my problem is that the tank itself is integral to the hull... cut it out and I have lost the back half of my keel.. exctly like the Bertrams and Hatteras' problems..
When I went throug this whole scenario. I immed. siezed on just dropping in a plastic or steel tank and foaming it in place.. easy fix... no, the space is odd shapped so a standard tank would not fit.. that meant I had to go the custom route.. the cost was going to be as much as I paid for the boat.. which is to say around or about a grand.. hel, my engine will only cost me a grand.. so I looked at the two alternatives.. which were paiting and glassing. I went to the local paint store that does el cheapo bottom paint and asked this guy... he called his rep who has no clue...she said 'use this' they use it for jet fuel... right off the bat I knew it was the wrong stuff to use.. and told the guy that.. he claimed to have a lot of knoweledge of paint.. when I pointed out that I had specified it had to be resistant to gasoline with ethanol in it. he still claimed it would work.. NOT.. so I called the company.. after many messages I had a discussion with the actual engineers who do this for a living.. told him my requirements and he said, "oh absulutely not, that is the wrong paint you want this flavor.. " and he emailed me the data sheet.. told me to paint with two colors and stroke the brush left and right on on layer and then up and down on #2 layer and then the first on the #3 layer.. one color #1 on top and bottom layers and color #2 on middle layer.. and it should do the trick.. Then I got to thinking, all it would take is one pinhole and i could get gasoline to rot my hull and I would sink... SOoooooo I started looking at the fiberglass method.. and discovered.. that it was actualy the cheapest in terms of cost of materials (the paint was $125/gallon) That leads me to this discussion... having never fiberglassed on my own before.. yes, I know I am a virgin..but can cannot always have that status forever owning a boat.. therefore... lets discuss glassing a gasoline tank from the inside.. after all.. it's February what else do we have to discuss... fair winds and thanks for the comments so far.. 'bella On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 10:53 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, had a friend with a 44 with bad tanks,he cut out the old tanks, and > in their place put in two smaller plactic tanks, plumbed together. Din't > loose that much capacity, was an easier fix,and cheaper. > See you on the Waterways! > Capt. Sterling > Trawler for Sale <http://floridakeys.homestead.com/forsale.html> > > ------------------------------ > Nothing says I love you like flowers! *Find a florist near you > now<http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000001> > *. > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- It's not about the boat it's sails or rigging. It's about the freedom. http://www.slideshare.net/jacko91/these-are-my-credentials/ http://fisherhouse.org/ http://www.specialops.org/ "We are the guardians of a great faith. When we believe that freedom offers the best chance of peace and prosperity for all, and our desire for peace cannot be seperated from our believe in liberty." Harry S. Truman "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." --Mark Twain
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