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by any chance was the person who told you "that the hot dip process will weaken the metal" an OMS salesman? This is obviously wrong. Doing hot dip incorrectly maybe, but not doing hot dip correctly. The key is in the cooling. -----Original Message----- From: Thomas A. Easop <tomeasop@mi*.co*> To: Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Date: Saturday, March 18, 2000 6:04 PM Subject: Re: OMS vs. PST >OMS's tanks are made by Faber to OMS specs, and some of the older ones say Faber >on them. Most of the newer ones say OCEAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. The differences are >many. They are not the same tank. Also, PST are hot dipped galvanized, not OMS >which are spray galvanized. I've heard that the hot dip process will weaken the >metal, shortening the service life of the tank. They do seem to scuff and scrape >a bit easier than the PST or Genisis but as stated elsewhere they clean up easy >enough and do not effect the use. > >CaptnDale@ao*.co* wrote: > >> Every OMS tank I've ever seen was conspicuously stamped "FABER". >> >> In a message dated 3/17/00 2:06:32 PM Central Standard Time, scottk@hc*.co* >> writes: >> >> << > Now, it may just be my imagination, but I think the >> > paint on Faber tanks holds up better than OMS. Is it >> > the same paint job? Anybody know? >> >> The OMS tanks are hot dip galvanized. Fabers are powder coated (I think....) >> and the coating seems to be very durable. I have been abusing mine for >> better than 6 months now, and I am still no through the primer coat. >> >> -- >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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