What we need here is ScubaPro and Faber to step up to the plate and explain
the apparent weakness in their product family. What do their Engineering
staff have to say?

The NorthEast dive boat operators want boots on all tanks. The folks up
there as sure to have the same problem. West coasters are in a different
Ocean, but I'll bet the same problem. Oz land?
ScubaPro & OMS are International and so is the problem.

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott [mailto:scottk@hc*.co*]
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 10:52 AM
To: dwiden@ho*.co*; Techdiver (E-mail); Vbtech (E-mail);
scubaquestions@jo*.co*
Subject: Re: ScubaPro Faber Tanks-Paint Bubbles and Rust


DONT USE BOOTS!!!!

Where have we heard this before...

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "David B. Widen" <dwiden@ho*.co*>
To: "Techdiver (E-mail)" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; "Vbtech (E-mail)"
<vbtech@ci*.co*>; <scubaquestions@jo*.co*>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 5:18 AM
Subject: ScubaPro Faber Tanks-Paint Bubbles and Rust


> 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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