---- Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I'm going to paint it white today, then go look for an RV center to sell me
> a new valve and 80% (is that right?) regulator.
>
> It's perhaps stupid to try and explain why I  wanted to keep the tank shiny
> steel. Some of you will get it. Some will not.

You just like that bright, shiny looking tank better than you would a white one.  That's not hard to "get."  It also doesn't make that preference practical.  Taste is not always practical.

>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 10:51 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >   In a message dated 11/3/2014 2:56:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > ianvincentdow@GMAIL.COM writes:
> >
> > Is there any real bad reason for not leaving it in steel, with several
> > coats of varnish or other finish?
> >
> >  why??   its a propane tank.  just paint the stupid thing with rustoleum
> > and move on to the next project.   varnish is meant for wood.
> >

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David McNeely