I take them down to a local helicopter outfit and have them painted
with a special aircraft paint (not sure what this is based on).  I
repaint them every couple of years or so.

-Sean


On Sat, 13 Feb 1999 20:27:13 -0800, Dave Grey wrote:

>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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