refinishing tanks

[Greg D.]

As has been said, dont powder coat, rhino line, or cover your tank with crap that will make for a bad visual inspection. Letting your inspector see as much as possible is the best, I know we all want a pretty tank but when one of those babys explodes... I forget the exact figure but they realease aprx. 1.2 millon pounds of energy. Strip the paind off and call it good.

Also have heard mention of shot blasting, it is a no no to remove any metal from the surface of a tank, and I belive shot blasting would have to be a fail if I was to inspect the tank.

 

[fire_diver]

Blasting a tanks with any media (shot, bead, or whatever) doesnt "remove" material from the tank. Any AL it took off with the old paint would be measured in microns of thickness. This isnt going to do anything to affect the safety of a tank. look at the hydo date stamps. If those arent hurting a tank, blasting wont either.

 

[Deep Lake]

The reason hydro stamps don't affect the strength of the tank is because the tank is very thick at the top. You will notice stamping is only allowed on the top.