krylon fusion paint

[Jim Gregory]

top posted for convience My bad I did not mean to imply that service station deliberately had water in them the tanks that had water in them were not service station tanks it was the large tanks that you see at the refinery and at pipe line terminals .The reasoning was that if a leak developed in the tank it would leak water and they would have time to pump gas or diesel out of it and the water would be contained in the earthen containment around the tank. this practice ended in the late 90's when the EPA decided the water would have to be treated the same as the product and contaminated water is actually harder to dispose of them the product which can be rerun through the refining process. there were other reasons but that was one of the main ones. Jim Gregory Camden,Arkansas Posted by: "Xegunda" xegunda@... xegunda Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:27 am (PST) Jim, Why was water used in the bottom of station gas tanks? Was it to drop out solid impurities like in a parts washer? Regards, Eck --- Jim Gregory wrote:

> > Posted by: "Don Pendergraft" dpendergraft@... > don_pendergraft > Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:12 pm (PST) > I filled up my KLR at lunch today. But it wasn't at > the first station that I > had picked out. My original destination had some hot > food that I could have > taken back to work, but when I got there, a gas > tanker was there filling up > the tanks. I remembered the advice from my dad long > ago. He said that the > tankers stirred the sludge and water at the bottom > and you would surely pump > that into your tank, so don't fill up when the tanks > are being filled. So I > left and went to another station. Alas, no hot food. > M&M's and pretzels for > lunch. ) Anyway, it got me thinking about this > situation. This sounds like > a story that at one time was very plausible. I'm > wondering if it's still > valid. With the tank inspections, better gas > delivered to the stations, > filters on the pumps, etc, is this still necessary? > Instead of calling > Mythbusters, I thought I would ask you all. > > Curious, > Don+ > > > > > > > > I can assure you that it is good advice.I have > delivered more millions of gallons than I could > count,cleaned more tanks than I wanted to and have > had to haul loads back to the refinery because it > was water /tank bottom contaminated/ they have > stopped using water in the bottom of the tanks but > still use it as a plug between products in the > pipeline > > all the lids for the tanks are supposed to be water > proof but I have seen too many that were not and > stayed that way for weeks/months before they were > fixed. > if I had to get gas I would only get a gallon of > premium and move onto next station or take a long > lunch and give the tank a chance to settle again.the > pickup tube is 3 to 4 inches off the bottom of the > tank so it wouldn't have to set long maybe 30 > minutes to be safe. > > Hope everyone has a Happy New Year with plenty of > miles of smiles >

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[Jeff Saline]

Luc, I was at Walmart today picking up some paint and noticed they have a couple of colors of the Krylon Fusion paint that might match the red KLR plastic. I think the cost was $4.84 a can. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT