When my house was built (about three years ago), the buildersneglected to paint the gas pipe on my side of my meter and that pipehas now developed a nice coat of surface rust (it's normal black gaspipe). The pipe on the gas company's side of the meter was painted andlooks the same as when I moved in.(1) Is the rust/rusty color a problem and something I should correct?The rest of the houses on my street (built during the past 1-5 years)are in a similar situation.(2) I assume that I should paint over the rusty-looking pipe so itdoesn't corode or develop into a problem. What is the appropiate paintto use here?Thanks.

Use a rust inhibitor like Extend. You spray it on and it turns the rust black. Then spray it with some Rust O Lium.

gas pipe rust and paint - which paint to use? should I use inhibitor?

Oct 19, 2004 42 Replies

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clare 8 years ago

Asphault coat all underground black pipe. Asphault and wrap better yet.

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J-Dawg 8 years ago

replying to Matt Whiting, J-Dawg wrote: I think the idea is just to have the builder pay to have it brought up to code if they didnt in the first place. Probably it was not required. But its a good suggestion to check anyway.

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J-Dawg 8 years ago

replying to Chet Hayes, J-Dawg wrote: Yup. We had to do 7 of them this year. They dont do discounts for associations either!! Such a nightmare.

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