I would go one step further and contact Gougeon Brothers, the makers of WEST Epoxy. Ask them what chance you have of successfully bonding to a substrate that has been contaminated with E-10 gasoline. No sense pursuing the fiberglassing issue if a good bond isn't possible...
Paul Esterle Freelance Boating Writer Columbia 10.7, 26 & Matilda 20 North East, MD. “Capt’n Pauley’s Boat Repairs & Upgrades” book at www.captnpauley.com home.comcast.net/~pesterle/ 'bella wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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. 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