Refinishing steel tanks

[MxDiver]

I have an old set of steel tanks, they have quite a few scratches but no rust, I have been wondering as to how to refinish them. I thought about galvanizing but I read that is a no-no because the hot dipping could affect them. (I just had the vis and hydro done.
The best I can come up with is sandblasting them to remove the old finish and use something like rust-oleum cold galvanizing compound. You guys have any other recommendations?

[FishFood]

mediablast them, then cold galvanize them,then put on several layers of engine block or brake caliper paint. Will hold much better than most anything else ive seen.

[subsur]

you can get a cold galvanizing compound. ZRC is one of them, it has 95% zinc in it, i believe. you just spray on the tank. it's grey colored compound. in terms of paint - use two component epoxy paint over ZRC or leave it like that.

[MxDiver]

Rust-oleum has 93% and is available at the local home depot.
Now as far as paint I wonder which color....
I can go with black or go or neon green, I remember someone saying the had a green and red one and called them Christmas tanks

[Flatliner]

TOO COOL, anyone have some old steel tanks we can try on?

[MxDiver]

Originally Posted by Flatliner

TOO COOL, anyone have some old steel tanks we can try on?

Yep, I do, bring on the suggestions. Maybe I should start another thread asking for suggestions on how to paint the tanks.

[Flatliner]

I have a buddy that does custom paint jobs on AR15s and M4s. I have thought something sort of "army man" would be cool but hey, I am a redneck at heart

[MxDiver]

Some airbrush work depicting an scene would be cool, but then I'll never use the tanks so they don't get scratched, maybe something with my team colors like this:

What do you think?

[NitroWill]

LSU Pride? thats not that bad - buddy definitely wouldn't have issues identifying you..

[MxDiver]

I didn't mean those exact colors it was just an example, I'm more into soccer