it's stiff. I think that if the paint dried on your flexible tubing it would end up cracking and pealing off. I'd get a new section of tubing and try painting it with Plasti-Dip. It's flexible and waterproof.

Plastic dip never heard of that is it in the paint section in the hardware store? Will try that thanks.Any brand in particular?

 

[SaltyH20]

Hd and Lowe's has it here, its comes in a spray can like spray paint

 

[basile]

Got the solution

Well now i've been told to use either plastic DIP or Flex Seal which i bought at Loews. Its flexible , wont crak and waterproof.

 

[Ron Reefman]

Either one should work.

 

[basile]

Thanks for all your help guys if you want to see the build it here; https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/re...vity-my-150g-starfire-reef-tank-build-up.html

 

[Bryon]

You could just use black flex pipe :bigsmile:

 

[basile]

You could just use black flex pipe :bigsmile:

hahaha if their was some available it would of been my first choice.....

 

[Bryon]

hahaha if their was some available it would of been my first choice.....

I got mine from Marine Depot

 

[basile]

I got mine from Marine Depot

Bummer got my stuff from Flex PVC and they didn't have it on by the foot or something.