Water tank paint

[Ianmc]

What is the best paint to use when painting the inside of the water tank.

[Tracy D'arth]

5 minutes ago, Ianmc said:

What is the best paint to use when painting the inside of the water tank.

Water tank bitumen. Its what it says on the tin.

[Ianmc]

Have you used bitumen paint before on your tank and  what make was it please.

[plato]

If you’ve already got bitumen in your tank use it again. I think Rylards  still do tank bitumen. If you want a top notch job , strip it back to bare metal and use  Acothane DW two pack epoxy. 

[Tracy D'arth]

10 minutes ago, Ianmc said:

Have you used bitumen paint before on your tank and  what make was it please.

Johnsons IIRC.  But any sold as for water tank use will be fine.

[Lily Rose]

 

I used Black Jack about 5 or 6 years ago on mine as it was very rusty.

 

The prep was a pain as was, to a lesser extent, applying the Black Jack.

 

Last year I decided that I should do something about the rust spots that had started to appear again, albeit nothing like as bad as when I first did it.

 

No way was I going to try all the prep work again but I also didn't fancy blacking it again either. What I ended up doing was a bit of sanding to remove any loose rust then went over the whole thing with Vactan. Much easier.

 

More than a year on it's still looking fine. It was so easy to do I could live with doing that every couple of years if necessary, though I'm still hoping it won't be.

 

 

[Ianmc]

Thanks,that looks a easier option as I think black jack was used before,vactan is something I have looked into before but wanted to see if anyone else has used it on its own,and you've no problems as of yet so might try it out.