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It's not an engineering problem... it's a maintenance problem... Take the friggin' boots off once in a while and clean the tanks! Just because they're the biggest, heaviest part of a rig, doesn't mean they're indestructible..... I don't use them at all....no matter how low profile the boot, it still provides a place to snag things.... that and I don't like having to remove them to rinse down after many dives, so just don't use them in the first place.... If a boat requires them, find another boat....or suggest other options to the Captain, Owner etc.... I've worked (and owned) many dive boats and never had a need for boots on tanks... Case E. Harris Juneau, AK ----- Original Message ----- From: David B. Widen <dwiden@ho*.co*> To: 'Scott' <scottk@hc*.co*>; <dwiden@ho*.co*>; 'Techdiver (E-mail)' <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; 'Vbtech (E-mail)' <vbtech@ci*.co*>; <scubaquestions@jo*.co*> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 7:05 AM Subject: RE: ScubaPro Faber Tanks-Paint Bubbles and Rust > 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 > > > > -- > > 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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