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--------------7559037AE8E6992D9D30B982 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mark, I own a set of 112's and experience the same problem, especially in the area around the bands. I religiously rinse off my cylinders after diving in salt water but still have the problem. I took a piece of light sandpaper and scuffed of the rust. If this is done regularly, you will find that the discoloration can usually be scrubbed off with steel wool or a rough sponge. In bad spots where the rust has penetrated the paint in small areas like you described, I get some of that automobile touch-up paint at your local auto parts store that comes in a small jar with an application brush and just "dab" it on the spot. Make sure to use sandpaper to remove all signs of corrosion and then use isopropyl alcohol to clean the area before applying the paint. The paint has good corrosion inhibitors in it so this should cure the problem of spreading. Good luck! Jeff Mark Melendez wrote: > Anyone know what the best method would be for dealing with small rusting > areas on the *exterior* on OMS tanks? It seems that the coating had a > small pinhole which allowed moisture to reach the metal. > > Has anyone else had this problem? > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mark Melendez > melendez at bigfoot dot com > http://www.bigfoot.com/~melendez > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. --------------7559037AE8E6992D9D30B982 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Mark, I own a set of 112's and experience the same problem, especially in the area around the bands. I religiously rinse off my cylinders after diving in salt water but still have the problem. I took a piece of light sandpaper and scuffed of the rust. If this is done regularly, you will find that the discoloration can usually be scrubbed off with steel wool or a rough sponge. In bad spots where the rust has penetrated the paint in small areas like you described, I get some of that automobile touch-up paint at your local auto parts store that comes in a small jar with an application brush and just "dab" it on the spot. <B><U>Make sure</U></B> to use sandpaper to remove all signs of corrosion and then use isopropyl alcohol to clean the area before applying the paint. The paint has good corrosion inhibitors in it so this should cure the problem of spreading. Good luck! Jeff <P>Mark Melendez wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Anyone know what the best method would be for dealing with small rusting <BR>areas on the *exterior* on OMS tanks? It seems that the coating had a <BR>small pinhole which allowed moisture to reach the metal. <P>Has anyone else had this problem? <P>-- <BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <BR>Mark Melendez <BR>melendez at bigfoot dot com <BR><A HREF="http://www.bigfoot.com/~melendez">http://www.bigfoot.com/~melendez</A> <BR>-- <BR>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. <BR>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.</BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML> --------------7559037AE8E6992D9D30B982-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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