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Are gas tanks coated with anything?
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08-10-2016, 07:56 PM
It does look like its plated or electrocoated with something that is a gray color in my tank. Whatever it is, it is not just bare metal.
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08-11-2016, 02:45 AM
(08-10-2016, 07:56 PM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: It does look like its plated or electrocoated with something that is a gray color in my tank. Whatever it is, it is not just bare metal.
Right, plating, not coating. Plating won't chip off. The plating would be a metal alloy compound which essentially becomes part of the tank.
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08-11-2016, 04:30 AM
I meant plating....its coated w/ a plating
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08-11-2016, 08:54 AM
(08-11-2016, 04:30 AM)736cc_imp Wrote: I meant plating....its coated w/ a plating
Yes, technically they are all "coatings" but in reference to the OP, electroless or electroplating are quite different than paint-type chemical coatings. Far more durable, they don't usually chip or flake, and the bonding process is essentially permanent.
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