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Date:         Sat, 23 Mar 2002 22:47:22 -0800
Reply-To:     Bess's Buddies <bess@EARTHNOW.ORG>
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From:         Bess's Buddies <bess@EARTHNOW.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Propane Tank Clean Up
Comments: cc: Erikson-Coyne <erikoyne@EARTHLINK.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <B8C29BEF.9602%erikoyne@earthlink.net>
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Hi Tom

We dissassembled our tank, plugged the holes and took it to the nearest sandblaster. They did a great job of making it clean once again, and then we put a coat of primer + a coat of that nasty xylene "hammer-rite" stuff (Use a respirator!) Been driving it around on the Oregon Coast all winter and it's holding up great.

We then took it to a propane place, and they replaced all the valves and gave it the ok.

Ri & Glen 87 Westy 67 Singlecab

At 08:54 PM 3/23/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Listees, > >thanks for all the recent messages on propane tank usage - very helpful to >me as a new Westy owner. Because of its disreputable appearance, I have >decided to pull my tank and 'renew' it - as the Brits say. I have purchased >the appropriate replacement Marshall 290 and an open-close valve from the >local RV store. I went to a local propane company and had the tank emptied - >basically they vented it into the air. They - nor anyone in the business in >KCMO - had not heard of, nor were they prepared to do, a vacuum out of an >old tank. So I know I have some small residue of propane in there. > >My question - do you have any advice about/procedures for removing a Westy >tank, stripping off regulator and valves, removing paint/rust, repainting, >and installing new regulator & open/close valve - all without blowing >myself into the next State (I'm about a quarter mile from the confluence of >the Kaw and the Missouri, so Kansas in this case). > >For instance, if a tank is thus unhooked, can I use a wire wheel on it or >should I stick to sandpaper...chemical strippers? > >Many thanks as ever, > >Tom in KCMO >82 Westy


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