General Category => Frame, Tank, Seat, Controls, Etc => Topic started by: ramwing7 on November 09, 2023, 10:33:09 AM
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Has anyone used a tank sealant to treat the inside of a Simplex gas tank?
If so, how did you deal with the center partition?
Thanks.
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My '57 tank had enough rust that I didn't want to run it .
(https://i.postimg.cc/05FxKqMj/HPIM1556.jpg)
I treated it with Wood Bleach ( Oxalic acid ) and it truned out right .
(https://i.postimg.cc/66SQCmbj/HPIM1572.jpg)
I did not use any sealer after that^ .
I have used RedKote on my 'Swiss cheese' 1989 Yamaha XT 350 gas tank , which turned out good .
RedKote is fairly 'runny' . Enough so that I think it would run through the holes at the top of the tank divider .
Sure , it would take a bit of patience , but ...
I think that^ because I drained the excess RedKote out of the XT tank through its petcock mount hole . That hole is about 1/2" x 1 1/2" or less , which seems smaller than some of the hols in the divider .
RedKote can be thinned slightly with MEK or acetone .
Pete . :)