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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:45:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Christopher Brown <hokiediver@ya*.co*>
Subject: Re: what kind of paint for cylinders ...
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
I concur with Scott.  But don't take our word for it,
email Luxfer or someone who make steel tanks and ask
them too.
--- ScottBonis@ao*.co* wrote:
> In a message dated 3/29/01 12:36:11 AM,
> aldo.solari@ho*.se* writes:
> << I  wonder  what  kind of paint I would have to
> use for cylinders.
> Will a "car type" kind of paint do ?
> Does  it  have  to  be  dried  in an oven ? (of the
> same type car
> paints are dried) ... >>
> 
> Hi Aldo,
> 
> I really don't think you want to heat a scuba
> cylinder in an oven to dry 
> paint.  It can effect the heat treatment of the
> metal, and result in some 
> possibly spectacular results, usually at a filling
> station.  It might not 
> make the fill station operator particularly happy as
> they carried off 
> whatever pieces of him were left.
> 
> Take care and dive safe,       Scott
> 
> Some weeks it's just not worth the effort to gnaw
> through the restraints and 
> scramble up out of the pit.
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