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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