I paid a guy to do the tank on my Farmall, I think it was like $60, they steam
cleaned the tank and sealed it, took a couple days. Has made owning a 60+ year
old tractor MUCH easier.I didn't want to do that one myself because the tank
was so heavy even empty.
-Curt
On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 7:10:09 PM EDT, Dimitri Seretakis
<dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Yes my biggest concern is that the coating fails leading to a mess. This is
for a gas fuel tank.
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> On May 1, 2019, at 6:23 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> wrote:
>
> I've de-rusted many a lantern, the process would be roughly the same. Use an
> acid to remove the rust, something like a chain inside that you can slosh
> around will help knock off the big rust. Coat it later on. The POR-15
> chemicals are not optional, use the whole bottle and use their instructions
> exactly. I have a snowmobile with a failed coating because I didn't get the
> tank clean enough...
> Uncoated would be fine if you always kept the tank full of fuel. Actually I'd
> guess on a diesel its probably not as critical since the inside of the tank
> would stay oily for some time after the level dropped.
>
> -Curt
>
> On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 5:42:51 PM EDT, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
><mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any experience de-rusting the inside of a fuel tank? Is
> coating it advisable? POR-15 has a kit which is pricey I think.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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