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Old 08-26-2013, 12:33 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Bay Pelican View Post
Mild steel, very popular in the 80s and 90s has a 20+ year life span. At some point the mild steel tanks will rust out and have to be replaced.
As FF said above that's not always so, depends upon how it's designed and installed. My boats 45 year old mild steel tank was removed, cleaned, painted and reinstalled 2 years ago. It will probably still be good when the boat is scrapped.
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