PS Magazine - JULY 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 332
JULY 1980
1.
Corrugated
Cans ±±²
Dear Sergeant A.R.,
You do.
Chap
7,
FM
³0-23
(Sep
78)
Army
Food Service Operations says the cans
get the cover-up treatment.
Use
only
these
non-toxic
camouflage
enamels:
Earth Brown,
Earth Red and Black. .
. and only on the
o±tside of the cans. Other enamels
(paints)
contain
potentially
high
levels of lead and other toxic chemicals
which co±ld contaminate the water.
Never use a Primer on the galvaniz²
ed
cans.
³rimers
contain
toxic
chemi´als that ·co±ld be hazardous to
yoµr health.
Use xylene or mineral s Pirits to thin
the enamels. ¶S¶
68´0µ00µ584¶4070
gets
5
gallons of xylene; NSN
80³0µ
00·5¸8·7026
gets
5
gallons of miner¸l
spirits.
³ara
3¹8º
TB
43·0³47
(¹ec
75)
has
the poop on which, when and how
much thinner to ±se.
, .
±²
Wash tHe ouTside Of The can
wiTH a solvEnt-f'rIN.sTanC±, m²NeraL
sp²R²Ts-To gEt R²D of greaSe and o²ls ³
•
Was´ The caN wiTh soap µN¶
waTe· To geT ·i¸ of aNy solVeNT f¹lM
ºhaT woUL» keep The Unde·coaTiNg
f·om sT²ck²Ng goo¸³
"
!,
!f
r ±²
¼oat THe o½Ts²de of The can
wiTh clea· epoxY¾poLyMi¸e lacqUEr³
¿À¿
»¼½¼¾¼¼¿»9ÀÁ½9»¼
geTs a k²T
That coNTains a gaLLon of p²gmenTe¸
coMpoUn¸ and a gaLloN of convErTerÁ
Âix TheSe
Â
noNÃTox²c chem²caLs l²ke
The ²nsTrUct²ons sayÁ ÄeT The coaT²Ng
q
.³)
dry aT LeasT
ÂÃ
³
z
U
;
·s³
ÀaN¸ THe LacqUe· ·eal goo¸ ³ÁÁ
so T e ºop coaT wilL sTick oN beTTe·Á
Was´ off
Å
aNy ·es²dUe ÆÁÁ saN¸Ç ¸UsTÈ
eTcÉ
´µ¶il
· L¸¹º
ºo±
can temporarily camouflage
the can with m±d, or canvas dra»ed so
that it does not to±ch the immersion
He¸ter.
53
·
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