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Dear Techdiver readers - this is a thread from scuba-uk regarding what
paints to repaint cylinders with. The use of car paint and hammerite
is being questioned ( plus the requirements of steel and aluminium aka
aluminum cylinders)
Years ago I was told to use aerosol car paint, then hammerite ( can't
remember who said this but it must have been someone whose judgement I
respected) - which I used recently for the first time ( handpainting)
. I was ridiculed at Swanage for using it and was told that he
wouldn't fill my cylinders which ruined my day. I went along to Poole
DIve Centre - who I've had quite a lot of dealings with in the past to
get a fill and they were unhappy about it too. Steve explained that
they couldn't tell which type of paint had been applied and that they
had had warnings ( presumably from trade journals) about certain
paints degrading the integrity of the steel....
As an instructor I was f**rly embarassed about this. I get the BSAC
NDC bulletin, most UK mags and some US ones and am an IANTD member
too. I haven't seen anything regarding this problem. I've just decided
to post this to techdiver too to see if anyone on either forum can
give a definitive answer on what to paint my cylinder with.
Ps please don't use compound names only - give me a obvious clue about
the likely place I could find the paint eg use paint for cars
$"%^^"acetate , use paint for walls Dulux weathershield :-)
If any company has the warning that PDC referred to I'd be interested
in putting it the club newsletter.
Thanks
Brian
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