Best way to remove a tank boot?

[khacken]

I have a boot on my aluminum 80 and would like to get it off. What is the best way to do that?

 

[tk trekers]

I used a rubber mallet to tap around the edge of the tank boot to remove one, just keep rotating it around as you go.

 

[Chugwhump]

Lay the tank on its side. Get a two by four about 4-12 inches long.
Rubber mallet, or other hammer needed.
Place wood along the tank, whack wood.
Move in a circle.
Boot pops off.
Rinse, dry, reattach boot.

 

[mustang_5l]

Leave it in the sun until it gets hot and then whack it with a mallet. You could also heat it up with a heatgun.

 

[Scared Silly]

Lay the tank on its side. Get a two by four about 4-12 inches long.
Rubber mallet, or other hammer needed.
Place wood along the tank, whack wood.
Move in a circle.
Boot pops off.
Rinse, dry, reattach boot.

This description is my SOP. Of except once the boot comes off it does not go back on (i.e. my cylinders go naked).

I would not suggest using a heat gun. If you are having that much of problem just soak the boot in hot water.

 

[diver 85]

I have a boot on my aluminum 80 and would like to get it off. What is the best way to do that?

Are you wanting to reuse it??.....

 

[DennisW]

Boots should not go back on Al cylinders (JMHO). I have two to sell to anyone if they want them.

 

[WVMike]

I use the short piece of 2x4 and hammer and rotate method. Have never needed heat. I also leave them off, and just throw away. Have not found another use yet.

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

Yep... throw them away or give them to an instructor that needs them for pool dives. I have two free to a good home. (A friend insisted I take them and he wouldn't take, '"throw those damn things in the trash" for an answer.) I went diving with him last night on the Scubaboard dive and his tank wouldn't fit in the rack because he has a boot on it.

 

[khacken]

Nope, not putting it back on. Might wear it as a hat or something.