We had a group of individuals CA, FL, NY, & NJ joint us for the weekend of
diving out of Virginia Beach (Trip reports to follow). One very interesting
discovery upon removal of my tank boots was rust.

Tanks: are SCUBAPRO steel 95s, white, and about three years old.

Care: these tanks are VIP as required, washed off with fresh city water
after every dive (even quarry/lake), and stand up in my garage when not in
use.

Result: The paint under the boots hass bubbled and formed pockets for the
salt water to collect. I do not know if the paint and water react under the
paint as it does in fiberglass boats or not to form an acid compoound. I
hope someone out there, in the knows, has the answer to that. It has cause
some extensive surface rust (already had two opinions from technicians on
this).

Several other sets of tanks have been checked and found to have similar
conditions with different ages and manufacting date/group. OMS versions, on
a limited check group, appear not to have this problem.

If you have SCUBAPRO tanks with boots on, remove and check for rust ASAP.

Now what is the best preparation and painting to stop this and preserve the
metal?

David

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