painting lp tank cover?

Finally found relevant info: "The presence of an opaque surface between the sun and the pipe prevents UV degradation, since UV radiation will not penetrate thin shields such as paint coatings or wrappings . . . In fact, any opaque shield, no matter how thin, will effectively prevent UV degradation. The most common method used to protect above ground PVC pipe from the sun is painting with an acrylic or latex paint." - unfortunately, the website that was taken from in another posting referring to pool plumbing, is not available (uni-bell.com) and I have no idea of the veracity of the statement but it sounds good. lol