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06-02-14, 03:30 PM
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Reptile safe paint?
The friend who is giving me the snake offered me the cage stack that it lives in but I have to take the Leopard Gecko who lives in the top cage as well  . The stack is white but I would love to make it black & red or just black but am not sure what paints are reptile safe.
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06-02-14, 03:41 PM
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Re: Reptile safe paint?
Do you have anything you can put them in till all the fumes are gone, personally I think if you painted them then cover them with a polyurethane and let it dry for about 2 weeks before putting them back in there
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06-02-14, 03:48 PM
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Re: Reptile safe paint?
Why not use waterproof contact paper?
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06-02-14, 05:26 PM
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Re: Reptile safe paint?
@ jpsteele80 - Thanks, so any paint would work? I will definitely keep them in different cages while waiting for the paint to be safe for them.
@ MCB - I never thought of that. I'm going to check that out.
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06-02-14, 05:30 PM
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Re: Reptile safe paint?
You can pretty much use any paint/varnish you want as long as it's coated with some sort of urethane and had enough time to dry until you don't smell any fumes, usually about 2 weeks
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06-02-14, 06:08 PM
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Re: Reptile safe paint?
If you're planning on re-covering the inside of the cages as well as the outside, I would be very careful with contact paper. Snakes seem to have a knack for finding their way into sticky situations inside a cage. I would never advocate anything really sticky inside of a cage. There have been some real horror stories about snakes getting stuck to duct tape that was inside of the cage and seriously injuring themselves. Just a thought...
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06-02-14, 07:20 PM
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Re: Reptile safe paint?
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Originally Posted by Jim Smith
If you're planning on re-covering the inside of the cages as well as the outside, I would be very careful with contact paper. Snakes seem to have a knack for finding their way into sticky situations inside a cage. I would never advocate anything really sticky inside of a cage. There have been some real horror stories about snakes getting stuck to duct tape that was inside of the cage and seriously injuring themselves. Just a thought...
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Contact paper is very safe when applied correctly, I use it in my cages as well as on my racks without any issues.
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06-02-14, 08:03 PM
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Re: Reptile safe paint?
Thanks everyone
@ jpsteele80 - Is polyurethane like a clear coat or something? I always have my brother do this type of thing for me so I am not real sure what that is. My brother said that there is paint with polyurethane in it so would something like that work?
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06-02-14, 08:08 PM
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Re: Reptile safe paint?
Yes polyurethane is a sealer that you can buy at any hardware store, I've never used a paint/sealer mixture so I can't say for sure how good it will work
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06-02-14, 09:36 PM
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Re: Reptile safe paint?
Thanks, I'll look for that if I go with paint.
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0.0.1 Fire-belly Toad - 4.4.2 Birds - 2.0.0 Dogs - 6.5.0 Cats - 6.8.0 Rats - 1.0.7 Fish - 0.0.5 Scorpions - 0.0.1 Tarantula - 0.1.0 Great Basin Gopher Snake - 0.1.0 Rosy Boa - 1.0.0 Leopard Gecko
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