Another New build Question

[johngil]

I have a 325 gal propane tank that is completely painted in that battle ship gray color. Anyone know a good Chemical Paint stripper I can use with out spending a ton of $$ ?

I want to get it striped for the new Hight Temp paint job.

 

[rtom]

maybe have someone come in to sand blast it

Rich

 

[geob]

Right, sandblast the bugger. Is this cut yet? If not, how is that going to happen. I have a 250gal tank but have second thoughts on how to cut it.

geob

 

[johngil]

It is cut. I filled it with water, displacing any residual fumes. Let it sit a few days full of water just to be safe.

I then cut it with a saws-all with a good bi-metal blade on it.

Worked fine, as I am still here!
Obviously you know the danger in cutting one of these things so be careful!

Check out the pic:
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...6/dsc00452.jpg

 

[geob]

Nice job. Thanks for the info. Good jpg also. Now all I gotta go is cut it.

geob

 

[smok'n steve]

Nice cut for a sawsall with water! Looks like you have powder coated paint there. Sandblasting is not easy with powdercoated paintjobs. Try gasket remover(Permatex Gasket RemoverÂ[emoji]174[/emoji] (item #80646) from you local NAPA store. shake it, spray it on wait 15 minutes, then scrape it off with a sharp scraper, follow up with a rotary wire brush on your grinder. Let me know how many cans you go through because I have never done a tank that big!!

Size seems pretty close to a Lang 84, you gonna do a reverse flow clone?

 

[johngil]

To go reverse or not is still a dilemma of mine. I am thinking that right now I will go with a standard flow (I think thats what you call it) because it will save me from having to buy another steel plate to put in the grill. BUT I am going to have a charcoal rack that will sit below the cooking surface for good Ol' regular grilling. SO I was thinking I could Basically make a reverse flow by putting all my "tuning plates" together to create a "quasi" solid plate. Obviously at that point I would need a vent at the Firebox end so I was thinking of making a removable vent that I could place at either end of the grill. I would simply un-plug the pipe from a flange on mounted to the tank and move it to the desired spot depending on the configuration. I would then cap off the flange not being used.

These are my thoughts anyway...cant help it, its the engineer in me.....so I would call this thing a:
"High-bread, Portable interchangeable reverse flow / Standard flow smoker/grill"..... I think...LOL