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Scuba Forum / General / December 2003End Dreaded Boot Rot
I've been experimenting for a couple years with some steel tanks, two new, one slightly corroded at the boot line, and one seriously corroded at the boot line, looking for a solution to the evil boot rot problem. Re another current thread on old 72s, here's my findings. A wire brush on a drill is good for removing all the loose stuff, but it takes some work to get all old corrosion out of the ring around the collar. Wash well with lacquer thinner and spray with three medium coats of Rustoleum Cold Galvanizing Compound. Let each coat dry for a week. Now the best part: smear a coat of lithium white grease around the corrosion line. It will stay for ten dives or more even in salt water and heavily chlorinated fill tanks. Then just knock the boot down an inch or two and re-grease. Yer welcome. >I've been experimenting for a couple years with some steel tanks, two >new, one slightly corroded at the boot line, and one seriously corroded [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >and heavily chlorinated fill tanks. Then just knock the boot down an >inch or two and re-grease. Mike, this sound like a lot of work, plus I don't like contaminting either the ocean or my dive gear with lithium grease. Even if the tanks won't stand up without boots, wouldn't it be easier to just leave the boots off?  SignatureCharlie Hammond -- Hewlett-Packard Company -- Ft Lauderdale FL USA (hammond@not@peek.ssr.hp.com -- remove "@not" when replying) All opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily my employer's. On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 16:35:11 GMT, hammond@not@peek.ssr.hp.com (Charlie Hammond) wrote ... >Mike, this sound like a lot of work, plus I don't like contaminting >either the ocean or my dive gear with lithium grease. Then use Crisco shortening? How about lard? More natural... Might even attract more fish... Really large ones with sharp teeth no less... <grin> > On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 16:35:11 GMT, hammond@not@peek.ssr.hp.com (Charlie > Hammond) wrote ... > >Mike, this sound like a lot of work, plus I don't like contaminting > >either the ocean or my dive gear with lithium grease. > Then use Crisco shortening? How about lard? More natural... Might > even attract more fish... Really large ones with sharp teeth no > less... <grin> The first woman swimmer to ever cross the English Channel, Gertrude Ederle, recently passed away. She accomplished this feat in 1926. While listening about her story, I heard that, in order to stay warm while making the swim, the swimmers coat their bodies with grease. It is reported that Ederle used lard but that present-day swimmers use a mixture of vaseline and lanolin. I don't recall hearing of anyone getting bit while trying to swim the channel, but I can't swear to it. >>On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 16:35:11 GMT, hammond@not@peek.ssr.hp.com (Charlie >>Hammond) wrote ... [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > mixture of vaseline and lanolin. I don't recall hearing of anyone > getting bit while trying to swim the channel, but I can't swear to it. That's because we don't have that kinda sharks around here... SignatureMichael Wolf ----- Cthulhu For President. Why settle for the lesser evil? remove stopspam to reply > A wire brush on a drill is good for removing all the loose stuff, but it [SNIP] > Then just knock the boot down an inch or two and re-grease. I just took the boot off, and left it next to my snorkle. Actually, that's not true. It's now pulling duty as the trash can in my truck. You're welcome, too. -- Submergo ergo sum >> A wire brush on a drill is good for removing all the loose stuff, but it > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > You're welcome, too. When ya get old, yer balance goes to hell. And I get so pissed off at twits that leave their tanks laying around. "mike gray, CID" <mikegrayCID@worldnut.nut> wrote in message news > When ya get old, yer balance goes to hell. Speak for yourself, grandpa. I'm getting better like cheese. > And I get so pissed off at twits that leave their tanks laying around. Really? I get pissed off at twits that leave them standing so they tip over on my foot. -- Submergo ergo sum >> When ya get old, yer balance goes to hell. > > Speak for yourself, grandpa. I'm getting better like cheese. Gruyere. I can tell by the smell. >> And I get so pissed off at twits that leave their tanks laying around. > > Really? I get pissed off at twits that leave them standing so they > tip over on my foot. I have never actually seen a tank tip over. I don't doubt that it has happened, but I have never actually seen it. I have seen a tank roll off the dock and into the water. It was hilarious. A standing tank takes up 42 square inches, give or take. A laying tank takes up 180 square inches, give or take. On a crowded dock I can get four tanks in the space hogged by your one, and still have room for my foot. "mike gray, CID" <mikegrayCID@worldnut.nut> wrote in message news:8zGBb.175523$Ec1.6686929@bgtnsc05- > A standing tank takes up 42 square inches, give or take. A laying tank > takes up 180 square inches, give or take. On a crowded dock I can get > four tanks in the space hogged by your one, and still have room for my foot. A busted foot costs about $2500 (I know this for a fact). That comes to about $18 bucks an inch. I'm not sure what kind of damage a bottle can do to a body if the neck breaks, but I'm betting it's a bit more spendy. -- Submergo ergo sum On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 03:46:50 GMT, "Jerome's Sock Puppet" <jerome_oneil@yahoo.com> wrote ... >I'm not sure what kind of damage a bottle can do to a body if the neck >breaks, but I'm betting it's a bit more spendy. I say leave them standing... It should be *so* much more interesting if they fall and break the valve off... <evil-grin> So, if you were diving an old steel 72 and you did not have the boot on it, do you really want to try to balance it on the curved bottom? "Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM.houston.rr.com> wrote in message > So, if you were diving an old steel 72 and you did not have the boot > on it, do you really want to try to balance it on the curved bottom? I dive an old steel 104, and balance it on the curved bottom. It's not hard, unless you're old like Mike. -- Submergo ergo sum > "Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM.houston.rr.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I dive an old steel 104, and balance it on the curved bottom. It's not > hard, unless you're old like Mike. Mike ?? Hard ?? Old ?? Yea, he is. Your point ?? :P |
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