I have an old pressure, (bladder), tank that I am about to put into use.
It has sat around empty for about ten years. It has rusted.
It doesn’t seem like the bladder is any good any more. That doesn’t matter. It’ll be useful, anyway.
It is an old Clayton Mark CM52.
I have filled it a few times and rinsed it out, and there is very little rust left. First couple of times, though, it was thick !
Is there some way to treat this thing, that would leave it safe for household water supply ?
-Without- using a water softener, fancy filters, etc.
I can live with a little rust, just would like to get rid of as much as possible, if it is indeed, possible.
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any that i have ever seen had a rubber blader so if you have rust the bladder must be ruptured = junk
You are only as old as your bladder.
As you age, your bladder paces itself a little slower than when you were younger. Depending on your age,(And liquids consumption,) you'll be in one of four stages:
A.. Birth to 15: SEEPER (commonly called 'a little squirt')
B.. 16 to 25: TORRENT (think Clydesdale horses)
C.. 26 to 59: SPURT (Mad dash to the porcelain palace)
D.. 60 to ???? DRIBBLER (Scamper to the Pampers)
Edited 7/24/2008 6:20 am ET by Steinmetz
Note that the rust may simply be sediment from the water, not rust from the tank itself. Around here we have iron-rich water and rust sediment develops everywhere.
pressurise the tank with water then bleed the air valve if any water comes out the bladder is ruptured !
Tank is kaput.Rusted right through in several places.Just took a bit of pressure for the water to push the surface paint off, and start leaking all over the place.Oh well.
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Duct tape will fix that.
Hey !! Maybe gorilla tape !;o)
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Around here they are junked when the bladder goes away. Lots of them sitting where they died or landfilled. You buds with the landfill?
Joe H
Not going to landfill it, in any case.If I can't find a use for it, I'll scrap it. Gotta be at least a couple bucks there.I have been thinking, though. (Ut OH)We had pressure tanks before they had bladders in them. Just had to drain them and 'recharge' them once in a while.Wondering if I could patch this thing somehow, and go ahead and use it.
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battery charger, some washing soda. couple days it be clean
GENIUS !!!!Ok, I'm going to have to think about this for a while, to figure out exactly how I can use the process to do the inside of the tank... But it is a genius idea !!!If I can get the inside of the tank refurbished this way, the rest of it should be a snap.Still has a bad bladder, but as I said before, we had pressure tanks before they had bladders...
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Wrap the outside with your gorilla tape and mix up some 'poxy. Pour it into the tank and rotate - thoroughly.
That would cost so much that I might as well buy another pressure tank.=0)
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