scubabear47
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I bought a used AL 80 about a year ago but the paint is chipping off and i am getting tiered of looking at the ugly tank, so I was going to paint it. But I not sure what paint to use any suggestions.
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If its aluminum, strip it or blast it (with a "soft" media that will not remove any metal) and leave it natural.
I just came across a pair of AL80s both painted black with chips and scuffs and old stickers all over the paint. Blasting them and leaving it sounds like a good idea, when I call around to shops that do things like sand blasting what kind of "soft" media should I ask if they can use?
Walnut and soda blast are good options. All the tanks I've bead blasted I had done with glass beads simply because that is what the place I worked at used to blast their products, and it didn't do any damage to the aluminum either.