new slurry tanker - painted inside?
- Thread starter DGC1
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- North Devon
Can’t see them painting them. Slurry would remove it in no time.
Speedstar
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- Scottish Borders
Two hispec ones here both painted inside but we spec them like that
miniconnect
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- Argyll
Bare steel hi spec last year here, painted inside diy, never ever doing that again....
Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
Just keep it sealed when its empty and the slurry left in a pool at the bottom will eat all the oxygen up, leaving very little to oxidise, rust, the bare metal.
should be ok if done properly
most of the allu industrial tankers can be bought with paint or resin finish inside and some of the stuff that they move is far worse than slurry.
davedb
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- Staffordshire
My new hispec wasn’t painted I just clean it out as it’s the sediment that gets in the bottom of them that rots them
if I ever have the chance to buy a new tanker I would spec the outlet to be at the bottom of the tank, not the back door. have patched a few tankers and all rot at the bottom and up the centre line as the outlet isn't the lowest point.
our own tanker here is galvanised though
our own tanker here is galvanised though
ridger
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- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
What age would they be when they 5ust through? Have a 1988 star 1500 here and when it's washed it's paintwork looks better than the 2009 redrock
Boohoo
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- Newtownabbey
Star had an oven to bake the paint on, the Redrock was probably painted outside in the snow
Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
Lots and lots of Star tankers imploded around here years ago. They were best sellers by a mile for a few years until they disappeared. Hi-Spec took over market leadership for a while after, but these days lots of other brands are competing rather well and it’s difficult to judge which is best or which is the best selling.
No idea which, if any, are painted inside. Years ago i did paint the inside of both a Fosse and a blue tanker which brand escapes me just now. It made zeros difference as far as I could tell and would not bother again.
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Malgar. It was a 1600 gallon Malgar.
No idea which, if any, are painted inside. Years ago i did paint the inside of both a Fosse and a blue tanker which brand escapes me just now. It made zeros difference as far as I could tell and would not bother again.
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Malgar. It was a 1600 gallon Malgar.
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michael N123
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I’ve 2 star 1300s the one that’s had the topfill used by a previous owner has lost some paint but the other one would look like new if I washed it
Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
It's not available any more, but I used tar based stuff called Presomet from Thomas Ness, Caerphilly. Long gone with the demise of coal mining. Excellent stuff in its day. Just naming it here brings back its smell as if I had used it this afternoon.