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Robohips77
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Non Magnetic Aluminum Tanks Color Code?

Wed May 27, 2015 2:08 pm

Anyone by chance have a color code for the Non Magnetic aluminum tanks. Probably some sort of Navy Gray but was hoping someone has researched this before. Thanks in advance. Robohips
First dives? 1967 and I never lost the fever.

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Re: Non Magnetic Aluminum Tanks Color Code?

Wed May 27, 2015 9:33 pm

My dad served in the navy uring WW2 , was on the Inchon invasion and was the CO of a river assault squadron in Vietnam. He always told me that when in doubt of what to do , salute it if it moves and if it doesn't move paint it haze gray. HAZE GRAY # 26270 available from any milspec paint store.

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Re: Non Magnetic Aluminum Tanks Color Code?

Wed May 27, 2015 9:36 pm

Awesome thanks.
First dives? 1967 and I never lost the fever.

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Re: Non Magnetic Aluminum Tanks Color Code?

Thu May 28, 2015 10:28 am

Over the years the Navy used several different shades of gray. No one probably knows what shade was used originally and depending on the year of manufacture it could have been different. And again those repainted in the field could have been in a shade different from the original. I have seen pictures of them with obviously different shades. Just pick a shade.

http://www.milspeccoating.com/Federal-S ... s-s/41.htm
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Re: Non Magnetic Aluminum Tanks Color Code?

Thu May 28, 2015 11:15 am

thanks Tom for the info. I appreciate the history of the colors also. Robohips
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Re: Non Magnetic Aluminum Tanks Color Code?

Thu May 28, 2015 9:18 pm

I have 3 sets if you want to look at them. 1 set is the original "no neck" set.
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