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This is a 50 gal HW heater, and the 3rd picture is of the inside liner. I have a old gas grill propane tank that I am going to use as the firebox.

ok, thanks for the tip, I am a bit confused....I thought the topic here was "smoker builds" thats my topic, and i do have a question on building a smoker....so if I write my question in my fourm topic, isn't that defeating the purpous of the "smoker builds" topic? I guess Im just trying to...

I have seen several on the web but none answer the questions i have.

Not sure really what hot water heaters are made out of, I figured that some here in the fourms have done these types of builds before. I was hopeing I could just use some Grill paint that would withstand high temps, since my fire box will be separate from the smoker. 

Ok, well I guess this forum is not for me....thanks......

I have started to build a Smoker out of an old electric hot water heater that I had laying around, but I’m now seeing some talk about the lining that’s in it. I have had some say it’s an epoxy with glass in it. My questions are; 1. Is this safe to use with the epoxy/glass lining in them? 2. If...