Nationwide Tank Painting Contractors

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Professional Exterior Coatings & Interior Linings for Water, Fuel, and Chemical Storage Tanks

RSP Painting understands the extreme liabilities associated with bulk liquid storage. Whether your tanks hold millions of gallons of municipal drinking water, highly volatile aviation fuel, or caustic processing chemicals, a coating failure is not just an eyesore—it is a catastrophic environmental and financial disaster. Corrosion is a ticking time bomb.

We are the premier industrial tank painting contractors in the USA. Protecting these massive assets requires advanced environmental containment, rigorous safety training, and specialized industrial coatings. With over $8 million in annual revenue and a dedicated workforce of 30+ full-time W-2 employees, RSP has the financial bonding capacity and the heavy-duty equipment to execute complex tank restorations across all 50 states.

From the petrochemical refineries in Texas to the municipal water towers of New York, we apply the high-performance systems that extend the lifecycle of your storage tanks by decades.

The RSP Difference: Confined Space & Environmental Safety

  • Confined Space Entry (CSE): Painting the interior of a bulk storage tank is one of the most hazardous jobs in the industry. Our in-house crews are highly trained in OSHA Confined Space Entry, gas monitoring, continuous ventilation, and emergency rescue retrieval.

  • 100% Containment & Abatement: Older tanks often contain lead-based paint or hazardous heavy metals. We deploy full Class 1A negative-pressure containment systems to safely abrasive-blast and abate hazardous materials without contaminating the surrounding environment or community.

  • No Subcontractors: The liability of a multi-million-gallon tank failure is too high to trust to temporary labor. We do not broker your job. Our fully insured, certified employees execute the work to exact engineering specifications.

Comprehensive Tank Painting & Lining Services

We provide corrosion control, exterior aesthetics, and internal chemical barriers for every type of bulk storage.

1. Potable Water Tanks & Standpipes (AWWA / NSF)

We protect the nation’s drinking water infrastructure.

  • Interior Linings: We apply NSF/ANSI 61 certified 100% solids epoxies and polyurethanes. These linings are specifically formulated for direct contact with potable water, ensuring zero leaching and maximum corrosion resistance.

  • Exterior Waterproofing & Branding: We apply UV-stable Fluoropolymers and Aliphatic Urethanes to the exterior to prevent chalking and fading. We are also experts in painting massive municipal logos, town names, and community branding on elevated water towers.

2. Fuel, Oil & Petrochemical Tanks (API Standards)

Protecting highly combustible and corrosive assets.

  • The Assets: Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs), crude oil tanks, aviation fuel storage, and refinery process tanks.

  • Spark-Proof Prep: We utilize specialized wet-abrasive vapor blasting and non-sparking tools when working in highly volatile environments to ensure complete site safety.

  • Chemical Resistance: We apply thick-film Novolac epoxies and specialized urethane linings that withstand the aggressive chemical attack of ethanol, crude oil, and refined petroleum products.

3. Chemical Processing & Wastewater Tanks

  • Extreme pH Environments: We coat clarification tanks, digesters, and chemical holding tanks with ultra-high-build vinyl esters and elastomeric polyurethanes capable of surviving extreme acidic or highly alkaline environments.

  • Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Protection: In wastewater treatment, H2S gas eats through standard concrete and steel.Our specialized linings form an impermeable barrier against microbial-induced corrosion (MIC).

4. Secondary Containment Basins

  • EPA Compliance: A tank is only as secure as the concrete basin beneath it. We repair spalled concrete and install highly chemical-resistant fiberglass-reinforced (FRP) or thick-mil epoxy linings in secondary containment dikes to prevent groundwater contamination in the event of a primary tank rupture.

The Process: NACE / SSPC Standard Execution

A tank coating will fail rapidly if the surface prep is compromised. We follow strict industrial protocols.

  1. Environmental Rigging & Containment: We scaffold the tank and erect shrink-wrap containment to capture all blast media and old paint.

  2. Abrasive Blasting: We utilize heavy-duty sandblasting to strip the interior and exterior steel to SSPC-SP10 (Near-White Metal) or SSPC-SP5 (White Metal) standards, creating the aggressive anchor profile required for heavy industrial linings.

  3. Weld Seam Stripe Coating: Tanks usually fail at the welds and bolts. We manually brush a “stripe coat” of thick epoxy onto all weld seams, rivets, and sharp edges before spraying the full tank, ensuring these vulnerable areas get double protection.

  4. Application & Inspection: We spray high-build mastics and linings using plural-component spray pumps. Quality control is verified using wet-film and dry-film thickness gauges, as well as holiday (spark) testing to ensure the lining has zero microscopic pinholes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do you test the interior lining for pinholes before we fill the tank?A: Yes. After the interior lining has cured, we perform High-Voltage Holiday Testing. We pass a charged wand over the entire interior surface. If there is a microscopic pinhole or thin spot in the coating, it will arc, allowing us to patch it before the tank is filled.

Q: What do you do if our old tank has lead paint on the exterior?A: We are fully equipped for lead abatement. We use full negative-air containment to capture the lead dust during the blasting process, ensuring compliance with all EPA and OSHA environmental regulations. We also handle the proper manifesting and disposal of the hazardous waste.

Q: Can you paint our tanks without shutting down the entire facility?A: Yes. While the specific tank being lined must be out of service, our containment procedures and localized prep methods allow us to safely restore tanks right next to active production areas or adjacent operating tanks.