painting inside tender

has anyone painted inside there tender as all our isoflex has blistered up so having to remove it all , any help would be great .many thanks mick and Claire.

I used red lead in my loco tenders for 25 years without one problem but it is getting very hard to get and my last loco tender I used industrial red oxide paint and so far has been ok (now 5 years old )
I would pour the paint in and rotate the tender slowly and let the paint get into all the corners then pour out the excess and allow to dry for up to 7 days
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thank you very much I will have to brush it on as our engine is up and running, have lost faith in isoflex many thanks mick and Claire .

You need to use a product called Apexior 3, it is made especially for inside of water tanks. Isoflex is not designed to be submerged in water for long periods. You can obtain Apexior products from heritage steam

Cheers Tim

thank you tim I will get in touch with them sounds great .

mick 100 wrote:thank you tim I will get in touch with them sounds great .

Its not cheap, if you need to share the cost I could do with some as my tenders fairly unwell, although I'm not sure I'll be able to clean up my tender well enough for it now ??

thank you I would have done but when I started to clean it out it was not a pretty sight so it's paint time .

No probs, I think mines the same to be honest, so it will have to make do for this season and painty time in the winter.