How can I prevent my cylinder from corroding? (Damage to paintwork)

[Scubadou]

Hi guys, my cylinder has managed to come loose whilst I was driving and ended up rolling about in the back of my car. As a result of this it has collided with other equipment and has ended up with a small amount of damage to the paintwork. Can anyone advise the best way to tidy this up cosmetically and more importantly prevent corrosion?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Thanks for the in depth reply, would covering the bare metal spot with nail polish be ok then?
If I'm correct, the nail polish is acrylic based and therefore is waterproof?
Thanks

Just for a small spot, and also tanks aren’t immersed for any real long length of time, a little nail polish will be fine. Most of those are an air drying acrylic lacquer paint which is fine for intermittent immersion. Look at when they do hydro’s, they don’t use anything fancy to cover up the bare steel where they stamp it, so it will be fine.

 

[Scubadou]

Just for a small spot, and also tanks aren’t immersed for any real long length of time, a little nail polish will be fine. Most of those are an air drying acrylic lacquer paint which is fine for intermittent immersion. Look at when they do hydro’s, they don’t use anything fancy to cover up the bare steel where they stamp it, so it will be fine.

Yeah that makes sense, thanks for the comment - I found a good colour matching nail polish so it's looking good and given me peace of mind that it's protected

 

[Wibble]

Matching yellow nail paint! How punk is that

 

[Scubadou]

Matching yellow nail paint! How punk is that

Got a funny look buying it but it does the job and looks alright

 

[BoltSnap]

Nail polished scuba tanks, that's so special