alternative black bg idea???

Sorry about the prior post, was doing on my phone while waiting for the kids at school. Didnt work out too hot. lol

Anyhow, I went and got what I think is enough black vinyl to cover the back and the woodgrain trim on my 75g tank. The roll is 24 inches tall by 8 feet long. Cost me $15.83, I plan on to start marking and cutting out the pieces I need to make this work out.

My plan is to use an old window tinting kit I had laying around that comes with about a 4 inch rubber squeegee, some tint on spray but am planning on using a combo of dawn dish soap and water in a spray bottle and also comes with a lint free cloth. I am going to thoroughly spray the back of the tank with the soap/water mix allowing me so move the adhesive vinyl sheet around to where I need it and then use the squeegee to work out the bubbles and soapy water mixture once it is in place.

Will keep this post updated just incase it does work out nicely other people will have an idea of how I did it or if it doesnt they will know how not to do it.

Well I started the project tonight. I cut my peices to size with an xacto knife and laid them all out. Figured Id start with the peices for the trim and see how it goes and then do the tank back when I move it across the room in a couple weeks.

First thing I would do differently is cut the peices for the trim alittle bit bigger than the what is need to give you some room for errors in cutting as it trims really easily once applied.

I mixed up some water and dish soap and applied it liberally on the trim after cleaning. Placed the peices on the trim and with the soapy water you could easily slide them around to where you needed them. Once in place I just started in the middle and it was pretty much one swipe with the squeegee and it was on, no bubbles, no wrinkles, no nothing. As I said earlier on one peice I must have cut it a little crooked so there is a sliver of the trim showing, but nothing that a little touch up paint wont hide.

Here are some pics of it along the way.

Peices cut minus one length for the back trim. (Wanted to try the front and sides and not doing the back till later anyhow)



Started on the side with small peices so if I needed to change it it wouldnt be right in the front.



Here is what it looks like now. Only took like 10 min after getting them all cut.





Like I said before CUT IT BIGGER AND TRIM IT LATER! Other than that it super easy to get it on and make it look nice. You can see a couple spots where its not perfect, but it was something to do, and this way you can always revert back to woodgrain if the desire ever arose.