Mild steel waste water tanks?

[B_K]

If your bus budget is limited I would stay away from aluminum wheels unless there is something wrong with your current wheels.

EXACTLY what Brian said!
A can of spray paint can make steel wheels look mighty purty pretty darn CHEAP!
Aluminum wheels are only 1/2 the costs involved in that deal!
You have to first find decent wheels. Then the studs need changed ** CACHING ca ching $ $ $ and lots of PIA work involved if you aren't equipped with the proper tools and equipment! And then there is the wheel nuts and your fancy covers you want! (that disappear regularly)
  BK 

[DoubleEagle]

Exactly.
I like the coating idea. I will have to look into it further.
I am just trying to find out if anyone has tried this and had problems.
The steel tank is free.
My bus budget is limited.
I'd like to save money for important things like shiny aluminum wheels and chrome lug nut covers.
I really appreciate you gentlemen and this site.
I am not a big internet guy but I look at this site most days.
Educational and entertaining.
Thanks.

The outfit that I used twenty years ago to coat a gas tank (still okay) was hirschauto.com. There are probably others that make similar products, but theirs worked for me. Painted steel wheels will be cheaper by a good amount, you will have plenty of things to spend money on during the course of your conversion. White wheels will fit in just fine on a white bus.

[Alan N]

My shiny wheel comment was meant as a joke.
But the advice is all spot on.
I do have aluminum wheels on my steer axle. Haven't found any for the drive yet. Haven't looked very hard either.
Spending money on my toad right now. Rebuilding the engine in a Samurai.

[eagle19952]

My shiny wheel comment was meant as a joke.

I knew that

[DoubleEagle]

I knew that

Well, I bought it, hook, line, and sinker. I thought he was going for the razzle dazzle, just like us. 

[Dave5Cs]

I'd Spray paint your wheels black and then get the ss lug caps for the shinny bits much cheaper!....I hear there is a shinny door prize at the Dam Rally next week....Score
Glad I could help.....
Dave5Cs

[Iceni John]

How's this for a crazy idea?   Would a sacrificial anode, like what the hole-in-the-ocean crowd use to stop their "investments" corroding away to nothing, would it work in this application?   Would it help prolong the life of the tank itself by corroding in the presence of an acidic electrolyte (your pee)?   This from a confirmed landlubber who has no idea about such matters.   I have an anode in my Suburban water heater that should, theoretically, slow the rate that the tank corrodes through, and I was surprised just how quickly it actually dissolves in our regular water here.

John

[chessie4905]

You could probably thin out some tar based foundation coating and pour it into tank and manipulate it to get completely coated and allow to dry. Maybe a second coat after month of drying. Use an inspection mirror to make sure you don't miss any spots.

[Alan N]

Razzle Dazzle in a Gillig school bus??
I do like the coating the tank idea.
I am looking forward to having the bus in my shop this winter.
Lots of projects.