gto1:PUWDER COATING steel tanks any thoughts?
Don't do it.
The heat needed to powder coat a metal object will anneal the steel and soften it - not a property you want in a compressed air cylinder.
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gto1:PUWDER COATING steel tanks any thoughts?
northcoastdiver:You were right, it was primer. I thought I was going to get off easy with this one, because the paint came right off. But now the primer is coming off VERY slowly with the stripper. I haven't tried using a wire brush or anything else, I guess I'm too worried about taking too much off. There's a pretty good galvanized coating underneath, and I don't want to mess it up. I wish whoever painted it in the first place would have left it alone.