Removing name painted on a steel tank

[jonnythan]

My new PST tanks have the previous owner's name painted on near the bottom with black paint. Any tips on how I should go about removing this, and what to use to paint/decal my own name on them?

 

[Uncle Pug]

MEK or lacquer thinner to remove the paint if it is really necessary. I can't see any harm in leaving it. Put your name on near the top using a permanent felt marker pen.

Actually it would be easier and probably better for you to just change your name.

 

[jonnythan]

MEK or lacquer thinner to remove the paint if it is really necessary. I can't see any harm in leaving it. Put your name on near the top using a permanent felt marker pen.

Actually it would be easier and probably better for you to just change your name.

No diving for me til late March.. gotta do *something* with those tanks while I heal up

What's MEK?

 

[Uncle Pug]

Methyl Ethyl Ketone

 

[KBeck]

Would non-acetone nail polish remover be too damaging to the tanks? Lord knows I've used to to remove stuff from every other surface, including my car....

 

[gfisher4792]

No diving for me til late March.. gotta do *something* with those tanks while I heal up

What's MEK?

You'll find it in the paint dept. in any Lowe's or Home Depot.

 

[jonnythan]

Cool, will try it out. Thanks

 

[Uncle Pug]

It is a hazardous substance... read and head the warnings.

 

[Tom Winters]

I had to get a name off a tank that had been written on with one of those permanent pens for metal - nothing in the garage worked. Nail polish remover sure did though.

 

[The Kraken]

I'm with Pug. Call on the Ketone sisters, Methyl and Ethyl