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On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Cam Banks wrote: > Well, I've just sandblasted my 19cf aluminum stange tank. Couldn't stand > all that yellow paint flaking off. First sanded off the paint, as I'd seen > someone else do. Then got carried away and polished the tank with a buffer, > to a chrome-like finish. This lasted all of one dive, predictably, but what > the hell. > > Finally sandblasted it with 30 mesh sand at 100psi from a home compressor, > and got a nice finish not unlike the "bead blasted" finish now available on > Luxfer aluminum 80's. > > So, what's the consensus here? Shall I condemn my tank, get it re-hydroed, > or just continue on as usual? Don't think I took off much aluminum, > relative to the tank thinkness, nor did I get the tank hot. I'm inclined to > go on using the tank, but open to other opinions. Thanks. Strictly speaking, you should have the cylinder hydro'ed and VIPed. Anything less is your gamble. -- Art Greenberg artg@ec*.ne* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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