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Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :

I just spoke to a customer who is having me paint his logo on a large propane tank. Its a one color (red) oval with white lettering. I plan to just mask the lettering and paint the oval.

The tank has not been filled yet and he mentioned that when it is, it will "sweat".

I'm planning on doing the design with One Shot and now am wondering if there might be problems when the tank gets filled. I don't think so, but would like to hear from some letterheads with more experience on a project like this one.

Jon Butterworth, I saw some you recently did while in the chat room one night and would really like to hear from you on this.

Thanks
Rapid

Posted by Chris Lovelady (Member # 2540) on :

i haven't had any problems with sweating and have done several bulk tanks in the past. and long as you prep the surface with a surface prep and degreaser i think you will be alright. also let the paint cure properly be for it is filled. I used vinyl lettering but paint will work fine too.

chris

Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :

Ray...don't sweat it! [Smile]

As long as you properly prep the surface, 1Shot will be just fine! I have never had a problem with propane tanks.

Only problem that I can foresee is covering the red with white. (Some reds are "bleeders".) You might consider using a paint mask and rolling the white on.

[Roll Eyes]

[ July 09, 2003, 12:41 PM: Message edited by: Si Allen ]

Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :

Thanks guys.

Si, the tank is white so I'm masking to let the tank do the lettering. Won't even have to worry about the bleeding.

Rapid

Posted by donny pavolini (Member # 2244) on :

The customer is right. Especially in high humidity the tank WILL sweat. They sweat up to the fluid level in the tank. The good news is that it doesn't sweat all day. After the tank is filled call the customer and ask him to watch the tank and take note of when and how long this lasts. Then plan your job around it. This works great and from past experience on a 62 ft. tank I had to go to the location 3 times. It had a logo and 5 colors. Try to plan for multiple trips and charge accordingly if necessary.

Hope this helps.

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