What's everybodies opinion on coating the inside of your gas tank.
Mine has no rust on the inside and looks brand new.
What do you think. Coat it or don't?
I have it out so now is the time to coat it if I'm going to.
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What's everybodies opinion on coating the inside of your gas tank.
Mine has no rust on the inside and looks brand new.
What do you think. Coat it or don't?
I have it out so now is the time to coat it if I'm going to.
Don't....a bad coating job is way worse than a little rust. Leave it alone it will be fine.
I'll be interested in everyone's response here - as I'm no expert - but fabricated tanks are cleaned and coated all the time in the custom motorcycle world. Personally, I'd do it unless someone posts up a good reason not to.
I recommend a product called "Kreem" it is designed specifically for gas tank lining. It works well in both clean tanks and rusty tanks. Kreem is a complete system starting with a cleaner then etching and finally coating. If you follow the instructions it is bullet proof and long lasting. I coated a gas tank 30 years ago with Kreem and it is still in great shape.
http://www.kreem.com/fueltankliner.html
I'll be coating mine only because I welded a sump and want to coat the welds inside I'm going with the Eastwood kit
A little bit of air pressure and soapy water will tel you if you have leaks. I have seen the coating come apart too many time to believe that anyone can do a good job of it. Cars or bikes, I have seen it fail......and its a mess.
If it looks brand new inside... I wouldn't mess with it.