What  do you paint them with and how does it stand up ??
Later,
Dave Grey.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean T. Stevenson <ststev@un*.co*>
To: Ronald D Thompson <rthomps@ma*.co*.mi*.ed*>;
techdiver@aquanaut.com <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: to paint or not


>This is more of an issue with back gas than with stages, but I paint
>all my cylinders white for maximum visibility.  This also provides good
>contrast with the markings.
>
>-Sean
>
>
>On Sat, 13 Feb 1999 11:38:36 -0600 (CST), Ronald D Thompson wrote:
>
>>I've finally become fed up with the blistering paint on the oldest of my
>>OMS 46 cylinders, and am having the cylinder exterior sand-blasted down to
>>bare, galvanized metal.  (I tried a chemical stripper with absolutely no
>>success.)  The cylinder is a dedicated oxygen sling bottle, and I plan to
>>mark it a la WKPP rather than replace the IANTD Nitrox band.  My
>>questions:  Is there any compelling reason why I shouldn't leave the
>>cylinder unpainted?  And should the freshly sand-blasted cylinder be
>>re-galvanized (if this is even possible...)?
>>
>>Thanks for your help.
>>
>>Ronald
>>
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