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Cleaning and Coating Fuel Tanks [message #338533]

Thu, 08 November 2018 19:52

Melbo

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I have read a lot on this forum about cleaning and coating the inside and outside of fuel tanks. I am dropping my tanks this weekend and plan to clean and coat them. When I was searching the older posts and did some searches I found a couple of suggestions. I can not locate one post that connected to a video of an aircraft tank coating but I was able to locate two others. Red-Kote and POR15. Having never coated fuel tanks before I was looking for direction. EASY is good BUT GOOD is better than easy and bad. My tanks do not look bad from underneath but I need to remove them to do the fuel lines and while they are out a little (or a lot) of preventative maintenance would be good. Any advice or video links are greatly appreciated.

Thank You

Melbo

Albuquerque NM Bus Conversion 1978 MCI 1973 GMC

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Re: [GMCnet] Cleaning and Coating Fuel Tanks [message #338542 is a reply to message #338533]

Thu, 08 November 2018 20:56

James Hupy

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If your tanks are leak free, rust free and clean, then coating them has
little value, except to enrichen the tank coating people. So, inspect them
before deciding.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, 5:53 PM wrote:

> I have read a lot on this forum about cleaning and coating the inside and
> outside of fuel tanks. I am dropping my tanks this weekend and plan to
> clean and coat them. When I was searching the older posts and did some
> searches I found a couple of suggestions. I can not locate one post that
> connected to a video of an aircraft tank coating but I was able to locate
> two others. Red-Kote and POR15. Having never coated fuel tanks before I
> was looking for direction. EASY is good BUT GOOD is better than easy and
> bad. My tanks do not look bad from underneath but I need to remove them to
> do the fuel lines and while they are out a little (or a lot) of
> preventative maintenance would be good. Any advice or video links are
> greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thank You
>
> Melbo
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> Albuquerque NM Bus Conversion 1978 MCI 1973 GMC
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Re: Cleaning and Coating Fuel Tanks [message #338595 is a reply to message #338533]

Fri, 09 November 2018 22:17

NextGenGMC

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Location: Washington State

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You can do the tank cleaning and sealing yourself. I had to deal with super rusty fuel tank in a fixer upper I got a while back. The rust was bad enough that fuel pump was seized completely with rust. I used KBS cleaner/sealer kit. Here is the link:

https://www.amazon.com/KBS-Coatings-53000-Sealer-Gallon/dp/B000IBEOQ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541822602&sr=8-1&keywords=KBS+Coatings+53000

The kit worked great. The neutralizer cleaned out rust and the final coating creates a membrane like surface cover on the inside that prevents any metal exposure to the fuel and air.

Vadim Jitkov '76 Glenbrook 26' Pullman, WA

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Re: Cleaning and Coating Fuel Tanks [message #338620 is a reply to message #338533]

Sat, 10 November 2018 18:46

Melbo

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NextGen

Thanks for the link. I have bookmarked it and won't know if I need it until I see the tanks tomorrow.

Melbo

Albuquerque NM Bus Conversion 1978 MCI 1973 GMC

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Re: [GMCnet] Cleaning and Coating Fuel Tanks [message #338668 is a reply to message #338533]

Mon, 12 November 2018 11:58

JerryW

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When you are able to look inside the tanks, if you don’t see any rust or other corrosion I would suggest that you save your time and money and forget about coating the inside.

Emery Stora
77Kingsley
Frederick, CO

> On Nov 8, 2018, at 6:52 PM, melmull@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I have read a lot on this forum about cleaning and coating the inside and outside of fuel tanks. I am dropping my tanks this weekend and plan to
> clean and coat them. When I was searching the older posts and did some searches I found a couple of suggestions. I can not locate one post that
> connected to a video of an aircraft tank coating but I was able to locate two others. Red-Kote and POR15. Having never coated fuel tanks before I
> was looking for direction. EASY is good BUT GOOD is better than easy and bad. My tanks do not look bad from underneath but I need to remove them to
> do the fuel lines and while they are out a little (or a lot) of preventative maintenance would be good. Any advice or video links are greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thank You
>
> Melbo
> --
> Albuquerque NM Bus Conversion 1978 MCI 1973 GMC
>
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